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NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The 9th GreenPort Congress will focus on the relationship between the port, its users, customers and stakeholders. Abstracts should be submitted no later than 24 March 2014.

24th March 2014

Deadline day for abstracts for GreenPort Congress

24th March 2014

ASIA

ASIA

Indonesian port operator Pelindo III, which is responsible for facilities in the central and eastern parts of Indonesia, is to issue $400m in bonds this year in both US dollar and rupiah…

23rd March 2014

Bond and IPO opportunities in the Far East

23rd March 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Arctic Council’s Task Force on Arctic Marine Oil Pollution Prevention (TFOPP) is to develop an urgent action plan to protect the fragile environment.

18th March 2014

Arctic works to prevent oil pollution

18th March 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils National Agency for Waterway Transport (Antaq) has revealed that it has fined seven dry bulk terminals operating in the port of Santos for rule violations.

18th March 2014

Antaq fines bulk terminals for blocking access ways

18th March 2014

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Rietlanden Terminals BV at the Port of Amsterdam has become the ‘world’s first’ terminal to be illuminated entirely by high-power LEDs.

17th March 2014

Amsterdam lights up Rietlanden Terminals

17th March 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Mice, rats and cockroaches usually come under a fairly intense prevention program: not only do they spread disease but if they get a foothold in a food import facility it’s difficult to…

17th March 2014

Hitching an uninvited lift

17th March 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Port of Antwerp has published its own specific procedures this month for LNG bunkering to enable the process to be carried out as safely as possible.

13th March 2014

Antwerp procedures for LNG bunkering

13th March 2014

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

With the IT technology available today, integrating security systems is not as difficult as it may seem even where systems compete, security expert Henk van Unnik claims. In fact, the first demonstration…

11th March 2014

Ensuring fit-for-purpose security systems

11th March 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

ESPO has urged the European Parliament and Council to reach an agreement on the Clean Fuel Strategy before the forthcoming EU elections.

10th March 2014

ESPO plea over Clean Fuel Strategy

10th March 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is to sell its LNG transport business for KRW 1.1 trillion (US$1.3bn) in a bid to boost its crippling financial status.

5th March 2014

HMM to sell LNG transport business

5th March 2014

ASIA

ASIA

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), India’s largest private port operator, is working to strengthen its position on the countrys East coast with a new container terminal at Ennore Port.

5th March 2014

Adani to build on Indian East coast

5th March 2014

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

It is a big step from the images presented by the 1993 movie Black Hawk Down to the idea of Mogadishu as a holiday resort.

5th March 2014

Holidays in Mogadishu

5th March 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Wärtsilä’s environmentally-sustainable propeller shaft sealing solutions will continue to use mineral oil as theyve been found to meet US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) standards.

4th March 2014

EPA approval for Wärtsilä shaft sealants

4th March 2014

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Greenheart Project, an international non-profit organisation, is in line for the Royal Dutch Society of Engineers Prize for its solar-sail cargo ship – the world’s ‘first’.

4th March 2014

Greenheart Project in line for prize

4th March 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

A Bill to privatise Cyprus’ ports has been thrown out by parliament, leaving the country at risk to further downfall.

28th February 2014

Cyprus privatisation bill fails

28th February 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Workers are striking again at Cyprus Ports Authority’s (CPA) Limassol and Larnaca ports in a bid to protest against the proposed privatisation plan being voted on this week, which they say will…

27th February 2014

Cyprus privatisation struggle turns ugly

27th February 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Technological advances have considerably helped ports in all spheres, and the bagging sector is no exception.

27th February 2014

Advanced accuracy

27th February 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Debate is raging over whether Queensland’s port capacity has shifted from shortfall to surplus as a result of developments during the mining boom.

26th February 2014

Boom to bust for Queensland ports

26th February 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

On dock bagging services offer value-added services for port customers. John Bensalhia reports

26th February 2014

Bag for life

26th February 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The recent productivity slump on the Panama Canal over new lock costs may bring a welcome breather for some east coast ports which are rushing to get upgrades completed in time for…

20th February 2014

Benefits to a Panama Canal delay?

20th February 2014