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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Port pricing is said to be an essential tool for solving the main challenges currently posed to the industry by mega-ships.

29th April 2016

Need for port pricing overhaul

29th April 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The Port of Milford Haven has performed strongly thanks in part to increased volumes of LNG and a diversification strategy focusing on marine renewables.

28th April 2016

Milford Haven’s green strategies help performance

28th April 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

This year’s ESPO Conference will see the European port industry, stakeholders and EU policy makers gather in Dublin on 2 and 3 June.

28th April 2016

ESPO Conference 2016 preview

28th April 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Converting propeller shaft bearings to seawater-lubricated from the traditional oil-lubricated systems prevents millions of litres of operational oil from polluting the world’s oceans. Now that figure is quantifiable thanks to a bespoke…

27th April 2016

Thordon Bearings sums it up

27th April 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports that remain unconcerned by incoming container weighing regulations will be in for a shock come July 1, 2016.

26th April 2016

Container weighing rules are coming

26th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spain has yet to implement any changes to its stevedoring model, following a judgement by the EUs Court of Justice some 16 months ago that this is not in line with existing…

26th April 2016

EU considers further complaint against Spains stevedoring model

26th April 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils Ports Minister, Helder Barbalho, has resigned from the government of President Dilma Rousseff, who is currently under threat of impeachment.

26th April 2016

New Brazilian Ports Minister resigns

26th April 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The previous announcement by Ecuadors president Rafael Correa that the Chilean company Agunsa would be awarded a concession to operate the expanded port of Manta now seems to have been a little…

26th April 2016

Manta future still not clear

26th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association States, more commonly known as the EFTA Court, has delivered a landmark judgement on the incompatibility of the monopoly of Norwegian dockers…

26th April 2016

EFTA Court’s landmark ruling on dockers’ pools

26th April 2016

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The industry is entering a period where the money to be made from container terminals investments is markedly less than it used to be, according to Drewry Shipping Consultants.

26th April 2016

Container returns

26th April 2016