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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec’s boss has blamed the slowed pace of customer decision making for Kalmar’s declining orders in the group’s January–September 2016 interim report.

27th October 2016

Kalmar hit by ‘slower decision making’

27th October 2016

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

CMA CGM is said to be seeking a buyer for Neptune Orient’s container terminals in the US, Japan and Taiwan, as well as its joint ventures in Vietnam, Thailand, China and the…

27th October 2016

Neptune Orient terminal sale

27th October 2016

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Seattle has completed the environmental analysis and prepared the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Terminal 5 Improvements project.

27th October 2016

Seattle concludes environmental study

27th October 2016

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven in Germany, Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and Morocco’s Tangier MED have achieved PERS certification.

26th October 2016

Ports get PERS certified

26th October 2016

GPCA

GPCA

The Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven in Germany, Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and Morocco’s Tangier MED have achieved PERS certification.

26th October 2016

Ports get PERS certified

26th October 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of London Authority has joined its Cleaner Thames campaign partners to clean up the River Thames at Woolwich Arsenal.

26th October 2016

Cleaning up the Thames

26th October 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The seventh Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference will focus on the innovation and investment driving the uptake of LNG and other low-flashpoint fuels in the commercial shipping sector.

26th October 2016

Low-flashpoint fuels focus at GFS 2016

26th October 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

JLT Mobile Computers has delivered a batch of 50 JLT VERSO 12 mobile computers to Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT).

25th October 2016

JLT delivers mobile computers to Basra Gateway Terminal

25th October 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

A study jointly conducted by the Financial Derivatives Company and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry titled Nigeria: Reforming the Maritime Ports has revealed that Nigeria is losing N1tn (US$3bn) per…

25th October 2016

Nigeria losing out to port inefficiency

25th October 2016

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Iran’s minister of roads and urban development Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi and minister of infrastructure and the environment of the Netherlands Schultz van Haegen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for bilateral…

25th October 2016

Iran, Netherlands sign MoU for port co-operation

25th October 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Opportunities for the port of Mariel to capture US transhipment volumes have significantly improved since the US government lifted a ban restricting foreign vessels from calling at US ports within six months…

25th October 2016

Port of Mariel’s US transhipment potential

25th October 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Three Chinese firms have been selected to help build a new deepwater port in the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia.

25th October 2016

Chinese firms to help Malaysia build deepwater port

25th October 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Plans are in place to move the freight terminal currently located in the central city of Gothenburg to the Port of Gothenburg to allow for a higher proportion of transport by rail…

25th October 2016

Gothenburg to shift intermodal terminal

25th October 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Motherwell Bridge Industries has acquired the Moroccan engineering firm Techniplus, from its partner Konecranes of Finland.

24th October 2016

Motherwell Bridge buys Konecranes subsidiary

24th October 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

ABB has been shortlisted for a prestigious environmental award for modernising two vessels that will become the largest emission-free electric ferries in the world.

24th October 2016

Green innovation up for efficiency awards

24th October 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Singapore and Zeebrugge have developed the first set of harmonised LNG bunkering standards.

24th October 2016

Ports work on LNG bunkering standards

24th October 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Samskip is installing specially laminated glass that blocks infra-red rays but not daylight as part of its sustainability strategy.

21st October 2016

Carbon emission cutting glass

21st October 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World Southampton has received nine new Kalmar machines to strengthen its straddle carrier fleet.

21st October 2016

DP World Southampton strengthens fleet

21st October 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Caterpillar Marine’s dual fuel engine has been chosen for a new generation of cruise ships, as the company works to strengthen its position in the LNG marine propulsion market.

20th October 2016

LNG power for cruise ships

20th October 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Port of Durban is seeking to introduce new and exciting digital initiatives that will see some of its operations being conducted through wireless technology in the future.

20th October 2016

Port of Durban gets smarter

20th October 2016