Hong Kong-based China Railway Logistics (CRL) plans to spend RMB6B (US$770M) to buy new wagons as it seeks to capitalise on the rising deman...

The first section of the railway between Zimbabwe and the Mozambican port of Beira on the Indian Ocean is to reopen at the end of this year....

China’s demand for imported iron ore is likely to be softer this year than foreign analysts expect, according to Luo Bingsheng, secretary-...

South Africa’s state owned rail operator, Spoornet, has finally unveiled its plan for meeting the government targets on transferring bulk ...

ABB Grain Ltd is to invest an initial A$6M in developing a major grain container packing facility alongside the company’s Port Adelaide gr...

About 15 delegations, most of them from Eastern European countries, have visited the Polish port of Szczecin during the past two years. The ...

Australia-based investor fund manager Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) has extended its European ports portfolio by taking a majority sh...

Finland-based Mantsinen Group Ltd Oy reports an order for two more hydraulic cranes from the Russian Baltic Port of Vystosk, for coal handli...

Ventspils Commercial Port (Ventspils Tirdzniecibas Osta, VTO) is planning to transform a berth that currently handles 4,000 m3 of wood chips...

India’s Tata Steel says it will go ahead with a Rs24.6B(US$610M) joint venture with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to build an all-weather bulk por...

Of all dockside equipment, shiploaders are the most vulnerable to being blown off their rails by high winds. Storm brakes and rail clamps pr...

Rising commodity prices and volumes traded are leading to port congestion and increased demurrage at a time of rapidly increasing freight ra...

While a conveyor system comprises a complex range of components, it is the belt design which ultimately dictates its core performance and re...

Ship operators on the Great Lakes are continuing to suffer from shallow water. Some are beginning to wonder if it’s part of a long-term tr...

With commodity prices reaching all time highs, operators are investing in new high efficiency technology to maintain a competitive edge....