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BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Stevie Knight asks why ports still lag behind the other industry sectors on performance indicators

12th December 2011

Efficiency or effectiveness?

12th December 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Europe - Greenpeace’s new 57.9m LOA Rainbow Warrior III has gone into service after completion in north Germany as the first purpose built newbuilding for the internationally active environmental organisation.

10th December 2011

First Rainbow Warrior newbuild delivered

10th December 2011

ASIA

ASIA

The Indonesian Stevedoring Companies Association has asked that state port operator Pelindo II abandon its current contract with PT Kaluku Marítima Utama to operate berths 201-203 at the port of Tanjung Priok.

10th December 2011

Pelindo II plea to change tack

10th December 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Norway - With the wind farm industry eyeing the first examples of the crop of newbuilding turbine installation vessels being delivered, other interesting design concepts are also emerging.

9th December 2011

New turbine foundation installation vessel

9th December 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

There is more bad news for the Port of Auckland as a result of current strikes diverting vessels to the Port of Tauranga instead – it has lost one of its most…

9th December 2011

Auckland strikes force business elsewhere

9th December 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

UK - 2011 has seen sales for SOLASOLV anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge and control room windows increase in the offshore oil and gas market.

8th December 2011

Oil and gas sector boosts sales

8th December 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The traffic has returned to German ports after the price wars of 2009, and a “realignment of market share” has been seen in 2011.

8th December 2011

Traffic returns after price war

8th December 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

France/Italy - A research project on management tools to monitor and estimate greenhouse gas emissions by ports is to be jointly managed by the Marseilles Fos and Livorno port authorities.

8th December 2011

Climeport launches emissions pilots

8th December 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

There are many different views on how to go about forecasting, says Drewry’s Neil Davidson.

8th December 2011

First stop the macro view

8th December 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Ecuadorian government will issue a tender in December for the Port of Manta management contract.

8th December 2011

Five in the frame for Manta

8th December 2011