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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mobile network, Three, has launched a national campaign with the help of the Merchant Navy Welfare Board, to provide 500,000MB of free mobile internet access to ports across the UK.

25th September 2012

UK ports benefit from 3G access

25th September 2012

ASIA

ASIA

It seems that the battle over India’s tariffs has resulted in PSA International and ABG walking away from Jawaharlu Nehru Port’s fourth box terminal with the port trust recommending they be barred…

24th September 2012

PSA walks away from Indian project

24th September 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

This month, a new shuttle between Stockholm Årsta and the Port of Gothenburg came into service. The shuttle provides companies throughout the Stockholm area with a rapid, environmentally smart link to key…

21st September 2012

Shuttle connects Stockholm and Gothenburg in six hours

21st September 2012

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

A late addition to the programme, the purpose of this paper is to present the available output of the project with emphasis on its transport policy content.

21st September 2012

Green corridors and the SuperGreen project presentation

21st September 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Parliamentary debate began this Wednesday on a Private Member’s Bill proposed by Labour MP Darien Fenton to increase transparency within New Zealand’s port sector.

20th September 2012

First reading for ports transparency bill

20th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Strike action will be taking place across Portugese ports for the remainder of September following workers protests against the government’s austerity measures.

20th September 2012

Portugese ports hit by strikes

20th September 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has said that aging infrastructure for US marine ports and inland waterways is threatening the national economy.

19th September 2012

Call for action over ageing US ports

19th September 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Scotlands Aberdeen Harbour Board has begun a study to evaluate the likelihood of extending the facilities at the port to meet its increasing operations.

19th September 2012

Aberdeen harbour plans port expansion

19th September 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Chinas state-owned Yanbian Haihua Group has purchased the rights to make use of two berths at the North Korean east coast port of Chongjin.

19th September 2012

Chinese to operate out of North Korea

19th September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World intends to sell the 60% stake it holds in DP World Breakbulk, the company that operates a bulk terminal in the port of Antwerp.

19th September 2012

DP World to sell Antwerp break bulk stake

19th September 2012