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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK’s Victor Marine Ltd has developed a new Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) for the marine market which complies with the latest IMO Resolution MEPC 159(55). The full system is also Bureau…

19th April 2013

Victor Marine sewage treatment

19th April 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Yesterday, the European Parliament rejected the proposal to introduce a levy on all ships calling at EU ports that would finance a fund to support sustainable recycling of ships.

19th April 2013

EU Parliament rejects ship recycling fund

19th April 2013

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The Port of Portland has been recognised by the US Environmental Protection Agency as one of its top green power purchasers. The port is purchasing more than 75 million kilowatt hours (kWh)…

19th April 2013

Portland pays more than lip service to green goals

19th April 2013

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of San Diego has hired a new director of environmental and land use management – part of its strategy to transform the way in which it approaches planning in the…

18th April 2013

San Diego reinforces environmental efforts

18th April 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

US based Severn Trent De Nora’s BALPURE ballast water treatment system (BWTS) has received the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) Alternate Management System (AMS) approval.

18th April 2013

Severn Trent De Nora BWTS approved

18th April 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Portek International, terminal operator and port equipment engineering solutions provider, has acquired 80% of the share capital of Latvias’s Rigas Universalais Terminals SIA (RUT) in order to expand its portfolio.

18th April 2013

Portek acquires Latvian operator

18th April 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Industrial action taken at Sydney’s Port Botany in December last year has led to legal action being initiated by stevedore DP World against the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and two of…

18th April 2013

DP World sues Australian unions

18th April 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A drive to prevent the infiltration of organised crime into Australia’s ports and distribution networks has been proposed by the country’s Home Affairs minister Jason Clare.

18th April 2013

Terminal operators to clamp down on organised crime

18th April 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An electronic vehicle-booking system is expected to be developed at Lyttelton Port of Christchurch within the next few months to address a growing truck congestion issue.

18th April 2013

Truck congestion tackled at Lyttelton

18th April 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland has released two scaled-back options for future expansion in order to balance handling projected cargo growth with appeasing community interests.

18th April 2013

Auckland revises expansion plans

18th April 2013