Author: Importer

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Seattle has exceeded earlier expectations in its clean air initiative to remove drayage (container-hauling) trucks with pre-1994 engines from the road. The ScRAPS (Scrappage and Retrofits for Air in…

5th June 2010

Seattle succeeds in eliminating polluting old trucks

5th June 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on 22 April, the Port of Seattle chose to highlight its environmental stewardship with one of its green initiatives, the At-Berth Clean (ABC) Fuels…

5th June 2010

Seattle encourages low-sulphur fuels

5th June 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Latest figures from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) detail a 6.8% drop in numbers of containers handled in the 20 leading ports in South America last year.

5th June 2010

Santos heads Latin American ports

5th June 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russian ports may see container traffic rise by 3% to 7% in 2010, despite a disproportionately high boost in throughput in the first quarter. For the first three months, tonnage handled rose…

5th June 2010

Russian box traffic in the ascendency

5th June 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authority’s silt suspension system in place at the Port of Savannah has not only reduced the demands of maintenance dredging, but has also been modified to increase oxygen levels in…

5th June 2010

Silt system brings life

5th June 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

With a number of customers already signed up before any final landscaping has been added, Great Yarmouth’s new outer harbour at EastPort UK, offers a promising start having just opened in January.

4th June 2010

Opening of the Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth

4th June 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dryports are increasingly attracting interest from shipping lines, shippers and logistics providers, as Felicity Landon explains

4th June 2010

Ticking the ‘E’ boxes

4th June 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Valencia has bucked the downturn with a sophisticated IT system and varied cargo streams. Stevie Knight reports

3rd June 2010

Keeping its head

3rd June 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The São Paulo-based Ambitec group is to build a $462m port at Aracruz, to be known as the Terminal Multimodal Capixaba. Operations are scheduled to start in 2014 and will cover an…

3rd June 2010

Ambitec plans new Brazilian port

3rd June 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Some US ports could well be riding the “Indian Tiger” as talks have begun on possible exports of coal from the US to India, with officials from Coal India visiting the United…

3rd June 2010

US ports may rise on Indian coal market

3rd June 2010