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THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: Last month, DP World bought the Maher terminal in Prince Rupert, with a 2014 throughput of a little over 600,000 teu for more than a half billion US dollar - just…

27th April 2015

Belief in Canadian container prospects

27th April 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Innovation abounds in breakbulk handling and operations management. Alex Hughes investigates

27th April 2015

Breaking the mould

27th April 2015

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

RightShip’s Warwick Norman explains why ports are getting on the emissions-cutting bandwagon

27th April 2015

Benefits of environmental ratings

27th April 2015

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

An investigation is underway to find the cause of death of three dockworkers who died cleaning out the hold of a ship laden with coal in Antwerps Waasland harbour at the weekend.

16th April 2015

Antwerp investigates dockworker deaths

16th April 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports (ABP) is building a port that will support the car industry in the UK by investing £12m in its vehicle handling facilities at Southampton.

14th April 2015

ABP invests in vehicle handling

14th April 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Finland-based Evac Group is expanding its offering of environmentally-friendly water, waste and wastewater collection and treatment equipment following its acquisition of Deerberg-Systems GmbH.

14th April 2015

Evac extends waste management offering

14th April 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Newport is joining forces with Gwent Wildlife Trust (GWT) to help protect important wetland reserves on the Gwent levels.

9th April 2015

ABP Newport supports green Gwent work

9th April 2015

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Port Metro Vancouver has ranked once again among Corporate Knights’ 2015 Future 40 Responsible Corporate Leaders in Canada in recognition of environmental excellence.

8th April 2015

Environmental excellence in Vancouver

8th April 2015

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Sharjah-based Gulftainer handled 6.4m teu in 2014, marking 8% growth over 2013.

5th April 2015

Gulftainer celebrates 8% growth in volumes

5th April 2015

ASIA

ASIA

Be careful where you place your bets in Southeast Asia, warns Stevie Knight

3rd April 2015

Hitting the hot spots

3rd April 2015

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Mehdi Rastegary explains why ports should value their alternative assets

3rd April 2015

Beyond the book value

3rd April 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

UK-based resource management, recycling and energy recovery company, Cory Environmental, is using inland waterways to clean up its operations on the River Thames.

1st April 2015

Barges clean up River Thames

1st April 2015

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A new warehouse with a range of environmental features has been built at Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Immingham to provide increased storage space for bulk cargoes and help the port…

31st March 2015

Energy efficient warehousing

31st March 2015

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Call for Papers for the 10th GreenPort Congress, taking place from 7 to 9 October 2015 in Copenhagen, is now open.

25th March 2015

GreenPort Congress 2015 Call for Papers

25th March 2015

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has delivered a comparable 1.3% increase in earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization to NZ$15.9m for the six months to December 31, 2014 (an after-tax figure…

23rd March 2015

Boost in NZ interim results

23rd March 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Bestobell Marine is to supply a complete set of cryogenic globe valves to be fitted in Wärtsilä’s LNG-Pac fuel gas systems for the Middle East’s first LNG-fuelled harbour tug.

20th March 2015

Bestobell order for Middle East LNG tug

20th March 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The three ports of Paris, Rouen and Le Havre are looking for more than €40m of European subsidies to feed a number of multimodal projects along the Seine corridor.

19th March 2015

HAROPA targets €40m in EU funding

19th March 2015

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Scrutiny is falling on Australia’s top five box ports as the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) launches an inquiry into the wharf and port sector of the road transport industry.

18th March 2015

Australia’s box ports face public investigation

18th March 2015

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

US based LEP plasma technology expert, Bright Light Systems, is helping to cut energy consumption by 50% at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach by installing high mast LEP luminaires…

17th March 2015

Bright outlook for LEP expert

17th March 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A new regulation set to come into effect in Hong Kong will require ocean-going vessels (OGVs) to switch to clean fuels at berth to reduce emissions and improve air quality.

16th March 2015

HK launches clean fuel rules

16th March 2015