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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Trelleborg Marine Systems’ has received patent for its new DFM (design or maintenance) fender system.

15th August 2012

New fender system from Trelleborg

15th August 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Engineering group, Cavotec has won an order to supply a Mediterranean sea port with 18 MoorMaster automated mooring units for a container handling application.

14th August 2012

Cavotec wins landmark order

14th August 2012

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Governmental guidelines for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to be undertaken on the proposed deep sea port facility at Port Bonython, South Australia, have been issued, helping to move the project forward.

14th August 2012

EIS for Oz port development

14th August 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

To date there is still no news of any port being granted permission by any European coastal state to let the smouldering cargo ship MSC Flaminia in to seek refuge.

13th August 2012

No port refuge for Flaminia

13th August 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Viking Grace, an environmentally friendly new-generation cruise ferry being built for Viking Line, has been floated out from STX Finlands Turku shipyard.

13th August 2012

Dual-fuel ferry floated out in Finland

13th August 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Luceor WiMESH Systems has spotlighted three pressing problems with outdoor wireless communication systems: flexibility (outdoor coverage has to deal with topology which often changes over time); integration with the existing infrastructure, and…

13th August 2012

Covering the great outdoors

13th August 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

It was announced recently by the Department for Energy and Climate Change in the UK that Scotland’s Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters have been designated as Scotland’s first Marine Energy Park.

10th August 2012

Marine Energy Park for Scotland

10th August 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Are ports using the latest technology facilities for communication, asks John Bensalhia

10th August 2012

Making communications count

10th August 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A lack of infrastructure, aggravated by rain and strikes, has led to a queue of 126 vessels waiting to dock at the port of Paranaguá in Brazil, with each vessel losing approximately…

9th August 2012

Ship backlog dogs Brazilian ports

9th August 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

With a forecast annual growth rate of 6%, existing capacity at Chilean ports will be exhausted by 2025, according to reports.

9th August 2012

Chileans plan new Fifth Region mega-port

9th August 2012