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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A UK based load monitoring expert has won a green award for its sustainable business growth model for its commitment to making its own operations more sustainable.

26th July 2017

Green award for load monitoring expert

26th July 2017

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World Logistics Australia has launched to capitalise on port rail opportunities, offer greater efficiency to customers and expand its business to other stakeholders in the supply chain.

26th July 2017

DP World targets Australian rail business

26th July 2017

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have released a draft of their 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) to further key pollution reduction and zero emissions goals.

24th July 2017

Clean air plan tackles California pollution

24th July 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A new Sennebogen compact material handler for waste management could help make port operations more environmentally friendly.

21st July 2017

Eco-friendly waste management crane

21st July 2017

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Over 50 shipping organisations will participate in a pioneering study in the Haro Strait to understand the benefits of slower vessel speeds and reduced underwater noise for resident killer whales.

21st July 2017

Vessel speed study could benefit whales

21st July 2017

ASIA

ASIA

India’s government has approved a draft bill to give 12 ports in the country full decision-making autonomy in a bid to enable greater efficiency.

21st July 2017

12 Indian ports to gain autonomy

21st July 2017

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority have completed a conservation project to benefit the ecological footprint of the area.

20th July 2017

Vancouver port provides local eco boost

20th July 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Investing in a fully-automated steel terminal at the Port of Liverpool’s Canada Dock has brought numerous benefits, Peel Ports’ Andy Grindley told Port Strategy.

20th July 2017

Peel’s fully-automated terminal bears fruit

20th July 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lifting equipment manufacturer Konecranes has won an order to provide diesel-electric Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes to SEA-invest.

20th July 2017

Konecranes win SEA-invest order

20th July 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hans Künz GmbH and Conductix-Wampfler have signed a deal to provide automatic stacking cranes (ASCs) and associated technology for a new terminal for APM Terminals at the Port of Tangier, Morocco.

20th July 2017

Künz and Conductix-Wampfler sign Tangier deal

20th July 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have released a draft of their 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) to further key pollution reduction and zero emissions goals.

20th July 2017

LA/LB zero emissions plan could cost $14bn

20th July 2017

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: Globalisation is evolving and the change may well mean the end of the concept as we know it, writes Ben Hackett.

20th July 2017

All change for globalisation

20th July 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Through traffic enabled Algeciras to weather the global crisis, but things are changing, explains Stevie Knight

20th July 2017

Outside the box

20th July 2017

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Noise abatement from piling activities is now easier to achieve.

20th July 2017

Driving down noise

20th July 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Med ports are clambering to claim their natural birthright as the door into Europe. Stevie Knight reports

20th July 2017

Inward investment

20th July 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

John Bensalhia investigates new ways to innovate the humble conveyor belt

20th July 2017

Bulk in motion

20th July 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Alex Hughes finds out if improved remote monitoring tools are making redundancy redundant

20th July 2017

Operational insight

20th July 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports need to create robust recovery plans to cover all eventualities, finds Alex Hughes

20th July 2017

Realistic about resilience

20th July 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The European Commission has given the go ahead to a joint venture which aims to develop and operate a new LNG terminal in Northern Germany.

20th July 2017

German LNG venture gets the go ahead

20th July 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

APM Terminals’ new container terminal in Morocco aims to optimise drive design, reduce cable loading, and increase energy efficiency with the delivery of newly developed crane cable reels.

19th July 2017

Cable reels make cranes more efficient

19th July 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Congestion at the Mexican Port of Veracruz has now become so bad that some consignments are being diverted to other domestic ports, claims Leobardo Saldívar, president of the National Chamber of Cargo…

19th July 2017

Veracruz stretched to over-capacity

19th July 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

At a recent meeting in Marseille of the Intermed organisation a series of experts stressed the urgent need to adopt more efficient policies to reduce the impact of logistics and as well…

19th July 2017

Intermed moves towards greater decarbonisation

19th July 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Alexander Aizenstatd, the interventor appointed by Guatemala’s Extinción de Dominio Court to oversee Terminal de Contenedores Quetzal (TCQ), has confirmed that, during his time there, no further complaints or legal action had…

19th July 2017

Legal intervention over at TCQ

19th July 2017