The market for grabs is a very competitive, low tech one with next to no ground for innovation. This is, at least, the trenchant view of Bur...

Raw cocoa beans are a delicate commodity, far more difficult to handle than coffee. Ideally, says Dietrich Rammrath managing director of Wil...

As reported below Germany imported close to 40 mt of coal last year. Although general energy demand was down 5 percent and is likely to drop...

The Port of Hamburg handled 6.75 mt of suction cargoes in 2001, a steep decline compared with the previous year when nearly 7.8 mt were hand...

Wedged between Wilhelmshaven, Germany's leading oil terminal, and Bremerhaven on the other side of the Weser, lies a peninsula with two impo...

Fully automated and covered stockyard systems continue to increase in popularity while niche markets are being developed for more flexible, ...

As many German coal-fired power stations are switching from locally produced to imported coal, coal traffic is becoming increasingly importa...

Rail is often the most economical way to move bulk commodities to or from ports, but discharging wagons quickly and cost-effectively remains...

Germany has a long tradition in the manufacture of conveyors and other bulk materials handling equipment but many famous names have been dri...