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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Federal Government has allocated A$339m (US254m) over the next four years towards the development of common user facilities at the deepwater port at Oakajee. Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has…

26th May 2009

Oakajee funds commitment

26th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Forget expansion, focus resources on better box placement on dock, advises Stuart Pearcey

25th May 2009

Total recall: thinking outside the boxes

25th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Trucks serving the Port of Charleston are getting cleaner and greener through a new program that reduces truck emissions while saving companies big bucks on their fuel bill.

24th May 2009

SC Ports, Trucking Community Launch Partnership to Reduce Emissions

24th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

This year the company Auxema- Stemmann is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Originally founded as Auxema in 1967, after two years the formed a partnership with the German company August Stemmann (1912), incorporating…

23rd May 2009

40 years for Auxema-Stemmann

23rd May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

PureBallast, Alfa Laval’s chemical-free system for ballast water treatment developed in cooperation with Wallenius Water, will be installed aboard two new bitumen tankers for Nynas, a word-leading supplier of specialty petroleum products.

23rd May 2009

PureBallast for petroleum tankers

23rd May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Celebrating the maritime industry’s continued efforts to reduce diesel emissions in the Puget Sound region, the Port of Tacoma Commission recently applauded the voluntary environmental stewardship of ocean carriers and authorized a…

23rd May 2009

Reducing diesel emissions: Tacoma applauds ocean carriers

23rd May 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World has become the first Australian terminal operator to gain the international standard ISO 28000:2007 certification in supply chain security management at all of its Australian container terminals. The certification covers…

23rd May 2009

DPW nets ISO first

23rd May 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Forth Ports has taken the mobile crane concept to heart; since the UK operator added four Sennebogen 870 Mobile Special machines to its traditional port crane fleet the machines have been moved,…

23rd May 2009

Mobile cranes get a move on

23rd May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Establishing new markets outside of container handling for existing products is always a difficult task to undertake. However, one market that the Linde Heavy Truck Division has been successful in breaking into…

22nd May 2009

SIAG turns to Linde for mobile yard operations

22nd May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday, May 18, 2009 approved an $881 million budget for the Port of Long Beach that reflects the sluggish state of world trade and…

22nd May 2009

Long Beach Commission approves $881 million port budget

22nd May 2009