Nagoya goes NUTS

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Nine transportation companies plan to unify the operations of eight berths at three terminals - Tobishima Pier North Container Terminal, Tob...

Johor Port gets more

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Malaysia’s Johor Port has taken delivery of a new ship-to-shore crane and three more RTGs, all from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), to ...

Bigger can be problematic

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A 22-row outreach has become the de facto standard for superpost-Panamax cranes, but it is not without its problems. In one topical case, ch...

Cooler prospects for reefer builders

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Integral reefer box production is expected to fall during 2006, ending a four-year run when output increased by more than 15% each year....

MHI pulls out of reefer machinery

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After several years of declining sales and falling market share, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is to terminate production of machinery f...

Higher box prices help lift Singamas

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Singamas Container Holdings has reported a 13.3% increase in 2005 net profit to US$44.9M thanks to higher box prices, while turnover surged ...

Malaysian orders

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Impsa (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has won an order for five quay cranes and 20 RTGs from Port Tanjung Pelepas (PTP). In 2004 PTP ordered 15 RTGs and ...

New machinery designs on show

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A number of design innovations have been unveiled recently as reefer machinery manufacturers continue to battle for market share....

AGVs from Toyota

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Toyota’s Material Handling Division is understood to be developing AGVs for the new automated container terminal at the south side of Tobi...

ZPMC RTG changes

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ZPMC is planning several changes to its standard RTG, of which it now produces more than one a day. Its current base design features a chain...

Reefer machinery builders scroll ahead

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With close to 50 per cent of reefer container units now equipped with scroll compressors, and the recent scaling up of production, machinery...

MHI tenders online

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)’s Hiroshima Machinery Works has launched an online procurement system in order to extend “our inquiry ...

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