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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Argentina, the undersecretary for port activities, Marcelo Lobbosco, recently met with the various heads of ports and port authorities in the province of Buenos Aires in order to discuss a proposed…

9th February 2017

New ports law for Buenos Aires

9th February 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Gustavo Leite, Paraguay’s Minister for Industry and Commerce, has announced that DP World has been invited to join the project to build a mega port terminal at the city of El Pilar.

9th February 2017

DP World invited to join El Pilar project

9th February 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec had a strong year in 2016 with operating profit, excluding restructuring costs, the highest in the group’s history, an improving profit margin and a strong cash flow.

8th February 2017

A “good year” for Cargotec in 2016

8th February 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

ABB’S marine software is set to be installed on three new Trovald Klaveness vessels to help them meet incoming emissions regulations.

8th February 2017

Torvald Klaveness selects ABB’s OCTOPUS

8th February 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Novorossiysk could be put up for privatisation this year according to UkrAgroConsult.

8th February 2017

Novorossiysk privatisation by end of 2017?

8th February 2017

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

GreenPort Cruise & Congress 2021: 20-22 October, Piraeus, Greece.This is the final call for submissions for the 16th Edition of the Green Port Cruise & Congress on 20-22 October 2021, hosted by…

8th February 2017

Call for Papers

8th February 2017

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World says that volumes in the UAE are ‘stabilising’ as it reports handling 3.7 million teu in the region during the fourth quarter of 2016, marginally down by 0.7% year-on-year.

7th February 2017

DP World UAE volumes stabilise

7th February 2017

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

India’s transport authority is looking to inland waterways to ease the country’s road and rail traffic, with a little help from the Germans.

7th February 2017

Getting boxes off the roads

7th February 2017

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Twente Port Authority has begun 2017 by offering vessels with Green Award certification discounts at the port.

7th February 2017

Rewarding greener ships

7th February 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Media reports say that the government of Algeria has given the go ahead for the development of a new $3.5bn port and industrial zone at El Hamdania.

6th February 2017

Nod for Algerias $3.5bn El Hamdania port

6th February 2017

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

DNV GL is set to carry out Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) certifications for the Norddeutsche Reederei H. Schuldt’s managed fleet of more than 50 vessels.

3rd February 2017

DNV GL to certify 50 IHMs

3rd February 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

During 2016, the EUROGATE Group handled the same volume of containers as in the previous year.

3rd February 2017

Eurogate handling volumes remain stable

3rd February 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Barcelona ended 2016 with new record figures in traffic. The volume of containerised foreign trade cargo, total vehicles and passenger movements reached 1.2m teu, 916,834 units and 3.9m passengers,…

3rd February 2017

Port of Barcelona sets new records

3rd February 2017

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Olaf Merk explains why 2017 could be the year where ports collectively find their backbone

3rd February 2017

The year of promising assertiveness?

3rd February 2017

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Spain’s port labour system is overdue for reform, as Mike Mundy explains

3rd February 2017

Past its sell-by date

3rd February 2017

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: The world order of things has changed, populism has thrown politics and economics into a new mixing bowl, not necessarily for the good, writes Ben Hackett.

3rd February 2017

New year heralds change

3rd February 2017

ASIA

ASIA

Fog dominates East Asias figures in more ways than one, writes Stevie Knight

3rd February 2017

Seeing through the fog

3rd February 2017

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: The poor state of health of the container shipping sector has prompted a lot of speculation about the implications for the container terminal operating sector, writes Mike Mundy.

3rd February 2017

Second can be better than first

3rd February 2017

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Start-up T-mining plans to trial its blockchain container concept in Antwerp. Felicity Landon reports

3rd February 2017

Ticking data boxes

3rd February 2017

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

COMMENT: It is no surprise that the PSA Singapore has signalled its intention to introduce ‘truck platooning’ for container transfer between its container terminals.

3rd February 2017

Driverless possibilities

3rd February 2017

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: In fully private markets, the ‘invisible hand’ ensures the survival of the fittest, writes Peter de Langen.

3rd February 2017

The benefits of togetherness

3rd February 2017

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

COMMENT: There seems to be a groundswell of opinion that 2017 will be the year that ports start getting bolshie with shipping lines. The year that they start saying ‘no’ to the…

3rd February 2017

False bravado

3rd February 2017

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Unmanned ground vehicles promise to ease port security burdens, explains Alex Hughes

3rd February 2017

Security sentinels

3rd February 2017