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MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

Emapsite, global specialist in GIS and environmental monitoring, has expanded its operations in the Middle East with the opening of a second office in Saudi Arabia.

10th April 2012

Environmental survey in the Middle East

10th April 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The cargo ship, MS Carrier, which ran aground off the coast of north Wales on Tuesday night, is not expected to present a huge pollution disaster, according to the UK Environment Agency…

5th April 2012

Grounded vessel pollution risk low

5th April 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Antwerp Port Authority and the international chemical group Solvay Energy NV may have moved one step closer to the realisation of a biomass fired power station at the port’s Solvay site.

3rd April 2012

Antwerp biomass station one step closer?

3rd April 2012

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

According to the Chairman of the Lobito port company, Anapaz de Jesus Neto, the government of Angola has invested $1,2 billion in the modernisation and expansion of the port.

30th March 2012

Angola invests in Port of Lobito

30th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia – an ICTSI subsidiary - is to gain from a grant worth around a third of its PLN153m (US$49.2m) development, an expansion project that will raise…

30th March 2012

BCT gets a third off its expansion costs

30th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals’ 2011 Sustainability Report reveals a 21% decrease in Lost Time Injury Frequency, and a 16.5% per teu reduction in CO2 emissions, but admits there is still much to be done.

29th March 2012

APMT injury and CO2 wins

29th March 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals has passed the final hurdle for its Moin Container Terminal concession, gaining the final endorsement from Costa Rica’s Comptroller General Office in March.

29th March 2012

APMT seals Moin concession deal

29th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The arbitration committee set up to decide whether Lisbon Port Authority was right in annulling the concession extension it granted to Liscont has ruled in favour of the terminal operator.

27th March 2012

Annulled Liscont concession extension deemed illegal

27th March 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian government is looking at the possibility of privatising national ports.

26th March 2012

Brazil mulls Docas privatisation

26th March 2012

AFRICA

AFRICA

APMT has described a new model for West African transportation suggesting a shift away from container lifts towards “integrated container transport solutions”.

20th March 2012

APMT focuses on African integration

20th March 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

On Friday 16 March, the Port of Long Beach welcomed the MSC Fabiola, the largest container vessel now serving the US to Asia trade route. The vessel measures 1,200ft in length and…

19th March 2012

Biggest container vessel at Long Beach

19th March 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals was granted an extension to file the required stability report for its North Terminal concession at Peru’s Port of Callao, Port Strategy has learned.

8th March 2012

APMT Callao investment assured

8th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port based businesses in the UK facing unfair and unexpected backdated business rates bills can breathe a sigh of relief as the Government has moved to waive and repay bills this week.

8th March 2012

An end in sight to the UKs port rate fiasco

8th March 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Maritime Environmental Protection Committee of the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) has granted Siemens Final Approval for its Sicure ballast water management system.

7th March 2012

Balast water system approval

7th March 2012

ASIA

ASIA

There are Indonesian rewards to be reaped by patient investors, as Stevie Knight explains

5th March 2012

Holding the key

5th March 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec is looking to bridge the gap in terminal container flow by offering operators the chance to get even better with automation with its newly-purchased lashing and twistlock technology.

4th March 2012

Automation gives Cargotec a lashing

4th March 2012

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

In current times society is becoming more and more sensitised about environmental protection - as Sara Blanco Monge, Systems Engineer at Isdefe explains.

28th February 2012

Green Ports Initiative in Spain

28th February 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

An automated lashing platform for fully automated quayside twistlock handling has been added to Cargotec’s portfolio. Under the terms of an exclusive global licensing agreement, Cargotec has assumed full responsibility for KALP…

28th February 2012

Automated lashing efficiency for containers

28th February 2012

ASIA

ASIA

APM Terminals’ chief executive, Kim Feijer, says that, despite having the worlds third-largest economy, India remains under represented in terms of global trade.

28th February 2012

APM Terminals sees potential in India

28th February 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The potential risks associated with mis-declaring the weight of containers are self-evident and understood through common sense; recent incidents have included the loss of 18 containers overboard on the Husky Racer in…

28th February 2012

An industry at tipping point

28th February 2012