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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

There is now a tool that will allow ports to attract cleaner ships into their facilities - without a lot of effort either by the ship or the port administration.

13th December 2010

Courting cleaner ships

13th December 2010

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

Ports are under increasing pressure to be green, but what are the real drivers – Cost? Image? Technology? Regulation? Felicity Landon reports.

13th December 2010

Under pressure

13th December 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The year-old Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT) is, it seems, making its mark as a transhipment hub already and has outstripped all projections.

13th December 2010

Ngqura already reaching out to transhipment

13th December 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Diversified US West Coast ports have been the clear winners in 2010s weak market, explains Martin Rushmere

13th December 2010

Bulk over boxes

13th December 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Port of Salalah has confirmed that it has received bids from 19 companies interested in building a major new general cargo terminal and liquid jetty. The estimated cost is $181m.

13th December 2010

Salalah draws in the masses

13th December 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK-based security company Senator is delivering International Ship and Port Facility Security Code services for Associated British Ports’ South Wales units.

13th December 2010

Senator secures ABP hubs

13th December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Turkey’s Yilport Container Terminal has integrated ZES’ Navis SPARCS N4 terminal operating solution with APS Technology’s Automated Gate System, Ship-to-Shore Crane OCR and MatchMaker Rubber Tyred Gantry OCR systems.

13th December 2010

Yilport marks Navis/APS first

13th December 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A development application has been lodged to build an ore receival, storage and loadout facility at Port Pirie in South Australia.

12th December 2010

Pirie ore facility request

12th December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

China is backing construction of a new deep sea port at Sonadia, near Coxs Bazar in Bangladesh, and a project to build a new highway from the Indian port of Chittagong to…

11th December 2010

China to fund Bangladesh projects

11th December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Karachi Port Trust has reduced port fees by 20% as a means of attracting more customers. The port will now charge $2.34 per TEU and $0.14 for every non-containerised ton.

11th December 2010

Karachi cuts port fees

11th December 2010