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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

An international seminar on the Environmental Aspects of Dredging organized by PAO (Post Graduate Education) at the Delft University of Technology, in cooperation with the IADC and CEDA, will be held at…

10th January 2011

Environmental Aspects of Dredging Seminar

10th January 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Queensland floods, which in total have covered an area greater than France and Germany, continue to disrupt port operations.

6th January 2011

Australian floods continue to hit coal ports

6th January 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Over the last five months Cargotec has received contracts to supply a total of 200 Kalmar terminal tractors to Parsec Inc - the intermodal division of Cincinnati-based O/B Leasing.

17th December 2010

Big orders for Kalmar tractors

17th December 2010

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Australian port managers need to take on board the emerging influence of the Green movement, and be prepared to engage with its political leaders.

15th December 2010

Befriend the green movement, ports told

15th December 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australian port managers need to take on board the emerging influence of the Green movement, and be prepared to engage with its political leaders.

15th December 2010

Befriend the green movement, ports told

15th December 2010

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

With the Holidays approaching, air travel delays (rather than port issues) are occupying most transport watchers.

15th December 2010

Black clouds on the funding horizon

15th December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ITS has added fully automated job step reporting to its G-POS RTLS (Real Time Location System).

12th December 2010

Automatic reporting for G-POS

12th December 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) at the Port of Hamburg uses exhaust heat from a sewage treatment plant to provide heating. This system enables Hamburg Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) and Hamburg…

9th December 2010

Heating without emissions

9th December 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Stevedores will be encouraged to invest in terminals and maximise the use of existing facilities as a result of increased competition in Australia’s container ports, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has…

9th December 2010

Australian stevedores pushed into terminal investment

9th December 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) have set up a joint office in Brussels. Under this agreement the secretarial services of both organisations will…

8th December 2010

European Sea and Inland Ports establish joint office

8th December 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

This year the formerly independent AP Moller-Maersk Container Inland Services unit was brought under the control of APM Terminals.

8th December 2010

APM Terminals rings the changes

8th December 2010

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

In October an advertisement was placed in the French national press that said, “best job in the world” – become a crane operator at the port of Marseilles for €4000 a month,…

8th December 2010

Best job in the world

8th December 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ecuador’s Puerto Bolívar has finally issued a tender to build Berth 5 after nearly 17 years of planning. Total investment of $43m will be divided between the government and the Port Authority.…

6th December 2010

Bolívar launches long-awaited tender

6th December 2010

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Australia was notable for upping its exports during the harsh economic recession, but its ports have been caught in the relentless drive for size - including the need to build out further…

3rd December 2010

Australia’s long view

3rd December 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK’s new Marine Management Organisation has selected the sea areas off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and Felixstowe, Suffolk to be the first two English marine plan areas to be developed from April…

3rd December 2010

England’s first Marine Plan

3rd December 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A new biomass power plant located at the Port of Southampton could help give volumes a lift since most of the estimated 800,000 tonnes a year feedstock would come through the port.

3rd December 2010

Biomass plant boost for Southampton

3rd December 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A new way of handling wind farm components using specially adapted reachstackers has been realised at the Port of Mostyn in North Wales.

3rd December 2010

Handling options for windfarm components

3rd December 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Hutchison Ports UK Ltd (HPUK) is celebrating an award for becoming certified by the Carbon Trust Standard for reducing its carbon emissions by 8.2% between 2007 and 2009.

3rd December 2010

Award for HPUK

3rd December 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Antwerp has unveiled a $2.2bn investment programme, which it will implement over the next 15 years. The amount is double its previous budget and aims to increase its competitiveness,…

2nd December 2010

Antwerp introduces major investment programme

2nd December 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian government has declared that it will not extend concession agreements signed by port terminals before the 1993 Modernisation of Ports Act in contradiction to a resolution passed by the National…

2nd December 2010

Brazil’s u-turn on concession extensions

2nd December 2010