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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The industry is entering a period where the money to be made from container terminals investments is markedly less than it used to be, according to Drewry Shipping Consultants.

26th April 2016

Container returns

26th April 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports that remain unconcerned by incoming container weighing regulations will be in for a shock come July 1, 2016.

26th April 2016

Container weighing rules are coming

26th April 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The previous announcement by Ecuadors president Rafael Correa that the Chilean company Agunsa would be awarded a concession to operate the expanded port of Manta now seems to have been a little…

26th April 2016

Manta future still not clear

26th April 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils Ports Minister, Helder Barbalho, has resigned from the government of President Dilma Rousseff, who is currently under threat of impeachment.

26th April 2016

New Brazilian Ports Minister resigns

26th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spain has yet to implement any changes to its stevedoring model, following a judgement by the EUs Court of Justice some 16 months ago that this is not in line with existing…

26th April 2016

EU considers further complaint against Spains stevedoring model

26th April 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Kalmar has secured an order for nine diesel-electric straddle carriers from Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA).

26th April 2016

Kalmar wins HHLA straddle carriers order

26th April 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The second conference on Initiatives for the Future of Great Rivers (IFRG), hosted by the Montreal Port Authority (MPA), focused on the increased new energy models which are emerging around rivers.

26th April 2016

The importance of great rivers

26th April 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved mandatory requirements for ships to record and report their fuel consumption.

25th April 2016

Progress on CO2 reduction

25th April 2016

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Hueneme has announced the second half of its Shore Power Project, and confirmed that environmental stewardship remains its top priority.

25th April 2016

Next phase of the Shore Power Project

25th April 2016

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

And so the merry-go-round continues: Deutsche Bank is offloading its container terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey to another infrastructure-focused business, namely Macquarie.

24th April 2016

Second time lucky

24th April 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Demand is “simply not there” for 24,000 teu containerships so ports must now focus on improving handling efficiency rather than catering for ever-larger ships, according to CTI Consultancy’s Andy Lane.

24th April 2016

Forget size, focus on efficiency

24th April 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Installing gate and truck technologies is a ‘no brainer’ for ports, offering payback on investment in as little as two years, according to software specialist TBA.

24th April 2016

Gate automation a ‘no brainer’

24th April 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Panellists at TOC Asia in Singapore were challenged to identify bright spots in the container handling sector after highlighting the combined bitter pills of the China slowdown, containership overcapacity and increasing pressure…

24th April 2016

Challenged to find bright spots

24th April 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Trelleborg’s fluid handling operation has been awarded the EN1474-2 accreditation for its revolutionary hose design for LNG transfer between floating terminals and carriers.

22nd April 2016

LNG hose development

22nd April 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Renewable energy propulsion specialist, REAPsystems, is developing a hybrid-drive system for installation in Venice’s water taxis in order to convert the current fleet into cleaner, greener transport.

21st April 2016

Cleaner greener water taxis

21st April 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The first of two Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meetings to be held this year began in London on 18 April at the IMO headquarters.

21st April 2016

Opening address at MEPC 69

21st April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

With implementation of the new SOLAS convention just two months away, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has called for clarity.

21st April 2016

Europe calls for container weighing clarity

21st April 2016

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

At the 18th annual Global Liner Shipping Conference, Kim Fejfer, APM Terminals chief executive, delivered the terminal operators’ keynote address.

20th April 2016

Need for a port shakeup?

20th April 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Deutsche Bank has sold Maher Terminals USA, LLC, the 454-acre multi-user container terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey.

19th April 2016

Deutsche Bank sells Maher Terminals

19th April 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Associated British Ports (ABP) will install a solar farm at the Port of Silloth in order to generate up to 220,000kWh of its own electricity.

19th April 2016

Port of Silloth solar farm

19th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Unions representing port workers in Lisbon have given notice of a planned new strike, which will take start at midnight on April 20 and continue until 0800 hrs on May 5.

19th April 2016

Major new strike called for Lisbon

19th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Sète will launch a call for tenders for the concession of a new terminal in the South of France.

18th April 2016

Port of Sète’s call for tender

18th April 2016

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World Group chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem met with the Prime Minster of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, at the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai.

15th April 2016

DP World and Georgia discuss economic cooperation

15th April 2016