Finnish crane manufacturer Mantsinen is expanding its crane portfolio, which is based on a range of excavator-based diesel hydraulic tracked...

Material handling attachments specialist Beco BV, based in Vianen, Holland has acquired the Dutch grab manufacturer Bleijenberg....

Chinese steel mills are deferring shipments of iron ore from Australia and Brazil after sharp falls in domestic steel product prices, accord...

Announcement of the much-discussed Phase 5 development of South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), which is likely to add an extr...

South African rail parastatal Spoornet has announced investment of R16 bill in new trains and freight infrastructure over the next five year...

As part of efforts to modernise its facilities, India’s Port of Mumbai plans to privatise four of its bulk terminals at Indira Docks....

US-based grains multinational Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to invest US$25 mill in the port of Nueva Palmira in Uruguay to create a new t...

All iron ore barged from Rotterdam’s EECV terminal to the ThyssenKrupp and Huttenwerke steel mills is carried by one barge operator, Veerh...

In the bulk handling sector, weighing today tends to be treated as more than just a method of providing weight data. Significant changes are...

When it comes to cables and reels many bulk crane operators tend to be conservative, but some end users are convinced new technology is more...

EECV’s new coal terminal in Rotterdam is now fully operational following a somewhat difficult start and looks set soon to achieve its 4 mt...

Despite recent drastic rationalisation among global manufacturers, FIBCs continue to evolve technically and to find new applications....

After grab handling, pneumatic ship discharge is the second oldest method of unloading free flowing and granular cargoes and as such has ben...

Ovet’s unloading and transhipment activities in Terneuzen and Vlissingen on either side of the Scheldt estuary rely on floating cranes, a ...

Biomass is a general term for material derived from organic matter produced by photosynthesis or from animal manure. Bioenergy already provi...