VPA in trucking initiative

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The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) has announced its support for USEPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership with the launch of a pilot programm...

Scanners for Gujarat ports

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Amid threats of terror attacks and intelligence reports that ports along the west coast of India are being used to bring explosives into the...

Box inspection debate reopened

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One of the oldest disputes between box lessors and their customers reared its head again last month when three leasing companies broke ranks...

Northline expands distribution network

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Australian long-haul logistics specialist Northline has opened a A$30M state-of-the-art warehousing and freight distribution facility in the...

TT call for mandated training

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Specialist transport insurer, the TT Club, has called for the training of those handling dangerous goods on land prior to shipment by sea to...

ACCC in Oz car trade probe

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In a controversial move, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched legal proceedings against a number of former...

Big moves in big truck market

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While one of Cargotec’s most important acquisitions has fallen foul of the German competition authority, it is the high value of the Euro ...

Fuel saving chassis launched

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A new telescopic skeletal trailer, launched by the UK-based Ray Smith Group, is claimed to reduce fuel consumption as the gap between the co...

Mega-trucks versus rail freight

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The various EU-level rail freight and rail community organisations (UIC, CER, EIM, UIRR, UNIFE and ERFA) have published a new brochure in Pa...

Verbrugge’s pulp facts

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Verbrugge Terminals has landed three new South American woodpulp contracts worth an aggregate 1 mtpa for its operation in the Port of Vlissi...

Fatal accident at Algeciras

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APM Terminals (APMT) is conducting its own investigation into a fatal accident resulting from an uncontrolled fall of two 20ft containers (t...

Amsterdam’s 3B cocoa move

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What is described as a “cutting-edge” fire detection, warning and suppression system will be installed in a new, 19,000 m2 cocoa butter ...

GateHouse in first of seven

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Denmark’s GateHouse has won a contract to supply an AIS (automatic identification system) to the French Island of La Réunion, its first c...

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