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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Applied oceanography specialists Tidetech will be demonstrating significant fuel saving results on a recent route optimisation trial at the Green Ship Technology (GST) conference in Copenhagen this week.

20th March 2012

Oceanographic optimisation fuels efficiency

20th March 2012

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Transnet’s plans to expand the container berths in Durban Harbour have met with ecological concern because the area is seen to be one of the country’s most important fish nurseries.

20th March 2012

Fishy concerns over Durban expansion

20th March 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Launched in 1998, the Port of Salalah has established itself as one of the key transhipment hubs in the West Central Asian region and ranks among the top-30 container ports in the…

20th March 2012

Flying the hub flag

20th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

There seems to be an air of animosity surrounding development work at the UK port city of Liverpool due to contested public funding, but confusion has meant Peel’s projects have been tarred…

19th March 2012

Public subsidy generates animosity in Liverpool

19th March 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Peel Ports in the UK has commenced procurement for the new deep water container terminal being built at the Port of Liverpool.

19th March 2012

Procurement begins at Liverpool

19th March 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The demands of mega-container ships are heralding a “New Era” of challenge for box hub ports.

19th March 2012

The heart of the matter

19th March 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Technological advancements could improve testy port operator-customs relations, as John Bensalhia discovers

16th March 2012

Co-ordinating customs checks

16th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Five UK dock workers have been killed in as many months when the average is normally no more than two deaths per year – so the big question is why have health…

16th March 2012

Dock worker death surge in UK

16th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Three major European ports, Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam, have said they are satisfied with the European Parliament’s ‘sulphur emissions’ resolution, which goes beyond the IMO regulations.

15th March 2012

Largest EU ports support moves on sulphur

15th March 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port Strategy has learned that contractor concerns over ‘unscrupulous’ liquidation practices going on at ports equipment suppliers may be no more than a storm in a teacup.

15th March 2012

Unscrupulous liquidation processes questioned

15th March 2012