Samskip Multimodal has launched its first direct intermodal rail service connecting Rotterdam's Rail Service Centre (RSC) facility and the Italian rail hub of Melzo, east of Milan. With five train departures a week, the new direct service represents a major enhancement within Samskip's fully integrated, pan-European shortsea and multimodal network.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will deliver two Gloria reachstackers to the Hams Hall Rail Terminal in Birmingham, operated by Associated British Ports (ABP). The order was signed in August 2014 with delivery in December 2014.

The Port of Houston Authority (PHA) has selected Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc (LAN) to design Phase 1 of a new rail line to the Bayport Terminal. The project, which involves design of approximately 6,500 linear feet of primary rail line, will extend the existing Pacific Rail Corridor along State Highway 146 into the facility.

JLT Mobile Computers, Swedish developer and manufacturer of rugged computers for demanding environments, has announced that the company has formed a US subsidiary with an office in Tempe, Arizona, USA.

When a forklift driver is expected to be productive for the duration of an 8 hour shift, the total driving experience really matters. David Rowell, Hyster Product Marketing Manager, reveals 15 ways that Hyster has developed its diesel and LPG Fortens™ range of 2-3.5 tonne trucks to optimise what a driver sees, hears and feels.

What began as a challenge earlier this quarter for employees at US-based company, Capacity Trucks, proved to end in celebration when the company recently celebrated record earnings for Q4 2014 and raised USD 1,600 in raffle proceeds for the East Texas Food Bank, located in Tyler.

In a month of strategic inter-regional activity Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sea Ports Corporation of Sudan, and led a delegation to Walvis Bay to give impetus to the MOU signed in 2013 with the Namibian Ports Authority (Namport).

United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) has named the industry's first ever LNG-ready ultra large container vessel. MV "Sajir" is the first vessel in UASC's current new building programme, comprising 17 of the world's most eco-efficient vessels.

The new APM Terminals Maasvlakte II container terminal, designed to be the world's safest, most technologically advanced and automated container handling facility, began landside commercial operations with the opening of the high tech truck gates, launching a new era of automation to improve trucker efficiency and reduce turn-times.

BMT subsidiaries in the Asia-Pacific region have been awarded a contract to provide design expertise for an advanced bulk-material handling system for the emerging port of Samalaju in East Malaysia.