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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

In mid-October, the Port of Long Beach dedicated a new Clean Trucks Sales and Leasing office and handed over the keys to the first two big-rigs leased through the Port’s Clean Trucks…

14th October 2008

First clean trucks distributed to drivers

14th October 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Stephanie Knight finds that ship-to-shore crane manufacturers are already thinking beyond the standard 22 container outreach

13th October 2008

Size matters

13th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments will be held in Jacksonville, Florida, 2-5 February 2009. The Conference combines scientific and engineering advances with management frameworks and policies to achieve…

13th October 2008

Contaminated sediment remediation conference

13th October 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

TheQueensland government has promised residents of Mackay that the portwill not be used to export the regions large reserves of coal.Instead, the exports will be channelled via the existing coalspecialist ports of…

12th October 2008

Mackay coal pledge

12th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach held a second public hearing in October on a draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for a proposed Port administration building and maintenance facility complex. The new facility…

12th October 2008

EIR for “green” port building

12th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

As part of its policy to promote the quality of shipping in the port, Port Metro Vancouver has announced a reduction on port dues for sea-going vessels certified by the Green Award…

10th October 2008

Port Metro Vancouver joins Green Award

10th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Drewry Shipping Consultants latest container market review has painted a bleak picture of short term prospects for lines and ports.

10th October 2008

Underinvestment in developing world ports exacerbating container downturn

10th October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The 3i Group is apparently considering investing up to $219m for a 26% stake in a southern Indian port operator, believed to be Krishnapatnam Port Company, which is developing a deepwater port…

10th October 2008

3i eyes south India

10th October 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

According to an International Transport Forum study published in May, ecodriving has become a key element of national strategies to reduce CO2 emissions in a number of countries.

9th October 2008

Ecodrive your way to energy savings

9th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenyas key port of Mombasa is winning the battle against port congestion after enforcing 24 hour operations.

9th October 2008

Mombasa tackles congestion head on

9th October 2008