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AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

The Western Australian EPA has recommended approval of the Oakajee Port & Rail iron ore port development and rail infrastructure in the State’s mid-west region.

12th March 2011

EPA Approval for Oakajee

12th March 2011

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

If you go the World Bank route then invariably arriving at a conclusion about what type of port reforms to adopt will prove a long drawn out process based on a myriad…

9th March 2011

Banking on reforms can take its time

9th March 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Congress is an opportunity to present and focus on topics that concern the sustainable operation of modern port operations.

5th March 2011

Hamburg Port Authority invites delegates to GreenPort Congress 2011

5th March 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Last week the Port of Venice hosted the 6th GreenPort Conference and the 2nd Energy for Green Ports conference, which were focused on the latest in renewable energy technology and on green…

4th March 2011

Energy for Green Ports and GreenPort Logistics Conference in Venice

4th March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The pressure to ‘green’ port equipment is being keenly felt by consultants, according to a survey by Trelleborg Marine Systems.

3rd March 2011

Green pressure piled on port consultants

3rd March 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The pressure to ‘green’ port equipment is being keenly felt by consultants, according to a survey by Trelleborg Marine Systems.

3rd March 2011

Green pressure piled on port consultants

3rd March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Baltic Container Terminal in Poland recently handled its first heavy cargo using its new Liebherr LHM-400 mobile harbour crane.

3rd March 2011

BCT celebrates first heavy load

3rd March 2011

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

HPTIs Thomas Gondermann considers how best to tackle workable port-wide performance measures

2nd March 2011

An indication of worth

2nd March 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes asks whether cutting equipment maintenance spending is a sensible measure

2nd March 2011

Cutting costs or corners?

2nd March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Hamburg has announced that, from the summer onwards, it is to revamp the way it calculates fees, to reflect the amount of traffic any one shipping line handles in…

27th February 2011

Hamburg revises port dues system

27th February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes has launched a new straddle carrier to improve the link between container unloading and yard stacking operations.

27th February 2011

Boxrunner answer to moving problem

27th February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Yet more demands for electronic data submission within the EU, this time on the customs side under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), are driving change within the ports and shipping…

26th February 2011

Customs requirement burden

26th February 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Felicity Landon asks whether it’s possible to be prepared for every eventuality when drawing up emergency plans

25th February 2011

Any eventuality

25th February 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The ports of Calllao (Peru), Buenaventura (Columbia), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Valparaíso (Chile) and San Antonio (Chile) have signed an agreement to create the South American Pacific Port Community (COPASUD).

24th February 2011

Birth of South American Pacific ports association

24th February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma has been awarded two major new contracts for the supply of all-electric spreaders for use on automated stacking cranes.

24th February 2011

Automated facility goes for Bromma

24th February 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Oslo port terminal and the ‘Color Magic’ ro-pax are to be equipped with a compact, automatically linked shore-power system, which means less exposure for port personnel to the often harsh conditions on…

23rd February 2011

Automatic shore power beats the cold

23rd February 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Paul Gallie, APM Terminals director of Central and South American investments has costed the proposed new container terminal in Costa Ricas Limón province at around $992m. The reference price in the tender…

22nd February 2011

APMT to stump up $992m for Limon

22nd February 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Ennore Port Ltd (EPL) has gained approval from its board for a public floatation, seeking funds of approximately $110m in return for 10% of its equity.

21st February 2011

Ennore to go public

21st February 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

For the first time since it opened in September 1995, the Italian transhipment hub of Gioia Tauro was forced to close for 30 hours in January because of lack of traffic.

21st February 2011

GT closes for want of traffic

21st February 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Alberto Diaz, president of the National Ports Authority of Uruguay, has forecast that 2011 will be a record year for container throughput, beating the previous historic high registered in 2008. Last year,…

20th February 2011

Historic year for Uruguayan port traffic

20th February 2011