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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

From the busy San Pedro Bay port complex, downtown Long Beach’s St Anthony High School often saw diesel soot land on its window sills and floors, writes Karen Robes Meeks, on behalf…

19th January 2017

A pillar of the community

19th January 2017

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

With work underway to construct 88,000 rooftop panels on DP World’s Dubai facilities, the company’s CEO has emphasised the importance of solar energy.

19th January 2017

DP World promotes solar energy usage

19th January 2017

ASIA

ASIA

MMC has taken 70% equity interest in Tanung Bruas Port operator KMB Seaport for $4.7m, strengthening its hold on the Malaysian port sector.

18th January 2017

MMC takes controlling stake in Malaysian port

18th January 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The response from UK ports was muted to Theresa May’s long-awaited Brexit speech, which took place yesterday at Lancaster House, Westminster, in front of an audience of EU ambassadors.

18th January 2017

UK ports muted on Brexit update

18th January 2017

ASIA

ASIA

Based on its performance in 2015, Port Klang says it should be ranked in 11th place in the World Container League for 2016, moving up one spot from 2015.

18th January 2017

Port Klang edges closer to top ten ranking

18th January 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Seychelles Port Authority is planning to expand Port Victoria to serve more, and larger, vessels.

18th January 2017

Seychelles plans berth expansion

18th January 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Ecuador, investment of at least $251.5m is planned in the three ports that the government put out to concession last year.

17th January 2017

Ecuadorian port investment planned for 2017

17th January 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spain’s Economic Development Minister, Íñigo de la Serna, has announced that ports operated by Puertos del Estado will receive both direct investment and in-port access upgrades of €1.418bn in 2017.

17th January 2017

Spanish ports to get major cash injection

17th January 2017

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A report prepared for the Port of Newcastle has raised the possibility of increasing breakbulk volumes through the port by developing land previously occupied by a steelworks.

17th January 2017

Newcastle mulls increased breakbulk role

17th January 2017

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Smart Freight Center (SFC) and FEPORT have signed an Memorandum of Understanding to partner together to help standardise calculating and reporting emissions in the port logistics supply chain.

17th January 2017

MoU for smarter freight transport

17th January 2017

ASIA

ASIA

Port Klangs mega hub plans have been met with skepticism by a leading ports analyst.

12th January 2017

Need for Port Klang mega hub questioned

12th January 2017

ASIA

ASIA

Making ports more productive across India rather than building more greenfield sites is the way forward, said DP World group chairman and chief executive Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem at a summit in…

12th January 2017

DP World chief sees potential for growth in India

12th January 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As part of its ongoing infrastructure investment plan, North Carolina Ports has ordered two new panamax ship-to-shore cranes, with an option to purchase two more from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co, (ZPMC).

12th January 2017

Carolina Ports continues to invest

12th January 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Seattle has objected to the sale of the operations centre at Terminal 46 which is leased by bankrupt shipping company Hanjin.

12th January 2017

Financial jitters threaten Seattle terminal sale

12th January 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

PSA International Pte Ltd handled 67.63m TEU of containers at its port projects around the world in 2016.

12th January 2017

PSA grapples with sluggish global trade

12th January 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Port of Duisburg and German utility company RWE have teamed up to create LNG infrastructure at the port.

12th January 2017

Duisburg port backs LNG

12th January 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Commercial operations have started at the Dunkirk regasification terminal which is used to import, store and re-gasify LNG before delivery.

11th January 2017

Dunkirk regasification terminal commissioning

11th January 2017

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A study on the impact of mega-ships on Gothenburg by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says that an integrated ports policy is needed in Sweden to ensure Gothenburg stays…

11th January 2017

Need for a Swedish integrated port policy

11th January 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

BIMCO has published its first report on global dry bulk terminal performance which puts Santa Marta in Colombia at the top of the table when it comes to feedback from shipowners.

11th January 2017

Santa Marta tops BIMCO port performance report

11th January 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

A study on the impact of mega-ships on Gothenburg by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says that an integrated ports policy is needed in Sweden in order to ensure…

11th January 2017

OECD: Need for integrated port policy in Sweden

11th January 2017