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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

China Merchants will join two other companies in the final stage of the bidding process for the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne.

14th July 2016

China Merchants in Melbourne contest

14th July 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The sale of a controlling stake in the Port of Piraeus to the Chinese container shipping and terminal operator Cosco has finally been signed off, according to local sources

13th July 2016

Cosco finally seals Piraeus deal

13th July 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Lighting may not always be the first thing that people associate with ports and terminals – rather, immense container vessels manoeuvring along the quayside and automated cranes quietly moving containers to their…

13th July 2016

PEMA focuses on lighting

13th July 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Ocean Cleanup, based in the Netherlands, has launched a new pollution containment boom which has been designed to remove plastic from the ocean.

13th July 2016

Removing plastic from the oceans

13th July 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

London Ship Managers (LSM) has used a new refrigerant plant optimisation programme, carried out by Oceanic Technical Solutions, to make environmental savings across its fleet.

13th July 2016

Refrigerated reefers reduce environmental impact

13th July 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US-based Nascent Technology has worked with Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) to automate its marine terminal, helping to more than halve truck turn times.

12th July 2016

Nascent halves LBCT truck turn times

12th July 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Commission has opened two in-depth probes to check if corporate tax exemptions granted under Belgian and French law to ports economic activities are in line with EU state aid rules.

11th July 2016

EU launches Belgian and French tax probes

11th July 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), the global car carrier, is now using low-sulphur fuel for all its vessels at all ports.

11th July 2016

WWL switches to low sulphur fuel

11th July 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Wärtsilä is helping to drive down emissions in the inland waterways sector by powering barges with its LNG dual fuel package, writes Anne-Marie Causer.

11th July 2016

Powering Europe’s inland waterways

11th July 2016

ASIA

ASIA

The Cambodian Commerce Minster has called on Thailand to consider giving Cambodia access to the Laem Chabang port.

11th July 2016

Cambodia requests Laem Chabang access

11th July 2016