A three-year project to promote greater use of short sea shipping in Europe has been launched with the backing of the European Commission (EC). ...

A strike by labour elements of South Africa’s road freight industry has the potential to cripple road transport in the New Year unless the union’s dispute with the Road Freight Association is resolved ...

Shenzhen Yantian Port Group (YPG) and Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) have announced the signing of a Heads of Agreement (HoA) for the joint construction and development of the Shenzhen Yantian East Por ...

Legislation just proposed by the French Government will increase the percentage of freight not transported by road from 14% to 25% by 2012 and reduce carbon emissions by 20% by 2020. ...

A new UN convention on carriage contracts (Rotterdam Rules) could increase the liability of marine terminal operators when it comes into force, says the TT Club. ...

Recent testing carried out in the UK has confirmed that Thermo King’s CryoTech truck range not only meets the stringent Dutch PIEK noise regulation, but substantially exceeds it. PIEK certification gi ...

Bromma has won orders for more than 80 GREENLINE™ all-electric yard crane spreaders with major orders received during September and October 2008 including new contracts for, among others: Yokohama, Ja ...

The Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners has voted to postpone for at least six months, the collection of a cargo-container fee intended to collect funds for road, rail and bridge improvements in ...

A new Liebherr ship-to-shore gantry crane has arrived at the Port of Liverpool for the Royal Seaforth Container Terminal where berthing for deepsea ships is to be increased by a third. ...

Kalmar has delivered four new post-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, three shuttle carriers, two electric straddle carriers, three EC DRT100 empty container stackers and one terminal tractor to the ...