Germany-based R Stahl says that it has optimised its successful type 8040 control units that are designed for use in areas where combustible...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

The Australian Rail Track Corporation and Lockheed Martin have entered into an agreement to develop a blueprint for a new Advanced Train Man...

The privately-owned Victorian port of Portland in south-west Australia is to invest A$20 mill in new bulk handling facilities, principally t...

Leading FIBC producers Storsack and Rosenlew have decided to join forces. The new alliance will combine the activities of both companies and...

The Port of Gijón, far and away Spain’s biggest dry bulk port, is embarking on a major €580 mill expansion project that will add 140 he...

The Western Australian port of Esperance is set to leapfrog over ambitious box-business pursuers such as Bunbury thanks, ironically, to a ra...

Associated British Ports (ABP) is to make a further investment of £15 mill in new plant and equipment for Humber International Terminal (HI...