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ASIA

ASIA

Cargo throughput at global ports grew faster than at Chinese ports over the first quarter of 2014, according to a report from Shanghai International Shipping Institute.

12th June 2014

Global port growth overtakes China

12th June 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The US Water Resources Reform and Development Act has cleared its final hurdle with President Obama’s signing of the much-delayed act this week.

12th June 2014

US WRRDA clears its final hurdle

12th June 2014

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Theres no room for drug or alcohol-induced errors in the harsh port environment, as Alex Hughes explains

11th June 2014

A bitter pill

11th June 2014

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: Across the Hudson from downtown New York, the big news in May was the arrival of three huge cranes from ZPMC at the Port Newark Container Terminal, writes Barry Parker.

11th June 2014

Cargo is still king

11th June 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The race is on for USA-based marine biologists at Coral Morphologic to save urban corals collected from a Miami straight, known as Government Cut, following months of dredging.

11th June 2014

US biologists race to save dredged coral

11th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Environmental Protection Engineering (EPE) and Wilhelmsen Ship Management have been championing eco-friendly solutions during a seminar at this year’s Posidonia exhibition.

10th June 2014

Championing eco-friendly solutions

10th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes’ supply of a comprehensive automated rubber-tyred gantry crane system to Indonesian state-owned terminal operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Pelindo III) will create the world’s first commercially operational ARTG system.

10th June 2014

Konecranes in ARTG operational first

10th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A new action plan is to contribute to ensuring efficient enforcement of stricter requirements for ships’ sulphur emissions in Denmark.

9th June 2014

Denmarks new emissions action plan

9th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Finland’s Deltamarin Ltd and Oy Langh Ship AB are joining forces to bring a new scrubber to the market.

9th June 2014

DeltaLangh unveils new scrubber

9th June 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s PrimePort Timaru is awash with chaos as the restructuring of operations means several jobs are at risk – for the third time in four years.

6th June 2014

NZ port restructure causes chaos

6th June 2014