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AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

The logistics expert Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) owned Melbourne International RoRo and Automotive Terminal (MIRRAT) is testament to how it is working to reduce its environmental impact.

4th January 2017

Pioneering sustainability in logistics

4th January 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order for seven rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes following a tender launched by the Algerian port procurement company Groupement DInterêt Commun Des Entreprises Portuaires (GICEP).

4th January 2017

Oran orders seven SmartPort cranes

4th January 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Eligible parties are being invited to submit an Expression of Interest for the Concession of an integrated container and multipurpose terminal in the port of Takoradi, Ghana.

3rd January 2017

Ghana opens Takoradi public tender

3rd January 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Brittany Ferries has signed a letter of intent with the Flensburger Schiffbau shipyard to construct a new LNG powered ship.

3rd January 2017

LNG cruise ship

3rd January 2017

ASIA

ASIA

China’s economic growth has slowed in recent years, contributing to softer box throughput growth at mainland Chinese ports. But there has been a significant difference in trends in throughput between the country’s…

28th December 2016

Clarksons lifts the lid on China’s throughput

28th December 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Trump administration’s promise to rebuild the US infrastructure could involve a system of tax cuts and credits for corporations and an infrastructure bank for projects, which could prove to be problematic…

28th December 2016

Trump administration threatens port funding

28th December 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

President and chief executive of South Carolina Ports Authority Jim Newsome has said that even in the competitive world of cargo shipping, there’s room for co-operation.

28th December 2016

Charleston ports chief calls for co-operation

28th December 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Long Beach has released an environmental study on its proposal to reconfigure and expand the Pier B on-dock rail facility.

28th December 2016

Progress for Port of Long Beach expansion

28th December 2016

ASIA

ASIA

The Philippines Bureau of Customs has announced plans to develop and further boost its performance in 2017, partly through improved port facilities.

28th December 2016

Philippines Customs to drive port improvements

28th December 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Port of Subic has said that it expects increased port operations with Taiwan-based shipping lines on the back of the news that the Taiwan government is keen to establish a partnership with…

28th December 2016

Port of Subic expects increased port operations

28th December 2016