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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dave MacIntyre investigates the impact and procedures when a crane is knocked down and considers common causes, plus the consequences that may follow.

26th September 2019

Mitigation steps needed against crane knockdowns

26th September 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Sixteen ports across England will receive a share of GB£10m to help their preparations for when the UK leaves the EU, however a port body has said more funding might be needed…

26th September 2019

16 ports secure GB$10m Brexit funding

26th September 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A port coastline in Jamaica recently received a major clean-up as part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) on 21 September.

26th September 2019

Coastal clean-up in Jamaica

26th September 2019

AFRICA

AFRICA

The contrasting fortunes of North Africa’s states are reflected in their port and tradeoperations, as Felicity Landon reports.

26th September 2019

North Africa: Breaking down the barriers to trade

26th September 2019

AFRICA

AFRICA

APM Terminal’s new MedPort Tangier terminal sits within the expanding Tanger Med port.As Felicity Landon reports, Tanger Med’s role is about more than just transhipment

26th September 2019

New APMT facility is more than a transhipment hub

26th September 2019

AFRICA

AFRICA

In emerging African countries numerous projects have been advanced without sufficientplanning and cost/benefit analysis, as Iain MacIntyre reports

26th September 2019

Chinese funding issues on railroad to nowhere?

26th September 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Economically viable dredging projects that have languished from a lack of fundscould now get a kick start, as Stevie Knight discovers.

26th September 2019

Alternative dredging funding to the fore

26th September 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Container penetration in Russia remains relatively low, but 2017 and 2018were good years for its ports

25th September 2019

Rebounding Russia returns from past volume volatility

25th September 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A group of US ports have sent a letter to President Donald Trump sharing their concerns that the US-China trade war “will create irredeemable economic harm”.

25th September 2019

US ports voice trade war “chaos” concerns

25th September 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A Finnish port has seen its first LNG ship-to-ship operation as well as the first SIMOPS (simultaneous operations) LNG ship-to-ship operation for a container feeder vessel in the Baltic Sea.

25th September 2019

First ship-to-ship operation at Finnish port

25th September 2019