Strike in Montreal

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Longshoremen at the Port of Montreal began a three-day strike on Monday, impacting the Viau and Maisonneuve Termont terminals until Thursday...

New Liebherr STS crane for DFT

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Liebherr's new STS crane, with a 38m outreach and 40t lift capacity, is being erected at Dublin Ferry Terminal to replace the 1996 crane....

Port of Eilat declares bankruptcy

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The Port of Eilat declared bankruptcy due to an 85% drop in activity from Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, seeking aid from the Israeli g...

Transnet resumes port operations

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Transnet is gradually resuming port operations after weather-related suspensions, with some terminals still affected and safety measures ong...

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Re-thinking the flippers

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Stinis Spreaders is delivering an increasing number of telescoping spreaders for STS cranes with a six flat flippers per spreader, as oppose...

Rethinking AGV charging

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Siemens has developed a charging station for battery AGVs at automated terminals...

Lowering the GWP

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Regulations are emerging in the US, and potentially in Europe, that will change the refrigerant landscape for the reefer container sector....

Reefer trade recovery in motion

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Despite ongoing and severe geopolitical and environmental challenges, the seaborne trade in perishable products has staged a strong recovery...

Polymer bearings for cranes

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Energy chain specialist igus presented a new range of lubrication-free and corrosion-resistant polymer bearings for container cranes....

Simplifying global procurement

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The Trent Group is offering the industry something new with its TrentGO global eMarketplace for container crane and cargo equipment spare pa...

CPKC crosses the border

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Canadian Pacific Kansas City is testing US-bound import containers from Mexico's Lazaro Cardenas to Houston....

CHE on the road to zero emissions

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The big cargo handling equipment manufacturers are pushing ahead with fully electric mobile machines, but demand is still in its early stage...

Tackling the tyre disposal problem

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Ports and terminals have made significant progress in prioritising sustainability within their operations. Tyres, however, remain a huge cha...

Benelux ports in transition mode

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It is vitally important that ports in Belgium and the Netherlands successfully exploit and invest in opportunities arising from the use of g...

Correct crane stiffness prediction

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Ensuring crane integrity and stiffness is vital for safe operation, requiring precise FEA to avoid inaccuracies in stiffness predictions and...

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