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ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A consortium of British, American and Greek interests have agreed to investigate the practical maritime applications for small modular reactors (SMR) as commercial tanker-owners search for new designs that could deliver safer,…

2nd December 2010

Shipping experts explore nuclear power potential

2nd December 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Royal Boskalis Westminster and Smit International have signed a protocol for a full merger of the two companies. The transaction will be executed through an all cash public offer of €60 exdividend…

2nd December 2010

Smit and Boskalis sign merger protocol

2nd December 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Heavy snow and icy conditions have brought two of the UK’s main hubs to a standstill, with Southampton and Felixstowe both shutting up shop today.

2nd December 2010

Snow forces UK port closures

2nd December 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The latest and largest container terminal on South America’s west coast has been officially opened, a year ahead of schedule after just over two years of construction work.

2nd December 2010

Callao terminal up and running early

2nd December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

The ports division of Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics Ltd has announced a revenue increase of 53% for the quarter, year-on-year.

2nd December 2010

Revenue up for Essar

2nd December 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils Ports Secretariat (SEP) is to tackle a lack of information, communications problems, non-registered documents and a lack of operational security at its ports.

2nd December 2010

Paperless ports to boost Brazilian throughput

2nd December 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The new IT system at DP Worlds Port Botany container terminal in Australia has been blamed for serious delays at the facility.

2nd December 2010

Port Botany racked with congestion

2nd December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

FLAGSHIP, a consortium of over 40 partners in the European maritime industry, has implemented the first integrated real-time optimisation system to target congestion in container terminals.

2nd December 2010

FLAGSHIP box terminal optimisation win

2nd December 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

MTBS offers a two-step approach for port authorities to maximise the use of private capital without losing control

1st December 2010

Unlocking market value

1st December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Captain Terry Hughes recently wrote a paper entitled “When is a VTS not a VTS?”, highlighting the differences between VTS and mandatory ship reporting systems around the world, and the variety of…

1st December 2010

Call for training standardisation

1st December 2010