Author: Importer

EUROPE

EUROPE

A controversial plan to build a new port, competing with Dublin Port, has been criticised by Enda Connellan, chief executive of Dublin Port Co, for being the sole “legacy of unsustainable public…

3rd March 2010

Irelands Bremore port plan slammed as unnecessary

3rd March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

While Finnish passenger and goods traffic was set to resume today after unions struck a deal with employers, an agreement has yet to be reached with the nations port workers.

3rd March 2010

Finnish ports face strike threat

3rd March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

During 2007 the Port of Dunkerque decided to aim for accreditation of its facilities for ships and inland waterway vessels.

3rd March 2010

Dunkerque certified

3rd March 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A new study published by an environmental pressure group claims emissions from existing port terminals could cost Charleston County (SC) as much as $54 million dollars a year in health care expenses.

3rd March 2010

Emissions could cost Charleston $81m a year

3rd March 2010

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Where else are you taxed on the actions of other people? asks Charles Hammond, who continues to speak out forcefully against the UKs Carbon Reduction Rules because of the way they will…

3rd March 2010

No credit where its due

3rd March 2010

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at the events taking place in the liner industry today; once that solitary green shoot had been spied the woes of the past year suddenly seemed…

3rd March 2010

Plant food

3rd March 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Panamas National Customs Authority is investigating the port of Balboa following complaints from Bolivia that owners of containers being scanned were charged $540 each.

3rd March 2010

Investigations at Balboa

3rd March 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Federal Marine Terminals (FMT), which operates 10 terminals across the Great Lakes and the Eastern Seaboard, has unveiled its environmental policy on its website (www.fmtcargo.com). FMT is one of the first marine…

2nd March 2010

FMT makes environmental policy public

2nd March 2010

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

What is your ports carbon footprint? Well, it depends where you draw the line. Felicity Landon reports

2nd March 2010

Drawing the line

2nd March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A tender covering a new container terminal at Porto Alegre is to be issued by mid-year.

2nd March 2010

Porto Alegre box terminal

2nd March 2010