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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Ships at the Port of Seattle have reduced emissions of sulfur dioxide by at least 80 percent and diesel particulate matter by 60 percent through an innovative program called At-Berth Clean Fuels.…

3rd August 2009

Air Emissions from Ships Decline at Port of Seattle

3rd August 2009

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Is it worthinvesting in all-singing, all-dancing scanning technology following US diktats?Possibly not, as Carly Fields finds out

2nd August 2009

Snags of scanning

2nd August 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

A new container terminal is scheduled to be operational at Mombasa by 2013. A Japanese loan of $207m will fund construction costs of the facility which will be able to handle 1.2m…

2nd August 2009

Japan to finance Mombasa box terminal

2nd August 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

As from July, Muelles El Bosque Operadores Portuarios will commence handling of dry bulk traffic at the Colombian port of Buenaventura. Its new terminal will be able to unload up to 10,000…

2nd August 2009

New operator at Buenaventura

2nd August 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Tentativesigns of recovery are starting to emerge, as Carly Fields finds out

1st August 2009

Clearer skies

1st August 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port Otago chief executive Geoff Plunket said until Dunedin suffers the traffic congestion that makes inland ports economically-viable in Auckland, such an initiative is not warranted in his region. KiwiRail had raised…

1st August 2009

Otago inland port dismissed

1st August 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Teesport in the UK is beginning to make its mark as a shortsea shipping hub, with growing connections to northern Europe.

1st August 2009

shortsea hub status for Teesport

1st August 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has had a hard time recently, given the level of investment needed for its expansion and the scarcity of ships in the present climate.

1st August 2009

Panama and Philly get together

1st August 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Maersk Line New Zealand country manager Julian Bevis says the chance of vessels bigger than the current-largest of 4100 teu coming to New Zealand in the short term is relatively small. However,…

31st July 2009

Larger callers doubtful

31st July 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Plans to build a second seaport in Sochi, Russia, at a cost of $272m have been abandoned. Instead, 10 other sites have been identified for the storing and transhipment cargo.

31st July 2009

Second Sochi port abandoned

31st July 2009