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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The state of New South Wales has unveiled its first Freight and Ports Strategy, aiming to cater for a near-doubling of freight volumes in 20 years. The strategy document says the growth…

19th March 2014

NSW unveils 20-year ports strategy

19th March 2014

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Dockworkers strike at the ICTSI terminal in Portland, while the employers association on the US West Coast says there should be no problems in reaching a new contract agreement this year.

19th March 2014

Worries of US West Coast extremes

19th March 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

“Every year there are accidents with people in the yards, but technology is at a stage where we can avoid these extremely dangerous work patterns, so why not do it?” says Leander…

19th March 2014

Containers in, people out

19th March 2014

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The European Commission has appointed eleven European coordinators for each of the nine core network corridors of the trans-European transport network (or TEN-T), as well as for the European Rail Traffic Management…

18th March 2014

EC appoints 11 new TEN-T coordinators

18th March 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

United European Car Carriers (UECC), jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, has signed a contract to construct two dual fuel LNG Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs).

18th March 2014

Newbuild dual fuel pure car and truck carriers

18th March 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencias ongoing difficulties over the cost of handling transhipment containers have handicapped its ability to retain business.

18th March 2014

Valencia struggles to retain transhipment

18th March 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Optimisation is great as long as different technologies work together, finds Stevie Knight

18th March 2014

Too clever by half

18th March 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Trojan Technologies of Canada has announced that its Marinex BWT product suite has obtained IMO type approval from DNV on behalf of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.

17th March 2014

Type approval for Canadian BWT system

17th March 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Short sea shipping representatives have hit back over the ‘expensive’ new ultra low fuel Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements set to come into force in North America in January 2015.

17th March 2014

ECA – more harm than good?

17th March 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Wildlife is coming to town, causing ports all kinds of problems. Stevie Knight reports

14th March 2014

Nuisance calls

14th March 2014