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EUROPE

EUROPE

The number of deaths and accidents at European ports has caused 2015 to be dubbed a ‘dark year’ for safety.

11th December 2015

Dark year for dockers safety

11th December 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

BMT Asia Pacific and BMT ARGOSS have been appointed by Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group (HKND) to undertake a series of marine and port assessments for the Nicaragua Canal.

11th December 2015

BMT planning expertise

11th December 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A joint project by Swan Energy Limited (SEL) and Exmar Marine N.V will give India its first jetty-moored floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).

4th December 2015

Gujarat LNG project

4th December 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

Three Finnish TEN-T core ports are working in collaboration with Ports of Stockholm and Viking Line to invest €8,100,000 in measures to reduce the environmental impact from shipping in the Baltic Sea.

30th November 2015

Baltic ports in green collaboration

30th November 2015

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

With its membership now at nearly 90-strong, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association, (PEMA), is an increasingly important forum and public voice for the global ports and terminals sectors, says Lars Meurling, PEMA’s…

24th November 2015

An increasingly influencial voice

24th November 2015

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The IMO Ballast Water Management Convention edges ever closer to ratification, along with all the implications it contains for the 60,000 vessels that will be affected, writes Damen’s Manager of Ballast Water…

24th November 2015

Ballast water solutions at the ready

24th November 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Economic and environmental opportunities lie ahead as the Baltic-Nordic regions plan new LNG terminals, writes Lauren Riga, international energy and sustainability analyst.

23rd November 2015

Baltic Sea focus

23rd November 2015

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

It is forecasted that the total container turnover of the Black Sea region for 2015 will reach 2.5m teu.

20th November 2015

Black Sea 2015 box trade forecast at 2.5m teu

20th November 2015

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Amsterdam is closely monitoring the new biofuel initiative as it aims to achieve the best possible air quality at the port.

20th November 2015

Amsterdam aims for better air quality

20th November 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Peel Ports has announced that is has secured 50 advocates for its Cargo200 initiative and is urging shippers in the North West of England to join the campaign.

19th November 2015

Cutting haulage miles

19th November 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals has changed tack in its attempt to persuade the Brazilian government to grant it a concession extension at its Port of Itajaí container terminal.

16th November 2015

APM Terminals chases Itajaí concession extension

16th November 2015

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

AMP Terminals (APMT) and YBA Kanoo Holdings are planning an initial public offering (IPO) of Bahrain’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port in early 2016.

12th November 2015

APMT sets stage for Bahrain IPO

12th November 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Damen Shipyards Group has announced its partnership of the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s start-up accelerator programme, PortXL.

6th November 2015

Damen joins Rotterdam sustainable port project

6th November 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has brought in experts from the Qingdao Port Group to create a new joint venture for the APM Terminals Vado port project in Italy.

6th November 2015

APMT brings in Qingdao at Vado

6th November 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The head of Argentinas tax authority (AFIP), Ricardo Echegaray, has asked the courts to withdraw the concession awarded to Terminales Río de la Plata for container berths 1, 2 and 3 at…

6th November 2015

Buenos Aires TRP concession in doubt

6th November 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Manuela Patrício, director of Port Terminals and Logistics at Lisbon Port Authority, has defended the decision to build a new container terminal at Barreiro on the southern bank of the Tagus river…

6th November 2015

Barreiro necessary to allow Lisbon reinvention

6th November 2015

ASIA

ASIA

APM Terminals has entered a joint venture with Qingdao’s Donjiakou Port to produce a new multipurpose terminal with two deep water berths.

4th November 2015

APMT cements China multi-purpose ambitions

4th November 2015

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: The leaders of the major economies are hoping that next year will be better than 2015 is turning out to be as the stock markets crash around us, wars engulf us…

3rd November 2015

Beware of great expectations

3rd November 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Battle lines are being drawn on the expanded Panama Canal effect, finds Martin Rushmere

3rd November 2015

Heel digging

3rd November 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port Canaveral in the US has lots of large development projects on the drawing board and according to a recent port authority meeting, it will raise the capital for them using credit.

29th October 2015

Big ideas at Canaveral

29th October 2015