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Almost half (47%) of port owners, contractors and consultants believe that investment in new port-side infrastructure will directly contribute to creating new business. Read More »

Kerry Logistics has started construction of a new state-of-the-art 42,600 sq metre logistics centre in the Haicang Export Processing Zone in Xiamen, China. Read More »

Demag Cranes AG, which includes Gottwald Port Technology, has welcomed the improved offer by US-based Terex Corporation through its German subsidiary, Terex Industrial Holding AG, to substantially increase the price of the voluntary public tender submitted to Demag shareholders from €41.75 (US$61.96) to €45.50 (US$64.26) per share. It is expected that the Demag board will recommend shareholders accept the improved offer. Read More »

Gottwald Port Technology has launched new intelligent lifting features for its mobile harbour cranes - a vertical lift assistant (VLA) for single lifts and a tandem lift assistant (TLA) for synchronised lifts involving two cranes handling heavy and outsize cargoes. Read More »

The series of aftershocks reaching magnitudes of 5.7 and 6.3 that hit Christchurch, New Zealand this Monday (13th) caused further damage to the infrastructure and facilities at Lyttelton Port, four months after the devastating magnitude 6.3 earthquake in February and the previous earthquake in September, both of which caused extensive damage. Read More »

Deep concerns have been raised over moves in Brussels to exempt Eurotunnel from European railway regulations, according to the UK Rail Freight Group (RFG). Read More »

A 20-year vision for growth and future development of the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal has been outlined by Peels Ports Mersey in a draft ‘Mersey Ports Master Plan’. Read More »

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, New Zealand has sustained further damage from a series of aftershocks, four months after the devastating magnitude 6.3 earthquake that caused extensive damage in February. Read More »

Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, the owner of Halterm Container Terminal (HCT), is to invest in two additional super post-Panamax cranes at the Port of Halifax next year, bringing to seven the number of such cranes at its four container berths. Read More »