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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order for seven rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes following a tender launched by the Algerian port procurement company Groupement DInterêt Commun Des Entreprises Portuaires (GICEP).

4th January 2017

Oran orders seven SmartPort cranes

4th January 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Eligible parties are being invited to submit an Expression of Interest for the Concession of an integrated container and multipurpose terminal in the port of Takoradi, Ghana.

3rd January 2017

Ghana opens Takoradi public tender

3rd January 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Brittany Ferries has signed a letter of intent with the Flensburger Schiffbau shipyard to construct a new LNG powered ship.

3rd January 2017

LNG cruise ship

3rd January 2017

ASIA

ASIA

China’s economic growth has slowed in recent years, contributing to softer box throughput growth at mainland Chinese ports. But there has been a significant difference in trends in throughput between the country’s…

28th December 2016

Clarksons lifts the lid on China’s throughput

28th December 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Trump administration’s promise to rebuild the US infrastructure could involve a system of tax cuts and credits for corporations and an infrastructure bank for projects, which could prove to be problematic…

28th December 2016

Trump administration threatens port funding

28th December 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

President and chief executive of South Carolina Ports Authority Jim Newsome has said that even in the competitive world of cargo shipping, there’s room for co-operation.

28th December 2016

Charleston ports chief calls for co-operation

28th December 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Port of Subic has said that it expects increased port operations with Taiwan-based shipping lines on the back of the news that the Taiwan government is keen to establish a partnership with…

28th December 2016

Port of Subic expects increased port operations

28th December 2016

ASIA

ASIA

The Philippines Bureau of Customs has announced plans to develop and further boost its performance in 2017, partly through improved port facilities.

28th December 2016

Philippines Customs to drive port improvements

28th December 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Long Beach has released an environmental study on its proposal to reconfigure and expand the Pier B on-dock rail facility.

28th December 2016

Progress for Port of Long Beach expansion

28th December 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Conductix-Wampfler has just completed the first E-RTG (electrified rubber-tyred gantry) container crane conversion at the Port of Montreal, Canada.

23rd December 2016

Montreals eRTG conversion

23rd December 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Sandahlsbolagen Sweden AB has signed a five-year agreement with Gothenburg Port Authority to operate the new intermodal terminal at the port due to commence operations in December 2017.

22nd December 2016

Intermodal partnership at Gothenburg

22nd December 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Sandahlsbolagen Sweden AB has signed a five-year agreement with Gothenburg Port Authority to operate the new intermodal terminal at the port due to commence operations in December 2017.

22nd December 2016

Intermodal partnership at Gothenburg

22nd December 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UNCTADs port data project now has a total for 42 participating ports from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

22nd December 2016

More ports sign up to data project

22nd December 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Discussion at this year’s Gas Fuelled Ships conference in Hamburg suggested that the tide is turning for LNG as a marine fuel, with increasing numbers of projects turning from concept to reality.

21st December 2016

LNG projects gather momentum

21st December 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Mexico, the federal competition body Cofece has opened an investigation into the port of Progreso, in Yucatán, where concerns have been raised over possible barriers to entry and free competition in…

21st December 2016

Progreso under anti-competition investigation

21st December 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Rommel Troetsch, president of Panama’s Chamber of Commerce, has said that it is fundamental that the country builds a sixth port to satisfy market needs and that this should be implemented as…

21st December 2016

Panama’s Chamber of Commerce backs Corozal

21st December 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Colombia has awarded a contract to build a new multipurpose port in the Bay of Urabá.

21st December 2016

Contract signed for new Antioquia port

21st December 2016

ASIA

ASIA

King Abdullah Port expects infrastructure works for Berth 5 and Berth 6 to be finished in the next few weeks.

20th December 2016

King Abdullah on course for 4m teu capacity

20th December 2016

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The Port of Angeles has secured a US$5.8 million state grant to purchase and test a new fleet of 25 zero and near-zero emission yard tractors at the Everport marine container terminal.

19th December 2016

LA cash-rich for green equipment

19th December 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The British Port Association (BPA) has called on ministers to introduce ‘port zoning’ in and around UK harbour areas to support jobs and trade post-Brexit.

19th December 2016

UK BPA calls for ‘port zoning’ strategy

19th December 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Total, the international oil and gas giant, has joined SEALNG, a multi-sector industry coalition created to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel.

19th December 2016

Total joins SEALNG

19th December 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has provided long-standing customer Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) with 93 terminal tractors for container handling.

15th December 2016

Kalmar to deliver 93 terminal tractors to PTP

15th December 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Germany-based tractor manufacturer MAFI Transport-Systeme has completed another delivery of 33 terminal tractors type T 230 F to DCT Gdansk in Poland.

15th December 2016

MAFI delivers 33 terminal tractors to DCT Gdansk

15th December 2016