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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Spain’s Órbita Ingeniería has launched a new quay crane optical character recognition (OCR) system which does its bit to cut emissions.

13th June 2013

OCR technology cuts emissions

13th June 2013

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The Port of Melbourne Corp has published the names of the four parties short-listed for “the right to operate the third international container terminal at the Port of Melbourne.

13th June 2013

A touch of spice down under

13th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) are to share strategies and best practices after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation and partnership.

13th June 2013

Los Angeles and Hamburg collaborate

13th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Downtime at ports is up on last year says Trelleborg whose latest barometer report suggests that far from improving, the issue is actually getting worse. In fact, 90% of those surveyed for…

13th June 2013

Costs spiral for unscheduled downtime

13th June 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

HFWs Scott Pilkington asks who foots the bill when ports suffer from strikes, industrial action or other disruption

13th June 2013

Closed for business

13th June 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil has reached an historic point in its port history, as Alex Hughes explains

13th June 2013

Reaching tipping point

13th June 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Before the approval of Brazils port reform bill MP595, national operator Santos Brasil admits that it felt uncomfortable investing in areas outside of public ports as the previous legislation did not entirely…

13th June 2013

MP595 sets Santos Brasil free

13th June 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Swings and roundabouts predominate as the industry tries to find a perfect labour solution. Martin Rushmere reports

13th June 2013

Right to work

13th June 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Carriers treat Australia as “the end of the bus line, says Searoad Holdings John Hunter, “with the result that we often don’t get the best ships.” This, he says, is one of…

13th June 2013

Odds stacked against high Oz handling

13th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Vessel Traffic Management Systems (VTS) are to be installed at two Indonesian ports as container handling in the country increases.

12th June 2013

Transas VTS for Indonesia

12th June 2013