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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Eleven new rubber-tyred gantry cranes at the port of Georgia aim to conserve more than 83,000 gallons of diesel per year - a 33% saving compared with the existing fleets average consumption.

11th December 2009

Georgias new fleet to save a third on fuel

11th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Brazilian terminal operator Libra Terminais says it will continue investing despite the downturn in the economy.

11th December 2009

Libra keeps foot on investment

11th December 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An IMDG Code e-learning course by Exis Technologies has now been included on the Australian Maritime Safety Authoritys website. This comes in advance of the mandatory training for all shore side staff…

10th December 2009

Aussies e-learn IMDG code

10th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Expressing frustration at the UK governments refusal to cut duty on fuel as well as its stand on raising National Insurance Contributions, Roger Williams, CEO of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA)…

10th December 2009

UKs pre-budget report disappointment

10th December 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Record-breaking terminal deals of yesteryear hang heavy over todays depressed market, Mike King explains

9th December 2009

port finance review

9th December 2009

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Picture this - the whole of the traditional terminal investor world, in the shape of international terminal operators, is in the grip of the worlds worst recession and it has become evident…

9th December 2009

ps the strategist

9th December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Setting out the UK governments conclusions on the need for advancing port infrastructure, a new draft National Policy Strategy (NPS) has highlighted the need for increased investment over the next two or…

9th December 2009

National Policy Strategy: increased investment

9th December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hackett Associates has launched a Global Port Tracker report to replace IHS Global Insights Port Tracker, which ceases publication at the end of the year.

9th December 2009

Global Port Tracker unveiled

9th December 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Patience has been a virtue at the Port of Portland, as Felicity Landon finds out

8th December 2009

Deeper access for Portland

8th December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The clearance of a seven-year Environmental Impact Report logjam is oneof the most important port issues from the point of view of the MarineExchange of Southern California.

7th December 2009

Green issues

7th December 2009