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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mercator Media Limited, publisher of Port Strategy and GreenPort magazine and organiser of the GreenPort Congress and Cruise conference, has won a business excellence award for international development.

9th March 2015

Business award for Mercator Media

9th March 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Mercator Media Limited, publisher of GreenPort magazine and organiser of the GreenPort Congress and Cruise conference, has won a business excellence award for international development.

9th March 2015

Business award for Mercator Media

9th March 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Salcombe Harbour on the Devon coast of the UK has signed up to the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) EcoPort scheme proving that it’s not just large ports that can make a…

9th March 2015

Raising the bar for smaller harbours

9th March 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US west coast ports are working hard to clear months of backlogged cargo as a result of the extensive labour dispute, but it could be three months before there’s a clearing, and…

9th March 2015

US west coast battles cargo backlog

9th March 2015

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: How can pricing structures in ports be best explained; are they based on a specific historical trajectory in each port, or based on economic logic, asks Peter de Langen.

9th March 2015

Pricing of transhipment by port authorities

9th March 2015

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Australias Sealite has introduced a new five degree LED Sectored port entry light, which provides over 500,000cd of lighting power using only 30 watts of electrical consumption.

5th March 2015

Efficient port entry lights

5th March 2015

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The Port of Seattle is facing a lawsuit over the lease of its Terminal 5 to Foss Maritime, which environmental groups say violates environmental laws and its shoreline permit.

4th March 2015

Seattle sued over oil fleet

4th March 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish government has withdrawn its proposed stevedoring reform plan, having failed to win the support of the trade unions. Now, the government is to enter into direct negotiations with all concerned…

4th March 2015

Spain withdraws stevedoring reform plan

4th March 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Following three years of construction, the new ‘C’ quay has opened at the Uruguayan port of Montevideo. Significantly, the port authority is considering the possibility of putting the operation of all public…

4th March 2015

New Montevideo quay reopens rights debate

4th March 2015

ASIA

ASIA

A heavy-lift vessel belonging to Chinese state-owned ZPMC is reported to have been chartered by the Taiwanese government to transport construction materials to a $100m new port that it is building on…

4th March 2015

ZPMC helps erect new port in Taiwan

4th March 2015