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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The government of Cape Verde is putting the finishing touches to the legal and regulation framework to enable state-owned ports to be privatised in 2014. This follows parliamentary approval dating to November…

23rd December 2013

New tenders in Cape Verde, Chile and Ecuador

23rd December 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Total tonnage at Spanish ports is forecast to decline by 3% this year compared with the 474.8m tons handled in 2012, according to José Llorca, president of Puertos del Estado, the national…

23rd December 2013

Spanish port traffic declines 3%

23rd December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

An additional direct intermodal train service is being created at the Port of Kiel to increase hinterland links. It will be the first direct rail route from the Ruhr region to Kiel.

23rd December 2013

Kiel creates new hinterland links

23rd December 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Just 20 years ahead and ports will be offshore, quay cranes will be remote controlled and automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes will be commonplace.

23rd December 2013

A vision of the future

23rd December 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new document has been published to outline the main challenges and objectives of any port centre in a bid to improve integration between the city, the port and the public.

20th December 2013

Improving port-city integration

20th December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Alfa Laval is to supply its new waste fuel recovery system for 40 vessels as part of a SEK 40m (US$6.1m) order from a leading global carrier.

20th December 2013

Alfa Laval wins PureDry order

20th December 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Green Marine Initiative is rapidly gaining recognition, with four more organisations joining this month.

19th December 2013

Four more organisations join Green Marine initiative

19th December 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Israeli transportation ministry has said that four operators are in the running to operate two new container terminals at Ashdod and Haifa in Israel.

19th December 2013

Israeli port tenders interest

19th December 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports must first throw off their traditional ‘silo’ mentality to improve supply chain efficiency, as Felicity Landon explains

19th December 2013

Proactive link in the chain

19th December 2013

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Now that the US Government is back at work, the new German Government well installed and China setting off with new economic reforms, it seems that all and sundry are trying to…

19th December 2013

Is the patient getting better?

19th December 2013