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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach want freight infrastructure investment and innovation and technology to improve supply chain efficiency incorporated into the next version of the San Pedro Bay Ports…

24th November 2016

Green developments roadmap for LA

24th November 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Montréal has celebrated the opening of a new container terminal in the Viau sector.

24th November 2016

New container terminal at Port of Montréal

24th November 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A comprehensive Capital Investment Programme at the Port of Philadelphia has been announced by Governor Tom Wolf.

23rd November 2016

Philadelphia to double container capacity

23rd November 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland, Lyttelton Port of Christchurch and KiwiRail have joined forces to provide movement of domestic freight from Auckland to Christchurch following the Kaikoura Earthquake.

23rd November 2016

Auckland and Lyttelton support South Island

23rd November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Los Angeles and GE Transportation will together pilot a first-of-its-kind port information portal to demonstrate the benefits of digitising maritime shipping data and making it available to cargo owners…

23rd November 2016

LA and GE digitalisation partnership

23rd November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Sales for Sweden-based spreader manufacturer Bromma grew by 13% in the third quarter of 2016 compared with sales in the previous year, revealed the company’s July to October order intake.

23rd November 2016

Third quarter growth for Bromma

23rd November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Copenhagen Malmo Port (CMP) has improved handling at its container terminal by putting a new logistics system into operation.

23rd November 2016

New and improved TOS for Copenhagen

23rd November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Defence and security company Saab has deployed its first Common Operating Picture (COP) – an extension of Saab’s KleinPort port management information system (PMIS) that makes ports more efficient and competitive.

23rd November 2016

Saab deploys its first common operating picture

23rd November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

There is no need for Panama to increase its existing port capacity, director of Panama Ports, Paul Wallace has said.

23rd November 2016

Panama needs better logistics, not new ports

23rd November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Peru, the governor of Tacna province, Omar Jiménez, is backing a new megaport project.

23rd November 2016

Peru governor supports new deep water port

23rd November 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Latin American Development Bank, known previously as the Andean Development Corporation (CAF), and BNP Paribas Asset Management Brasil have agreed to constitute an infrastructure investment fund.

23rd November 2016

New Brazilian infrastructure fund emerges

23rd November 2016

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Vahle has finished the first phase of a port electrification mega project at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta in Indonesia.

22nd November 2016

Priok electrification project

22nd November 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Vahle has finished the first phase of a port electrification mega project at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta in Indonesia.

22nd November 2016

Vahle completes Priok electrification

22nd November 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are proposing for the next version of San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP).

21st November 2016

LA/LB propose roadmap for next green developments

21st November 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Damen InvaSave ballast water treatment (BWT) system has won the Innovation in Port Equipment award at the IHS DPC Dredging and Port Construction Innovation Awards.

21st November 2016

Port innovation award for Damen BWT system

21st November 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has completed of the latest phase of its electric RTG infrastructure.

18th November 2016

Fuel saving eRTGs in Georgia

18th November 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Portek Systems & Equipment Pte Ltd and Paul Vahle GmbH & Co. KG (Vahle) have signed a new collaboration.

18th November 2016

Portek and Vahle join forces

18th November 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

African ports have been urged to go digital in a big way to leapfrog the development process.

18th November 2016

African ports embrace big data

18th November 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s largest export port, Port of Tauranga, is expecting a comparable 2.2% to 7.4% rise in net after-tax profit to between NZ$79m and NZ$83m in the 2016-2017 financial year.

18th November 2016

Positive Tauranga forecast

18th November 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Transport services are largely returning to normality in New Zealand following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake which hit the upper east coast of the South Island at 12.02am on November 14.

18th November 2016

Kiwis rebound from quakes

18th November 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

HR Wallingford’s work relating to sound in the marine environment has led them to be recognised at the Dredging and Ports Construction Innovation Awards 2016.

17th November 2016

Monitoring sound emissions from dredging

17th November 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

LASE has launched a new automatic vehicle positioning application to handle the positioning of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in up to three lanes sequentially.

17th November 2016

LASE launches AGV positioning system

17th November 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Recent closures of a number of coal-fired power stations are causing uncertain futures for some of the UK’s bulk terminals.

16th November 2016

Bulk terminals hit by power plant closures

16th November 2016