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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Savvy crafting of financial structures is a critical pillar of Yilport’s plans to be become a top ten global port operator by 2025.

27th June 2016

Finance informs Yildirim acquisition and growth strategy

27th June 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Tideworks Technology is finalising a new data warehousing and analytics offering, combining real time terminal data and analytics with a choice of user interfaces.

27th June 2016

Tideworks finalises big data tool for terminals

27th June 2016

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World group chairman and chief executive Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem rang the market-opening bell on June 27, to celebrate the listing of $1.2bn Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai.

27th June 2016

DP World lists $1.2bn Sukuk

27th June 2016

ASIA

ASIA

PSA International, together with the Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), has launched the PSA Living Lab, a living laboratory in Singapore for the port…

27th June 2016

PSA International launches ‘Living Lab’

27th June 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

As the United Kingdom voted in favour to leave the European Union, the whole country is left in uncertainty, including the UK shipping industry.

24th June 2016

‘Cool heads’ needed in response to UK ‘out’ vote

24th June 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals, ECT and RWG have made an agreement with the Dutch Tax and Customers Administration to end the requirement of physical customs documents in order to transfer containers from one Maasvlakte…

23rd June 2016

Rotterdam streamlines inter-terminal moves

23rd June 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Dust suppression technology specialist, Dust Control Technology, has introduced a new trailer-mounted dust control system, with a range of 100 metres and the ability to deliver over 15,000sqm of coverage area.

23rd June 2016

Making the air cleaner

23rd June 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) senior communications and media advisor Steve Rendle believes the local shipping industry now has practical working arrangements in place to accommodate the new verified container weight (VGM) regulations.

23rd June 2016

New Zealand ready for VGM

23rd June 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Auckland’s future port location is looming as one of the key issues in New Zealand’s October local authority elections, with three Mayoral candidates publicly backing a move out of the city at…

23rd June 2016

Auckland relocation political hot potato

23rd June 2016

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Israel’s transport minister, Yisrael Katz, has proposed the construction of an artificial island off the coast of Gaza, according to the Times of Israel.

22nd June 2016

Israel proposes offshore port

22nd June 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Navis is to develop its terminal operating systems to cover smaller terminals and investigate software-as-a-service based platforms, according to new president Benoit de la Tour.

22nd June 2016

Navis sets out software aspirations

22nd June 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bromma’s new president is keen to bring a “fresh perspective” to the Swedish spreader manufacturer’s business.

22nd June 2016

Mclean’s “fresh perspectives” for Bromma

22nd June 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Navis has launched an “operational innovation laboratory” in Rotterdam focused on improving the impact of software on operational performance and advancing the technical integration of processes, systems and users at container terminals.

22nd June 2016

Navis launches operational innovation lab

22nd June 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published three information papers exploring key issues for port and terminal operations to include shore side power and lighting technologies.

22nd June 2016

PEMA explores key issues for port operations

22nd June 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Alphatron Marine will reward Green Award certified ships with a 10% discount on a range of its products and services for both sea-going and inland navigation ships.

22nd June 2016

Recognising Green Award ships

22nd June 2016

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Container terminal operators are facing mounting risks and diminishing returns in a climate characterised by port modal share volatility and uncertainty.

22nd June 2016

Operations risk/return ratio increasingly skewed

22nd June 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Engineering group, Cavotec, has won a second order for a combined automated mooring and battery charging system for a hybrid passenger ferry in Finland.

21st June 2016

Cavotec wins Finland ferry contract

21st June 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Just days until the enforcement date of the IMO’s SOLAS amendment on container weighing, the industry is being told to put contingency plans in place as upwards of 70% of containers are…

21st June 2016

Contingency planning now essential for VGM

21st June 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Brazil, Wellington Moreira Franco, the minister responsible for the country’s port concession programme, has asked for patience in respect of difficulties that have emerged in implementation.

21st June 2016

More delays to Brazilian concession programme

21st June 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Otto Bottger, DP Worlds commercial manager for the South American west coast and future director of the Posorja container terminal, has confirmed that the operator is to invest $1.2bn in its latest…

21st June 2016

Posorja to become major industrial zone

21st June 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A request by Contecon, the ICTSI company which operates the container terminal at the port of Libertador Simón Bolívar de Guayaquil, to have DP Worlds Posorja concession suspended as a precautionary measure…

21st June 2016

Contecons Posorja legal challenge rejected

21st June 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Guatemala’s Auditor General, Carlos Mencos, has filed a criminal complaint in respect of 19 contracts that are in force in the Port of Quetzal (EPQ) on the grounds that they transfer public…

21st June 2016

Auditor General investigates Quetzal contracts

21st June 2016

ASIA

ASIA

PSA Singapore (PSA) has invested in 22 new Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) for its container terminals, bringing the fleet to 30 units.

21st June 2016

PSA strengthens AGV fleet

21st June 2016