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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Kalmar’s hybrid straddle carriers, delivered to MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp earlier this year, have set the industry benchmark for fuel consumption and emissions.

26th June 2014

Kalmar sets emissions benchmark

26th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

There was an emphasis on the green agenda at this years Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) Forum held at TOC Europe.

26th June 2014

Green agenda at PEMA Forum

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Italian port operator and logistics expert, Contship Italia, is eyeing the bigger picture from a strategic point of view and wants to do more transhipment business across Europe.

26th June 2014

Italian operator eyes bigger picture

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ABB Groups cranes and harbour business is entering the delivery phase for the remote control crane order boom it received back in 2012.

26th June 2014

Moving forward with automation

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terex Port Solutions is giving terminal operators another option for handling vessels up to post-Panamax class with a high tower variant of its diesel-electric Gottwald Model 5 harbour crane.

25th June 2014

New Terex option for operators

25th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has gained service level recognition for its Airguard and Oceanguard propeller shaft sealing systems from Lloyd’s Register and is said to be the first company in the industry to do so.

25th June 2014

Wärtsilä seals ‘industry first’ recognition

25th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Shipping lines seem to be softening in their hard-line approach to port productivity, accepting that it takes “two to tango”, according to Gulftainer’s Simon Sundboell.

25th June 2014

Shipping lines more receptive to terminal dialogue

25th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Playing “musical chairs” with port rotations and failing to notify cargo owners in a timely manner is leading to increasingly disgruntled shippers.

25th June 2014

Port ‘musical chairs’ hurts shippers

25th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Operators need to ditch the idea of a port construction project as a civil engineering job, and embrace it as a business project with an emphasis on people, according to Peel Ports…

25th June 2014

Peel Ports’ people power

25th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The industry needs to address the knowledge gap on the integration, capability and implementation of software systems today, according to Navis.

25th June 2014

Navis wishes for better integration knowledge

25th June 2014