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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A Georgia Ports Authority-led diesel additive study has yielded a 5% reduction in fuel consumption, as well as drastically decreased emissions.

27th August 2010

Diesel additive increases efficiency

27th August 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

IPOs at both Haifa and Ashdod ports in Israel have been suspended given that the Finance Ministry and port operators have failed to resolve a series of outstanding issues.

27th August 2010

IPOs delayed at Israeli ports

27th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Trieste Port Authority has confirmed its interest in a project put forward by the UniCredit Group to build a large platform spanning Trieste and Monfalcone ports capable of handling 3.2m teu/year. The…

27th August 2010

Trieste/Monfalcone seeking to create major box facility

27th August 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

For the second year running Port Botany’s Container Terminal Expansion has been given the tick of approval from an audit looking at environmental and planning impacts.

27th August 2010

Port Botany gains green approval

27th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Since the downturn, the world of forecasting has suddenly become much more complicated, and the industry needs to stop dumbling down port traffic predictions, according to Graham Cox of Maritime Traffic Forecasts.

26th August 2010

Port predictions need to evolve

26th August 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In the last two years, ports in Chile, Colombia, Panama and Peru have invested $1.38bn in upgrading port infrastructure, while Brazils ports have spent $1bn since 1995.

26th August 2010

Latin America investing in ports

26th August 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Port and shipping companies from China and Southeast Asian countries have agreed to strengthen cooperation in a bid to handle increasing volumes at the fifth Pan-Beibu Gulf (PBG) Economic Cooperation Forum, a…

26th August 2010

Southeast Asia forum inks 26 projects

26th August 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Rather than buying new, PSA Mersin, one of the largest container ports in Turkey, commissioned Portunus to upgrade and retrofit three of its STS cranes with the latest technology currently available.

26th August 2010

Refurbished rather than new cranes

26th August 2010

ASIA

ASIA

CMA CGM has been linked to a new 10,000-hectare port development at Cilamaya, Karawang, in West Java. This new facility, which will have a 10m teu capacity, is scheduled to replace Tanjung…

26th August 2010

CMA CGM linked to West Java investment

26th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A recent snapshot study suggests that congestion at global ports is on the increase, particularly in respect of bulk carriers.

26th August 2010

Global shipping fleet feeling affect of congestion

26th August 2010