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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A 180% increase in seabourne traded coal over two decades has spurred the worlds dry bulk ports into action, as Stuart Pearcey finds out

11th February 2008

Coal: fuel for the future

11th February 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Continuing increases in shipped coal volumes have led Italian company Coeclerici to think outside the box and create a means of expanding ports seawards rather than landwards.

11th February 2008

sidebar for coal

11th February 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Despite being more environmentally-friendly than other transportation sectors, the shipping industry continues to lessen its environmental impact, as Patrik Wheater finds out

11th February 2008

Encouraging Gaia to slow down (amended)

11th February 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Shipping remains the more environmentally-friendly transportation model and despite accounting for 70% of the global goods transportation sector emits just 2% of the 26,583m tonnes of the CO2 annually derived from burning…

11th February 2008

Fact box

11th February 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Carbon dioxide emissions are becoming a major issue and talks are already under way to establish a CO2 emission certificate trading system for shipping. First though, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has…

11th February 2008

Ports could benefit from CO2 indexing

11th February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombasa has turned its back on Belgium dredging company Jan de Nuland temporarily suspended its dredging programme after receiving abetter offer from rival Dredging International.

11th February 2008

Mombasa reneges on dredging contract award

11th February 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Is the last major listed port group in the UK, Forth Ports, about to be acquired by Babcock & Brown, the same Australian-based infrastructure fund that recently acquired the PD Ports Group?…

11th February 2008

Forth Ports, going, going gone?

11th February 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland chief executive Jens Madsen has incensed Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns with criticism the latters MetroPort Auckland inland port is an illogical supply chain.

11th February 2008

NZ news snippets

11th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US-based VYCON has teamed up with crane manufacturer ZPMC to offer energy storage flywheel systems as a standard option to customers.

11th February 2008

ZPMC throws weight behind power regeneration

11th February 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US-based SARS has expanded itsinternational network of Automatic Identification System (AIS) sites with theaddition of five sites in Chileand three in Mexico.The companys network of AIS receivers delivers vessel traffic information forkey…

11th February 2008

SARS steps out

11th February 2008