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The Los Angeles Harbour Commission has certified the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed China Shipping Berth 97-109 container terminal and has approved the project. The project w ...

From Livorno in Italy, two orders have been received from Terminal Darsena Toscana (Contshipitalia Group) for the Kalmar E-One+RTG. The first order for two RTGs was placed during the second quarter an ...

Cargotec Port Security’s Straddle Carrier Radiation Verification System (SCRVS) has been awarded the QATT (Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology) designation from the US Department of Homeland Security. ...

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) have signed a share-swapping agreement through which HPH will become the majority shareholder of Amsterdam-based Ceres Container T ...

UNIT45, the Dutch 45ft container specialist has launched a 45ft diesel-electric reefer that will fill a gap in the market and which meets all requirements for the intermodal transport of perishable fo ...

Confusion still surrounds the proposed acquisition of Fantuzzi Industries following the announcement at the end of November that Terex Corporation may not now go ahead with its planned purchase. ...

Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITC), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has rolled out new software that will boost operational efficiency at the gates o ...

Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) and Evergreen Group (Evergreen) have signed an agreement through which HPH will become a shareholder of Taranto Container Terminal (TCT). The agreement involves swapping ...

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has posed more questions about the Clean Trucks Programme, delaying for at least another 45 days, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles from collecting a fee ne ...