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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland and the Maritime Union of New Zealand commenced the Employment Relations Authority’s facilitation process in May in a bid to break their nine-month industrial dispute.

22nd May 2012

Auckland enters facilitation phase

22nd May 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Manta Port Authority in Ecuador has issued a tender for a 25-year concession to not only expand the existing port, but also to operate it.

22nd May 2012

Manta issues port tender

22nd May 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Global Terminal & Container Services LLC has revealed plans for a multi-million dollar expansion project to develop a technologically advanced container terminal on the New Jersey waterfront.

21st May 2012

US gateway for global commerce

21st May 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

There is now less than three months until the Emission Control Area (ECA) for the United States and Canada will come into effect on 1 August 2012.

21st May 2012

American ECA awareness workshop

21st May 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Jakartas rising star isnt looking for state handouts to fulfill its aspirations. Stevie Knight reports

21st May 2012

Proud to go it alone

21st May 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The European Parliament, Commission and Council have reached a controversial agreement setting drastically reduced sulphur content in marine fuels, in line with new International Maritime Organisation (IMO) standards.

18th May 2012

EU compromise on sulphur in the making

18th May 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) has become the first seaport in North America and the Pacific Rim to adopt a clean air rewards programme for visiting green vessel operators.

18th May 2012

LA pioneers clean ship incentive

18th May 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Southeast Asia ports are trying to find answers to help the cargo flow, and at time of writing, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was about to try to meld its…

18th May 2012

Lining up despite the rivalry

18th May 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Stevie Knight questions whether how many of the rising Southeast Asian feeder facilities will cope with the influx of traffic inevitably coming

16th May 2012

A domino waiting to fall

16th May 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

British government agency UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has published its most extensive assessment of market potential in the Asian ports sector to date.

15th May 2012

UK examines investment opportunities

15th May 2012