The world’s two largest container shipping lines – Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) - could swap places by 2016, according to Alphaliner, with MSC taking first position. The predic ...

Rotterdam-based container specialist UNIT45 has designed and built a 45ft combined diesel-electric refrigerated container that can be used for journeys up to 10,000 km by rail, carrying, for instance, ...

Belgian customs, with the support of the Belgian port community, have developed a new customs licence which aims to speed up cargo flow. The licence, called “extended gateway” means that imported good ...

Kalmar has won a contract to supply the Port of Melbourne’s new Victoria International Container Terminal (VICTL), with over €40m (US$50m) worth of equipment and related automation technology. The ord ...

Israeli shipping company Zim Line has announced an extension to its fortnightly Mediterranean-West Africa (MAE) service as part of its rationalisation programme. The move follows the announcement that ...