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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

How green port facilities are an essential part in the puzzle of sustainable shipping.

23rd September 2011

(Green Ships + Green Ports) = Sustainable Shipping

23rd September 2011

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

ABB, BROMMA, Environmental Consulting, ewo, Fraunhofer CML and Schneider Electric all took the opportunity to talk with delegates during the breaks.

21st September 2011

Exhibitors enjoy the opportunity to network with delegates

21st September 2011

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Marseille Fos Port Authority will be the hosts of the 7th GreenPort Congress from 3-5 October 2012.

21st September 2011

Hamburg Port Authority hands over the baton to Marseille!

21st September 2011

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POST SCRIPT

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 brought fundamental change to the ports sector. And while this change was born out of adversity much of it is change that can now be…

21st September 2011

Benefits born out of adversity

21st September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

HITTs subsidiary in Canada, Klein Systems Group, is to provide the Spanish port of Barcelona with a Port Management Information System.

15th September 2011

Barcelona gains information system

15th September 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

San Francisco and Prince Rupert use economics and natural advantages to get ahead, by Martin Rushmere

13th September 2011

Growth strategies go west

13th September 2011

ASIA

ASIA

APM Terminals is to sell 25% of the stake it holds in the Xiamen Songyu container terminal in China.

11th September 2011

APM Terminals offloads partial Xiamen stake

11th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Belgium - Antwerp Port Authority is to reward “clean ships” calling at the port.

10th September 2011

Antwerp Offers Green Incentive

10th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

UK - Harwich International Port has welcomed the MPI Adventure on itsmaiden operational call to the port.

9th September 2011

Harwich Welcomes MPI Adventure

9th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The ports of Salvador, Aratu and Ilhéus in the Brazilian state of Bahia have secured investment of $300m as part of the national Accelerated Investment Programme 2 (PAC2).

9th September 2011

Bahia ports to get PAC2 investment

9th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Chilean construction company Belfi, whose annual turnover is $400m, is to compete for port tenders, reports managing director Andrés Elgueta. Currently under analysis is participation in the privatisation of both Talcahuano…

9th September 2011

Belfi eyes Chilean port investment

9th September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

High land prices, particularly in coastal areas, make reclamation a relatively ‘cheap’ option for many port expansion projects. Felicity Landon looks at the latest developments.

7th September 2011

Beating land pressures

7th September 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A tour of Hamburg Port will take place on the morning of Friday, 16th September 2011 for delegates at the GreenPort Congress (14th & 15th September).

2nd September 2011

Hamburg Port Authority invites delegates on a tour after Congress

2nd September 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Stockholm-based Bromma has introduced a new suite of terminal productivity tools designed to keep spreader operations in a “green zone” of higher performance. Bromma Roadmap™ is the first Green Zone™ application to…

2nd September 2011

Bromma Roadmap keeps spreader operations in a “green zone”

2nd September 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

French company JLMD Ecologic Group reports that it has agreed to equip the future fleet of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs ‘green’ bulk carriers, which will be built in China, with its fast oil…

2nd September 2011

Equipment deal signed for new green bulkers

2nd September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A survey of port investment in Brazil over the past decade by consultants Amaral & Associates has shown that investment of only $728m out of a promised total of $263bn was actually…

1st September 2011

Brazil squanders port investment

1st September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

In the first two quarters of this year, APM Terminals generated revenue of more than $2bn, up 6%. Profits amounted to $304m. Three new port operations commenced: at Cai Mep in Vietnam,…

1st September 2011

APMT profit increases

1st September 2011

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POST SCRIPT

The early expulsion of Getma International, a subsidiary of the NCT Necotrans group, from its 25-year concession for the Conakry container terminal in Guinea has all the hallmarks of a most extraordinary…

30th August 2011

An extraordinary affair

30th August 2011

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Dimitrios Theologitis of the European Mobility Network Directorate, will give the keynote speech at the 2011 GreenPort Congress

29th August 2011

Head of Unit, EC to open Congress

29th August 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils federal government has announced that it is to increase its intervention in the management and planning of 16 large ports.

29th August 2011

Brazilian government to participate in ports

29th August 2011