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VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Getting greens onside is one of life’s great battles for ports looking to expand. Some tackle environmentalists head on, preferring a fight to flight. Others bring them into every conversation to prove…

19th February 2014

Blanket bans

19th February 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The US Environmental Protection Agency has lauded Georgia Ports Authority’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and awarded it a grant to build on its successes.

5th February 2014

Environmental appreciation for Georgia

5th February 2014

ASIA

ASIA

PSA International celebrated a 2.9% increase in container handling volumes in 2013, handling 62m teu with growth at both its flagship Singapore hub and at terminals outside of the group’s home base.

5th February 2014

‘Exciting and challenging’ year for PSA

5th February 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Politicians in South Carolina, USA, have called for state funding to bring shore side power to the Port of Charleston.

3rd February 2014

Bringing shoreside power to Charleston

3rd February 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A threatened 70kmh “go-slow” on State Highway 3 by Taranaki truckies appears to have been averted, but the Road Transport Association New Zealand (RTANZ) is nonetheless intending “strong protest” over the motorway’s…

3rd February 2014

Highway condition riles Taranaki truckers

3rd February 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Germany’s L-3 SAM Electronics has won a contract to equip 11 Hanjin Shipping vessels with its SAMCon high voltage onshore power connection enabling them to benefit from shore side power.

30th January 2014

Green shore power connections

30th January 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The pay back for the waterfront reforms Australia embarked on in 1998 can be seen in significant improvements in container productivity – and the opportunity exists for a new phase of reform.

29th January 2014

Australian box productivity reform success

29th January 2014

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

ABP has taken the unusual step of tasking a 10-year-old Harris Hawk named Hope with keeping the Port of Southampton free from nuisance birds that are damaging imported and exported vehicles.

28th January 2014

ABP works to protect goods

28th January 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new joint initiative has been launched to offer high frequency multimodal connections between Turkey and Europe that will significantly lower CO2 emissions.

23rd January 2014

Bridging the gap between Turkey and Europe

23rd January 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Málaga, which has been criticised by the National Ports Authority, has been thrown a lifeline by the central government, which has offered it €1.9m to offset its 2013 deficit.…

23rd January 2014

Bankrupt Málaga bailed out by Spanish government

23rd January 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A new joint initiative has been launched to offer high frequency multimodal connections between Turkey and Europe that will significantly lower CO2 emissions.

22nd January 2014

Bridging the gap between Turkey and Europe

22nd January 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

DNV GL says that momentum is building in the US around the use of LNG as a ship fuel as owners, ports and regulators further embrace its benefits.

20th January 2014

Growing momentum towards LNG

20th January 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Optical character recognition (OC) in ports and terminals could be moving away from static portals and over to mobile readers to make for even easier automation.

17th January 2014

Evolving OCR scanning

17th January 2014

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Independent maintenance, repair and overhaul companies are making their mark, as John Bensalhia finds out

15th January 2014

High maintenance

15th January 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The new year has seen new product launches and new orders for some of the big port equipment manufacturers.

14th January 2014

Equipment and product round-up

14th January 2014

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

With the proximity of the general elections and the likely unavailability of government and ministry employees, the 2nd GreenPort South Asia Conference has been postponed until 2-3 September 2014.

14th January 2014

Date change: 2-3 September 2014!

14th January 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

As the LEP versus LED battle rages on, similarities and differences, strengths and weaknesses are being tossed around by industry experts.

14th January 2014

Broad range of lighting opinions

14th January 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Public private partnerships in the Philippines have not, generally speaking, fared well.

9th January 2014

Aversion to PPPs

9th January 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

One port which has created its own solution is the Dampier Port Authority in West Australia, where chief operating officer Captain Paul Toussaint-Jackson has devised a floating deck transhipment system featuring a…

6th January 2014

Dampier’s first floating deck is expected to be commissioned in early January 2014

6th January 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Transhipment and being No 1 are not part of Jaxports plan, finds Martin Rushmere

27th December 2013

Engine of growth

27th December 2013