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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Around 50 participants gathered in last month in Zeebrugge to attend an internal ESPO workshop on LNG bunkering.

10th May 2012

ESPO workshop on LNG bunkering

10th May 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Ports of Stockholm has become one of the first in the world to use a novel method of dredging – freeze dredging – to extend a quay at Frihamnen.

10th May 2012

Unique dredging method at Stockholm

10th May 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Oman’s Ministry of Transport and Communication has invested $143m into an expansion project at the Port of Salalah with the aim of doubling the ports general cargo capacity.

10th May 2012

Salalah invests to double capacity

10th May 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The ‘port deconsolidation model’ has been heavily used in the US over the past two decades, says Dan Flaherty, vice president/general manager, port logistics, at Schneider Logistics.

10th May 2012

Freeing up the containers

10th May 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

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

9th May 2012

LA pioneers clean ship incentive

9th May 2012

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

The earth is certainly moving under the insurance market, as a result of the natural catastrophes of the past year and a half, and the port industry will suffer as a result.

9th May 2012

Reinsurers open premium hike floodgates

9th May 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

“Better connected transport will drive greener growth” – that was the key message from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), at the annual summit of transport ministers held in Leipzig.

8th May 2012

OECD driving greener growth

8th May 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Shareholders of a container terminal at Laem Chabang in Thailand have made a bold commitment to environmental sustainability with a contract to electrify its Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs).

8th May 2012

RTG conversion for Laem Chabang

8th May 2012

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Shareholders of a container terminal at Laem Chabang in Thailand have made a bold commitment to environmental sustainability with a contract to electrify its Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs).

8th May 2012

RTG conversion for Laem Chabang

8th May 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MAFI Transport-Systeme GmBH has just delivered six terminal tractors to ICTSI Manila in time for the opening of the new container handling terminal, Berth 6, which is due to open next month.

7th May 2012

MAFI rolls along nicely in Manila

7th May 2012