Author: Importer

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

The new head office building of the Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC), scheduled to open this summer, has become the first in Australia to receive a 5 Star Green Star – Office…

9th June 2010

Port of Brisbane HQ wins green accolade

9th June 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Onshore Power Supply (OPS), the concept whereby vessels at berth replace onboard generated power from diesel auxiliary engines with electricity supplied by the shore – thereby reducing emissions and noise, is now…

9th June 2010

OPS technology gets its own website

9th June 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports on the US East Coast are shrugging off last year’s nightmares and looking firmly ahead. Felicity Landon reports.

9th June 2010

Panama promise

9th June 2010

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Are the good old days back or were the good old days really the bad old days?

9th June 2010

A much needed correction

9th June 2010

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Two catastrophes in the first quarter of 2010, namely the terrible earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, have been a grim start for the ports sector, as well as on the broader humanitarian…

8th June 2010

Earthquakes shake ports sector

8th June 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Felixstowe, UK, is celebrating after gaining one award, and being runner-up in a second category at Suffolk County Council’s ‘Creating the greenest county awards 2010’.

7th June 2010

Felixstowe wins green award

7th June 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The environmental management staff of the Port of Los Angeles have received the 2010 Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document by the Association of Environmental Professionals for the preparation of the environmental impact report…

6th June 2010

Los Angeles commended for Wilmington Waterfront report

6th June 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

In early May Yusen Terminals Inc (YTI), a wholly owned subsidiary of NYK Line, announced completion of the first tenant-installed solar project at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA). The pilot system…

6th June 2010

Solar pilot project at Yusen Terminals

6th June 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Shipping line Maersk is exploring the possibility of making use of Puerto Bolívar in Ecuador, where it already calls at both Guayquil and Esmeraldas. The port is building the new quay and…

6th June 2010

Maersk eyes Bolívar

6th June 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

IT specialist LogSys has partnered with manufacturer LXE, pairing the former’s software with the latter’s rugged mobile computers.

6th June 2010

Logsys ties knot with LXE

6th June 2010