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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

GCT Canada has selected INFORM’s Rail Scheduler software to optimise its rail operations, including container handover between yard and rail, as well as all remotely-operated rail-mounted gantry moves.

10th March 2016

GCT Canada to optimize rail operations

10th March 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Containers and car imports at the Helen Delich Bentley terminal have helped the Port of Baltimore to a record year in 2015, proving that Maryland is ‘open for business’.

10th March 2016

Record year for Port of Baltimore

10th March 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Parliament has voted to approve port services regulations that are designed to address restrictive practices at EU ports.

10th March 2016

Mounting objection to EU port legislation

10th March 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

ScottishPower Renewables’ £2.5bn East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm has selected Peel Ports Great Yarmouth as the port for construction and installation activities.

7th March 2016

Peel Ports Great Yarmouth offshore windfarm co-investment

7th March 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has launched a set of milestones and priorities which it thinks must be met in order to create a sustainable shipping industry by 2040.

7th March 2016

Roadmap to sustainable shipping

7th March 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has fined the China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd. $129,500 for failing to switch its engines over from heavy diesel bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulphur fuel when…

7th March 2016

Chinese shipping company fined for violating regulations

7th March 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Seago, the intra-European shipping line which is part of Maresk Group, is to launch a new cargo route between Algeciras-Liverpool-Dublin.

4th March 2016

Maersk subsidiary latest to introduce new Liverpool service

4th March 2016

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Canaveral Port Authority (CPA) has joined the Green Marine environmental certification programme.

3rd March 2016

Port Canaveral joins Green Marine programme

3rd March 2016

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach’s new terminal, the Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT), will open on 11 March 2016.

2nd March 2016

Long Beach’s new Middle Harbour opening soon

2nd March 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam is ‘attractive for business’ says chief financial officer, as the port authority releases its annual figures showing turnover is up and profit development is sound.

2nd March 2016

Figures show Rotterdam ‘attractive for business’

2nd March 2016

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Yellowline Asphalt Products has been awarded an environmental excellence award by Hamilton Port Authority (HPA), recognising its contribution to respecting and protecting the natural environment.

2nd March 2016

Yellowline Asphalt wins Hamilton Port Authority green award

2nd March 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gulftainer has announced the appointment of Flemming Dalgaard as the new chief executive officer of the group.

1st March 2016

New CEO appointed at Gulftainer

1st March 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Portuguese government has dropped the new Barreiro container terminal in Lisbon from its list of development projects for 2016. Instead, this has been replaced by a drive for enhanced co-ordination between…

1st March 2016

Portuguese government drops Barreiro from budget

1st March 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Port of Tauranga has reported a comparable 9.4% dip in net profit after tax to NZ$38.56m for the six months to December 31, 2015 - albeit the result is a NZ$56,000 improvement…

1st March 2016

Mixed results for Kiwi ports

1st March 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland has launched a second phase of consultation with staff and unions on a proposal to deploy 15-metre-high automated straddle carriers in its container terminal.

1st March 2016

Auckland launches round two of automation consultation

1st March 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigeria is gearing up for major expansion of its port capacity to cater for future growth, explains Richard Rowe

1st March 2016

Planning ahead

1st March 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Spats in Argentina and Uruguay detract from the business of terminal operating, finds Alex Hughes

1st March 2016

Troubles down south

1st March 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Is it time for a radical rethink on container terminal pricing? McKinsey & Co seem to think so. Barry Parker reports

29th February 2016

Price wars

29th February 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) has selected two consortia to run services at the east Mediterranean island’s largest post, Limassol, according to reports by news agency, Yahoo.

29th February 2016

Eurogate and DP World win Cyprus concessions

29th February 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Brian Simpson MEP, the coordinator of Motorways of the Sea (MoS), a European Union transport policy concept stressing the importance of sea travel in the union, has urged members of the European…

29th February 2016

First MoS Environment Forum to be held in March

29th February 2016

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: The point was made in Port Strategy last month that the price paid by COSCO for the port of Piraeus, taking into account investment commitments as well, was a rich one…

28th February 2016

Piraeus saga: to be continued?

28th February 2016

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Ports provide the arena for the new marine ecolegislation, but how will it affect them, asks Stevie Knight

28th February 2016

Testing times

28th February 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Operators are the focus of attention when it comes to cab design, explain Dave and Iain MacIntyre

28th February 2016

Creature comforts

28th February 2016