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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Finnish waste collection system manufacturer, Evac, has launched its Food Waste Collection System which can manage the entire waste handling system for both vessels and rigs.

7th March 2013

Evac launches food waste collection system

7th March 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Global terminal operator, APM Terminals (APMT) and Turkish petrochemical company, Petkim, have signed an agreement to create a new container and general cargo terminal, Aegean Gateway Terminal (AGT) at Turkeys Petkim Port.

6th March 2013

APMT to operate major Turkish port

6th March 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Sri Lankas deep sea port at Hambantota, on the south coast of the island, will finally start storing bunker fuel, according to media reports.

5th March 2013

Hambantota port to store LNG

5th March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma has won an order for 52 yard spreaders for the new Dubai Ports World-led Rotterdam World Gateway terminal.

2nd March 2013

Bromma chosen one in Rotterdam

2nd March 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Dawei, the proposed megaport in Myanmar, has hit another snag, Thailand’s national NNT news agency has reported.

2nd March 2013

Dawei hits another hurdle

2nd March 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland has announced it will accept the recommendations of facilitator Alastair Dumbleton in the long-running dispute with the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) - however, a declaration of the…

2nd March 2013

Ball in MUNZ court

2nd March 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Australias premier port readies itself for a new era in container business. Iain MacIntyre reports

25th February 2013

Breaking new ground

25th February 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Manager and operator of Abu Dhabi’s four main commercial ports, Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT), has announced that it has reached an agreement with a consortium of shipping companies to start a direct…

21st February 2013

ADT offers direct link to India

21st February 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The public prosecutor at the town of Campos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is threatening to take legal action against the EBX group.

20th February 2013

Açu port dredging causes pollution

20th February 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

On February 5, independent hauliers at the Port of Valencia began talks with Spain’s National Ports Authority to resolve a labour dispute that effectively closed container terminals for the best part of…

20th February 2013

Hauliers return to work in Spain

20th February 2013

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

One of the most notable trends in recent years is that port operators are now outsourcing security to third parties.

19th February 2013

Handing over the security baton

19th February 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Federation of inland ports (EFIP) has welcomed the European Commission’s (EC) ‘Clean Fuel Strategy’ but worries that it may be too early to set up binding LNG refuelling schemes for…

15th February 2013

EU inland ports back EC’s LNG strategy

15th February 2013

AFRICA

AFRICA

APM Terminals has opened up a new inland container freight station (CFS) near to Kenya’s primary port of Mombasa, in a bid to reduce huge traffic jams posing a severe obstacle to…

13th February 2013

APMT’s bid to improve Kenyan bottlenecks

13th February 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

As part of its climate action campaign, ‘A world you like. With a climate you like’, the European Commission has launched a low-carbon contest in a bid to find and test some…

12th February 2013

European Commission looks for climate solutions

12th February 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

HFWs Costas Frangeskides and Ben Atkinson discuss the pitalls of a unstable Euro

9th February 2013

Currency concerns

9th February 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes finds out why equipment tracking is not yet a must have port accessory

7th February 2013

Everything in its place

7th February 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

On 7 and 8 February 2013, European Heads of State and Government are coming together in another attempt to make a deal on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF), the overall European budget…

6th February 2013

Ports urge European leaders not to cut in Transport Infrastructure Budget

6th February 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals has been accused of taking an ‘iron fist’ approach when dealing with port unions at the Costa Rican port of Moín – an accusation it vehemently denies.

30th January 2013

APMT refutes ‘iron fist’ claim

30th January 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Adani Kandla Bulk Terminal Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of India’s largest private port operator, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), has signed a concession agreement with the Kandla Port Trust to…

28th January 2013

Adani ports signs new concession

28th January 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Navis, part of global cargo technology company, Cargotec, recently announced that APM Terminals’ has chosen its SPARCS N4 as its terminal operating system (TOS) of record for its new Maasvlakte II facility…

26th January 2013

APMT selects Navis operating system

26th January 2013