Container Management

Port Houston is on track for 2024 to be one of its most successful years to date, having handled just under 3.8m teu through November, up 9% year-on-year, as November volumes alone increase 24%. In November, Port Houston handled 369,361...

APM Terminals (APMT) has completed the last phase of the 2m teu expansion in MedPort Tangier to increase total capacity to 5.2m teu and 2 km berth length as part of a three-year project delivered on schedule.  The final stage...

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s (HHLA) Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) has obtained three new remote-controlled highly automated container gantry cranes, the first of their kind at the Port of Hamburg. The cranes have been obtained with the aim of increasing...

The Zero Emission Port Alliance (ZEPA) has released three reports providing insights into decarbonising the port and infrastructure, specifically rising demand for battery-electric container handling equipment (BE-CHE), new voluntary design standards and strategies to enhance port power infrastructure.  The organisation...

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has launched the Fugitive and Unburned Methane Emissions from Ships Part 2 (FUMES 2), an expanded follow-up to the FUMES study measuring methane emissions from ships fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) under...

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has digitalised truck access at Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) which will be managed via the passify app.  With the launch of the app, HHLA is replacing the trucker card that had been previously in...

Embotech, an innovator in autonomous driving solutions for industrial logistics, has received CHF23.5m (US$27m) in Series B funding to help the c ompany scale its Automated Vehicle Marshalling (AVM) and Autonomous Terminal Tractor (ATT) solutions in Europe, and ultimately in...

The Dutch Seaports Trade Organisation (BOZ), the Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management and the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) have developed a strategic plan to transform the FERM Foundation into a national cybersecurity platform for Dutch seaports...

Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) has installed white noise reversing alarms on two of its rail-mounted gantry (RTG) cranes in an effort to help the facility achieve more community-friendly operations. The RMGs, selected for their proximity to residential areas, now...

TraPac Oakland, a container terminal operator in California, has ordered two Liebherr ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, marking the Irish-based manufacturer’s first contract to supply equipment to the US West Coast.  The cranes have a 66 m outreach, a 53 m lift...