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Zero emissions struggle

News10 Sep 2024

Terminal operators in LA and Long Beach face challenges in meeting the 2030 zero-emissions goal, with slow progress on replacing diesel-powe...

TraPac Oakland puts Sany’s eRTGs into action

News5 Jun 2024

TraPac Oakland terminal debuts its first hybrid electric Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes (RTGs)....

TraPac off the hook for crane raises at Oakland

News18 May 2023

Under a new agreement with the port, TraPac is no longer required to raise two STS cranes at its terminal in Oakland and will invest in clea...

ONE takes majority stake in three USWC terminals

News30 Dec 2022

Ocean Network Express has acquired all the shares up to now held by two of its members, Mistsui OSK Lines and NYK Line, in TraPac and Yusen ...

Steady change in the yard crane market

News1 Nov 2017

There are interesting trends in the yard crane market, as more terminals embrace RMGs and ASCs, while demand for RTGs shifts away from China...

JAXPORT terminals top 1M TEU

News25 Oct 2017

Container volume through Jaxport’s public terminals grows 7% to reach the 1M TEU mark for the first time....

Tideworks on the rails at TraPac

News11 Sep 2017

Tideworks Technology has supplied software for the rail operation at TraPac’s automated container terminal in Los Angeles....

Heavy lift trucks get a break

News1 Mar 2017

Breakbulk and project cargoes provide a wealth of opportunity for heavy lift truck and reach stacker operators....

San Pedro diesel count

News1 Dec 2016

As the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach pursue a strategy of zero-emission cargo handling equipment by 2030 (see “San Pedro diesel coun...

TraPac extending in Oakland

News1 Oct 2016

The Port of Oakland has concluded a deal with TraPac to allow it to expand into part of the Outer Harbor Terminal (OHT) left vacant when Por...

West Coast counting the cost

News1 Feb 2015

At the time of writing, the ILWU and the PMA have agreed a “tentative contract” for the US West Coast. The five-year deal still has to b...

Straddles take the hi-tech path

News1 Jan 2015

Automation and more efficient machines are driving straddle carrier research and development....

The path to automated terminals

News1 May 2014

Automation is about to hit the San Pedro Bay ports, but the local context brings its own special set of challenges....

The flip side of automation

News1 Mar 2014

Automation is changing the way some terminals approach flipper specification on crane spreaders, although there have always been interesting...

Taxi rank drayage proposal

News1 Mar 2014

Online logistics solutions specialist eModal has come up with a new model for port drayage that has the potential to address many of the tru...

Automation takes flight

News1 Jan 2014

Terminal operators are getting more ambitious with their plans for equipment automation, as they move to grasp the potential of automated eq...