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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Cargo handling giant Kalmar has won two significant orders, one to supply straddle carriers to the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand, and a second, breakthrough, order for automatic guided vehicles (AGV)…

29th June 2016

Kalmar secures two new orders

29th June 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has committed vessel support to Peel Ports to help make marine trials at Liverpool2 a success.

28th June 2016

Peel Ports partners with MSC

28th June 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and its members have developed a roadmap defining ambitious but realistic steps towards simplifying administration and facilitating trade.

28th June 2016

ESPO roadmap to cut red tape

28th June 2016

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World group chairman and chief executive Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem rang the market-opening bell on June 27, to celebrate the listing of $1.2bn Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai.

27th June 2016

DP World lists $1.2bn Sukuk

27th June 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Political instability, difficulties in securing finance and legal uncertainty resulting from changes to regulatory frameworks have combined to deter potential foreign investors to Brazilian infrastructure projects, according to Fernando Marcondes, partner at…

27th June 2016

Investors shy away from Brazil investment

27th June 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Tideworks Technology is finalising a new data warehousing and analytics offering, combining real time terminal data and analytics with a choice of user interfaces.

27th June 2016

Tideworks finalises big data tool for terminals

27th June 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Savvy crafting of financial structures is a critical pillar of Yilport’s plans to be become a top ten global port operator by 2025.

27th June 2016

Finance informs Yildirim acquisition and growth strategy

27th June 2016

ASIA

ASIA

PSA International, together with the Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), has launched the PSA Living Lab, a living laboratory in Singapore for the port…

27th June 2016

PSA International launches ‘Living Lab’

27th June 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

As the United Kingdom voted in favour to leave the European Union, the whole country is left in uncertainty, including the UK shipping industry.

24th June 2016

‘Cool heads’ needed in response to UK ‘out’ vote

24th June 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals, ECT and RWG have made an agreement with the Dutch Tax and Customers Administration to end the requirement of physical customs documents in order to transfer containers from one Maasvlakte…

23rd June 2016

Rotterdam streamlines inter-terminal moves

23rd June 2016