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EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Antwerp not only passed the 2m metric tonne mark for the volume of freight handled for the first time in its history last year, but it also broke another…

21st January 2016

Double record for Port of Antwerp in 2015

21st January 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Committed to market-leading growth, Ports America is currently focusing its business strategies on increasing its West Coast presence through additional investments and expansion of services into new terminals.

21st January 2016

Ports America refocuses its west coast strategy

21st January 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Busan Port Authority has announced that it is on track to handle 20m teu of container cargo in 2016, which represents a 2.8% increase on last year.

21st January 2016

Busan Port Authority on track to handle 20m teu in 2016

21st January 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Fathom Maritime Intelligence has announced the launch of a brand-new industry guide, The Ship Operator’s Guide To NOx Reduction.

21st January 2016

Fathom publishes new NOx emissions guide

21st January 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Greece is evaluating an improved bid from China’s Cosco for a majority stake in Piraeus Port, as its workers strike in opposition to the privatisation moves.

20th January 2016

Greek workers strike as Cosco bid accepted

20th January 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

JLT has published a freely-accessible whitepaper on insurance related to ports and terminals, Port and Terminal Development – Risk and insurance considerations.

19th January 2016

JLT highlights insurance angles

19th January 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has confirmed that the tonnage requirements for the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention have not been met.

19th January 2016

Requirement for BWM Convention not met

19th January 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new port is to be built near Boyd Bay in the far north of Queensland, approximately 40km south of Weipa on Cape York, to service bauxite exports.

18th January 2016

New port for Queensland’s Cape York

18th January 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Queensland has passed a Sustainable Ports Development Bill which foresees development at smaller ports such as Cairns.

18th January 2016

Queensland passes ports bill

18th January 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Japan-headquartered classification society ClassNK has issued Statements of Compliance (SoC) to two ship recycling facilities in Gujarat, India.

18th January 2016

SoC for two ship recycling facilities in India

18th January 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

PSA International Pte Ltd handled 64.10m TEUs of containers at its port projects around the world in 2015.

15th January 2016

PSA 2015 container throughput performance

15th January 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Corvus Energy will provide battery systems to power nine retrofit hybrid rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) at the Yidong Terminal.

15th January 2016

Green batteries for RTG cranes

15th January 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes has received an order for six Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes from GCT Canada Limited Partnership for its GCT Deltaport facility located in Port Metro Vancouver.

14th January 2016

Deltaport returns to Konecranes

14th January 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The latest European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) positional paper has reported that there should be better port reception facilities (PRF) in Europe.

13th January 2016

ECSA calls for better reception facilities

13th January 2016

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A Port of Oakland marine terminal has re-opened following two months of modernisation to improve cargo handling.

13th January 2016

Port of Oakland marine terminal re-opens

13th January 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Fully cellular containership growth is fast approaching capacity of 20m teu with it outpacing world port throughput for the fourth year in a row.

12th January 2016

Containership fleet outpaces port development

12th January 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Amsterdam has announced that it intends to double the bonuses awarded to ships listed on the Environmental Ship Index (ESI).

12th January 2016

Port of Amsterdam rewards clean ships

12th January 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Ecoslops has announced that it has received an Agreement in Principle from the Port of Abidjan for land to construct a new recycling plant.

11th January 2016

New Ecoslops recycling plant at Port of Abidjan

11th January 2016

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued notices to Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) and two major companies handling coal at its terminal, according to Business Standard.

11th January 2016

Port operators warned over pollution

11th January 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) have expressed their support for the Dutch dockers’ union FNV Havens following its industrial action.

8th January 2016

ITF backs Port of Rotterdam industrial action

8th January 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Ports of Stockholm is redeveloping Värtahamnen as part of the urban development of Norra Djurgårdsstaden.

6th January 2016

Green development in Stockholm

6th January 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The controller of Argentinas National Ports Authority, Sergio Borrelli, has stated that the countrys ports will never be competitive in their current fragmented state.

6th January 2016

Too much fragmentation in Argentinas ports

6th January 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The United States Coast Guard Cyber Command’s (CGCYBER) latest maritime cyber bulletin has revealed that there was an attempted cyber-attack against an unknown port facility.

5th January 2016

US port cyber-attack thwarted

5th January 2016