European logistics company ECS has started testing Thermo King’s new E-Coolpac electric battery genset, mounted on a container chassis and powering a reefer unit, on routes between Belgium and the...

Owendo Container Terminal (OCT) in Gabon has commissioned a new bridge worth CFA2bn (US$3m), linking the wharf and the terminal, and aiming to streamline container movement at the port. The...

CMA Terminals has ordered three Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers for SAMR, its terminal on Réunion Island, which acts as an Indian Ocean hub for CMA CGM. The order from the...

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will not recommend renewing a block exemption, which exempts certain forms of cooperation between shipping lines from competition law. The European Commission’s Liner...

Japan’s ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism has announced that Yokohama Port and Kobe Port will hold on-site demonstrations of hydrogen-powered rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. At Yokohama Port Minamihonmoku...

Chiquita Guatemala has received the first two of three Konecranes reachstackers for its facility Terminal Ferroviaria in Puerto Barrios, a regional distribution hub for banana exports. Following the delivery in...

Ulsan Port and South Korea’s ministry of oceans and fisheries have completed the world’s first ship-to-ship (STS) supply of green methanol to a container ship of 16,000 teu in capacity....

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and ICTSI Oregon have reached a settlement of their long-running litigation, with the terminal operator to receive a payment of US$20.5m. The settlement...

Tanger Med Port handled 8,617,410 teu last year, representing a rise of 13%, which puts Moroccan hub on the Strait of Gibraltar four years ahead of its target. The total...

Container throughput at Haropa Port declined by 15% to 2.63m teu last year, owing to a decrease in transhipment and reflecting a weaker business environment for Northern European ports. The...