Surabaya crane collapse

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Further information has emerged regarding the crane collapse at Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS) in Indonesia in February, resulting in the...

.interim measure?

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Pending completion of the 2500 tonne cement store at Colnbrook, to allow supply in PCA tanker wagons by Freightliner Heavy Haul, Lafarge is ...

SQAS programme on track

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The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) is strengthening its chemical Transport Safety and Quality Assessment System (SQAS) programme...

Intermodal trucking guide

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Intermodal Transport by Land in the United States is the title of a new guide to intermodal trucking written by Malcolm J Newbourne and publ...

Tread the hard road to prosperity

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The Brazilian economy, South America's largest, has recovered somewhat since the nervous days last October when Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva (...

UK tackles hazcargo rule update

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The UK Department of Transport (DfT) and Health & Safety Executive (HSE) are currently embroiled in one of the most complex rulemaking initi...

L-3 for Rotterdam

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As part of its drive to improve national port security, Dutch Customs has taken delivery of a highenergy mobile cargo scanner. The CX-2500M ...

Kalmar lines up Hollandia

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Hard on the heels of its Tampere product lines' outsourcing agreement with TPgroup (see WorldCargo News January 2003, p36), Kalmar Industrie...

PSA jobs cut back

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Almost 500 jobs are to be axed by PSA Corporation in Singapore as it faces up to the need to cut tariffs even more to face up to regional co...

Lining up the BIRs

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Despite the increased development of smaller mobile scanner and sensor attachments, some ports are still opting for larger fixed site constr...

Cranes – 2nd edition

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The second edition of Jan Verschoof's Cranes: Design, Practice and Maintenance is now available from Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd...

Coming under closer surveillance

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The continued fear that terrorists may target the global transport chain has increased demand for advanced container inspection systems, inc...

Hoyer revamps gas

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The Hoyer Group has consolidated all its gas logistics activities in a new company, Hoyer Gaslog GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg....

NRTCA presses for quality recognition

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The UK National Road Tank Cleaning Association (NRTCA) is currently engaged in a number of initiatives aimed at improving the implementation...

PD wins the Hunt

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The newly-named logistics business PD Ports, Logistics and Shipping has won a new logistics contract from Huntsman Tioxide....

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