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ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has announced the signature of a turnkey contract to supply a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal to be built at Tornio in northern Finland.

16th January 2014

Wärtsilä moves into LNG terminal construction

16th January 2014

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) in Australia has developed its own Biodiversity Offset Strategy (BOS) to provide for the long-term conservation of threatened marine species in the Western Basin area.

16th January 2014

Gladstone Ports wildlife initiative

16th January 2014

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Benjamin Franklin may once have claimed that “well done is better than well said”, but good feedback will ensure that word spreads and the customer base widens.

16th January 2014

Focus and feedback

16th January 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) and the Busan Port Authority (BPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on environmental initiatives and other maritime activities.

15th January 2014

KR and Busan Port join forces

15th January 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Recent media reports suggest that Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping Service and its affiliate Gold Star Line will leave Australia next month, possibly leaving a large gap in trade for Oz ports.

15th January 2014

Shipping carrier quits Australia

15th January 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Seven leading international universities have set up the Global Port Research Alliance (GPRA) in response to the global and complex challenges faced by the port sector and related maritime and logistics industries.

15th January 2014

New global port alliance

15th January 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The operating profile of a typical harbour tug could almost have been designed to maximise emissions; so the ‘green’ tug concept presents a challenge to ship designers, but it is a challenge…

14th January 2014

Tug profile provides challenge for clean and efficient operations

14th January 2014

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Australia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted conditional approval to Chevron Australia’s proposal to increase the footprint of its Gorgon Gas development.

14th January 2014

Go ahead for expansion Gorgon gas development

14th January 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The European Union will support a series of studies under the auspices of a €1m grant from the TEN-T Programme to analyse the potential introduction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure in…

14th January 2014

EU grant for analysing LNG potential

14th January 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The LEP vs LED debate is causing a storm in port lighting circles as Alex Hughes explains

13th January 2014

Light pools

13th January 2014