News

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

With cruise passenger numbers still on the increase and cruise terminals and associated infrastructure dealing with the consequences, leading associations such as MedCruise, Cruise Europe, CLIA (Europe), AssoPorti, Baltic Ports and ESPO…

19th May 2017

Leading industry organisations confirm support for GreenPort Cruise 2017

19th May 2017

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The international engineering consultancy Ramboll has been appointed to lead a highly skilled technical team developing a new permanent cruise terminal facility on the UK’s River Mersey.

19th May 2017

Efficient cruise terminal development

19th May 2017

GPCA

GPCA

With cruise passenger numbers still on the increase and cruise terminals and associated infrastructure dealing with the consequences, leading associations such as MedCruise, Cruise Europe, CLIA (Europe), AssoPorti, Baltic Ports and ESPO…

19th May 2017

Leading industry organisations confirm support for GreenPort Cruise 2017

19th May 2017

GPCA

GPCA

The international engineering consultancy Ramboll has been appointed to lead a highly skilled technical team developing a new permanent cruise terminal facility on the UK’s River Mersey.

19th May 2017

Efficient cruise terminal development

19th May 2017

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Joint Air Quality Unit at the UKs Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has set out its plans to tackle air quality in its ‘Clean Air Zone Framework’ strategy…

19th May 2017

UK clean air framework strategy

19th May 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

British Ports Association (BPA) chief executive, Richard Ballantyne, has warned against the distortion of competitive port markets with major public subsidies.

18th May 2017

Port markets at risk from GBER distortion

18th May 2017

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Despite the fact that pension and infrastructure funds continue to view the port sector as a safe investment bet, concerns appear to be growing over high-risk investments to handle big ships.

18th May 2017

Ports still a safe bet for pensions

18th May 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Dutch hull cleaning and inspection equipment company, Fleet Cleaner, has expanded its green hull cleaning services to all ports in the Netherlands.

18th May 2017

Dutch port hull cleaning service

18th May 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Dutch hull cleaning and inspection equipment company, Fleet Cleaner, has expanded its hull cleaning services to all ports in the Netherlands.

18th May 2017

Dutch port hull cleaning service

18th May 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new container system which treats lifting four or six empty containers as a single block is expected to save the industry more than US$1.5bn.

18th May 2017

Empty container system to save industry $1.5bn

18th May 2017

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply its exhaust gas cleaning system for a new Korean ferry.

17th May 2017

Scrubber system to clean ferrys exhaust

17th May 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new ‘thought-changing’ technology has been developed which aims to make the coordination of container movements more efficient in the supply chain.

16th May 2017

1-Stop solution for port operations

16th May 2017

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

The international engineering consultancy Ramboll has been appointed to lead a highly skilled technical team developing a new efficient cruise terminal facility on the UK’s River Mersey.

16th May 2017

Efficient cruise terminal development

16th May 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MGI and Marseille Fos Port won the highest award in the IT category at the 30th International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) World Ports Conference held in Indonesia in May.

16th May 2017

IT award for MGI and Marseille Fos Port

16th May 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has launched a new video to depict what the sustainable future of cargo handling will look like in 2060.

16th May 2017

Kalmar envisions sustainable future for handling

16th May 2017

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

South Port has taken issue with a WorkSafe New Zealand finding that “systematic failings” contributed to a port visitor drowning after he lost control of his vehicle and slid off a wharf…

16th May 2017

South Port questions “systematic failings” finding

16th May 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Panama, the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has given the management team authorisation to go ahead with a possible new tender for the proposed container terminal at…

16th May 2017

ACP to re-tender Corozal box terminal

16th May 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Colombia, both the Ministry of Transport and the National Roads Institute (Invías) are planning to put tenders out in 2018 to improve access channels to the ports of Cartagena and Buenaventura.

16th May 2017

Major access improvements for Colombian ports

16th May 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The uncertainty over stevedoring reform in Spain has again prompted the Port of Algeciras to again put back the deadline for bids for its third container terminal.

16th May 2017

Algeciras delays bidding deadline again

16th May 2017

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Belledune in Canada has signed up to Green Marine, the largest voluntary environmental certification programme for the maritime industry in North America.

16th May 2017

Canadian port joins Green Marine

16th May 2017