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EUROPE

EUROPE

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has completed employee co-operation negotiations with labour unions in Lidhult, Sweden.

7th July 2016

Kalmar completes employee negotiations

7th July 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has received a $44m Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) grant from the US Department of Transportation to increase rail capacity at the Port of Savannah.

7th July 2016

GPA awarded $44m transportation grant

7th July 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dockers in ports across six continents took part in a union action day on July 7, including thousands of dockers belonging to the International Dockworkers’ Council, the International Transport Workers’ Federation and…

7th July 2016

Dockers take part in union action day

7th July 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Cutting carbon emissions and generating renewable energy are at the forefront of Associated British Ports’ (ABP) recent engineering projects, writes Alice Mason, GreenPort news reporter.

7th July 2016

Leaders in UK renewable energy

7th July 2016

ASIA

ASIA

The NDA government has approved a proposal to build a major port at Enayam near Colachel in Tamil Nadu, worth INR25bn ($3.7bn).

7th July 2016

Government approves port in Tami Nadu’s Enayam

7th July 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Associated British Ports (ABP) is in the midst of a £1bn investment programme across all of its 21 ports, writes Ann-Maree Andritsakis, communications Coordinator, ABP.

7th July 2016

Investing in bulk handling

7th July 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) has released a universal method to calculate the carbon footprint of the logistics supply chain.

6th July 2016

Universal carbon counting method

6th July 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff expects to achieve significant growth in the maritime and logistics sectors with the addition of key personnel.

6th July 2016

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff expands port team

6th July 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Marseille Fos has upgraded its Port Community System (PCS) from the Escale V2 Nautique application to a new Neptune Port system, an investment of around €3m.

5th July 2016

Marseille Fos upgrades Port Community System

5th July 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

After 15 years of discussions, the European Commission, Council and Parliament have reached a compromise on the text for the Ports Regulation, the legal framework for organising port services and financial transparency…

4th July 2016

Agreement reached on EU Ports Regulation text

4th July 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ports in the Argentinean province of Buenos Aires will not be privatised, Marcelo Lobbosco, heads of the ports department, has said.

4th July 2016

No to Buenos Aires port privatisation

4th July 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Chiles Foreign Minister used his Twitter account to confirm that construction will now go ahead of a new deep water port at San Antonio, in Valparaísos southern zone. The announcement co-incided with…

4th July 2016

Minister signals go ahead for new Chilean hub port

4th July 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World Australia claims it has achieved 100% verified gross mass (VGM) of all containers travelling through its Australia ports following changes to Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) legislation, which came…

4th July 2016

DP World Australia boasts of 100% VGM accuracy

4th July 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Recently awarded best seaport in North America for the second year in a row, the Port of Long Beach (POLB), aka ‘Green Port’, knows that what’s good for business, is also good…

4th July 2016

Aiming for zero emissions

4th July 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Greece’s Helengi Engineering Ltd has unveiled a new design for a LNG bunker feeder vessel which will serve the Port of Piraeus and other ports including Patras and Heraklion.

4th July 2016

LNG bunker feed vessel unveiling

4th July 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Sabah Ports Authority has allocated RM6m ($1.47m) to upgrade Kudat Port’s facilities, Bernama, Malaysia’s national news agency has reported.

4th July 2016

Malaysia’s Kudat to benefit from funding

4th July 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will deliver 14 new Kalmar T2 terminal tractors to Abu Dhabi Terminals’ Khalifa Port Container Terminal (KPCT) later this year.

4th July 2016

Kalmar wins order from Abu Dhabi Terminals

4th July 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Malaysia’s biggest single port operator, Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), is ready to invest more than RM8.6bn ($2.1bn) under a plan to increase the port’s capacity.

4th July 2016

PTP ready to invest RM8.6bn

4th July 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hutchison Ports is expected to launch a new feature on its Boxreload cloud-based system to allow road hauliers and third parties to combine resources to offer more effective haulage solutions.

4th July 2016

Boxreload Exchange offers new opportunities

4th July 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Malaysia’s government has increase the funding for development of Sapangar Bay Container Port, in Sabah Province.

4th July 2016

Sapangar to benefit from extra funds

4th July 2016