The US Port of Tacoma is testing a GPS system that tracks intermodal containers from the time they leave port terminals until they reach their destinations in the Midwest and...

In a response to the deteriorating trading environment MSC Company is suspending its Tiger Service and is withdrawing nine vessels of 6,500 teu capacity with immediate effect and as a...

German manufacturere SICK has developed a new IP67 rated/PLd and SIL 2 certificated OS2000 outdoor laser scanner system that detects the movement of people, vehicles and objects for safety, security...

The Chamber of Shipping, the representative body for UK-based commercial shipping, has announced that it is taking a lead position in the international shipping industry’s response to climate change by...

Kalmar has received an order to supply 15 of its ESC W straddle carriers to DP World Southampton in the UK with delivery scheduled during the first half of 2009....

Where pressures have to be regularly monitored such as in hydraulic and vacuum systems for lifting and material handling applications and the monitoring of clamping pressures, tecsis GmbH believes that...

Imported containerised cargo volume at US major retail container ports fell in November 2008 for the 16th straight month, according to the Port Tracker report released on December 5, 2008...

Despite increase in oil, dry bulk and liquid bulk traffic between January and November at the Port of Marseilles Fos, general cargo volumes fell by 12% to 14m tonnes confirming...

On Thursday December 11, 2008 UAE’s Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) received the 347 m long CMA CGM Vela – the largest ship ever handled by Gulftainer since its inception in...

In order that ships no longer have to depend on their own diesel engines for electricity at the Hook of Holland terminal, Pim de Lange, director of Stena Line and...