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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A container terminal tender has been issued by the Mexican Port of Tuxpan in the State of Veracruz.

3rd December 2009

Tuxpan terminal tender issued

3rd December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have drawn up plans to eliminate the claiming process for cargo carried by clean trucks.

2nd December 2009

Responding to recession

2nd December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cartagena Port Authority is planning to start construction of a new container port at El Gorguel in 2013. A tender for an environmental impact assessment is due to be issued shortly.

2nd December 2009

Cartagena pushes on with El Gorguel

2nd December 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World has detected stabilisation in the decline of container traffic - despite a 6% drop in traffic in Dubai for the third quarter of this year.

2nd December 2009

DP World detects market stabilisation

2nd December 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

ICTSI has just beaten the competition for the $771 million terminal concession at Manzanillo.

2nd December 2009

Manzanillo win for ICTSI

2nd December 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new benchmark for cleaning shipping containers in Australia has been set by AWH Logistics at North Fremantle.

2nd December 2009

Green clean for containers

2nd December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Studies carried out by Ocean Shipping Consultants suggest that it will not be until 2012 at the earliest that Genova Port will be able to return to traffic levels last seen in…

1st December 2009

Genova to recover 2007 traffic levels by 2012

1st December 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Montreal...Federal Marine Terminals (FMT), operating ten terminalsacross the Great Lakes and the Eastern Seaboard, has unveiled its environmentalpolicy on its website. FMT is one of the first marine terminal operators to make…

1st December 2009

Canadas Federal Marine Terminals unveil new green policy

1st December 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Rotterdam is to give a one-off rebate in 2010 on both sea and inland harbour dues.

30th November 2009

Rotterdam to offer rebates

30th November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Although the level of emissions of CO2 by the shipping industry is largely determined by world trade, multilateral collaborative action is needed to ensure signifi cant reductions. Simon Bennett, Secretary of the…

29th November 2009

Reducing shipping’s CO2 emissions

29th November 2009