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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding is to supply eight new cranes to Thilawa in Yangon, in a contract awarded by the Myanmar Port Authority.

20th June 2017

Mitsui wins Myanmar crane order

20th June 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The general assembly of the Spanish owners’ association Anesco has voted against accepting a pre-agreement reached with stevedoring unions, claiming it is anti-competitive and in breach of proposed new government legislation, which…

20th June 2017

Owners and unions at loggerheads in Spain

20th June 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

If demand warrants it, the Panama Canal could be further extended before 2025, according to Canal administrator, Jorge Quijano.

20th June 2017

Further Panama Canal extension mooted

20th June 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The latest port ranking table published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) shows that container traffic in 2016 dropped by 0.9%, reinforcing the overall negative trend in…

20th June 2017

Latin American box traffic in decline

20th June 2017

ASIA

ASIA

The Philippines government has ordered the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to take over security of all the country’s ports and waterways.

20th June 2017

Philippines Coast Guard to take over port security

20th June 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Germany-headquartered AIDA Cruises will supply its newly launched cruise ship with low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) while she is docked in the Port of Barcelona.

20th June 2017

Cruise ship fuelled by LNG while docked

20th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port operators cannot justify having their own extensive engineering and development resources in the future, Antti Kaunonen, president of Finland-headquartered Kalmar, has stated.

19th June 2017

Terminals need to integrate to evolve

19th June 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Gas bunkering has begun at the Port of Zeebrugge with the bunkering vessel ENGIE Zeebrugge making its first deliveries of LNG.

19th June 2017

Gas bunkering begins at Zeebrugge

19th June 2017

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Hutchison Ports’ managing director for the Middle East and Africa region has spoken out about the importance of the Chinese governmental initiative One Belt, One Road to the company’s growth strategy.

19th June 2017

MEA key to Hutchison Ports’ growth strategy

19th June 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Kalmar, part of Finland-headquartered Cargotec, has finalised a deal with The Port of Virginia for sixteen hybrid shuttle carriers designed to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and engine noise.

19th June 2017

Kalmar to provide 16 hybrid shuttle carriers to US port

19th June 2017