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REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published three information papers exploring key issues for port and terminal operations to include shore side power and lighting technologies.

22nd June 2016

PEMA explores key issues for port operations

22nd June 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Alphatron Marine will reward Green Award certified ships with a 10% discount on a range of its products and services for both sea-going and inland navigation ships.

22nd June 2016

Recognising Green Award ships

22nd June 2016

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Container terminal operators are facing mounting risks and diminishing returns in a climate characterised by port modal share volatility and uncertainty.

22nd June 2016

Operations risk/return ratio increasingly skewed

22nd June 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Engineering group, Cavotec, has won a second order for a combined automated mooring and battery charging system for a hybrid passenger ferry in Finland.

21st June 2016

Cavotec wins Finland ferry contract

21st June 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Just days until the enforcement date of the IMO’s SOLAS amendment on container weighing, the industry is being told to put contingency plans in place as upwards of 70% of containers are…

21st June 2016

Contingency planning now essential for VGM

21st June 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Brazil, Wellington Moreira Franco, the minister responsible for the country’s port concession programme, has asked for patience in respect of difficulties that have emerged in implementation.

21st June 2016

More delays to Brazilian concession programme

21st June 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Otto Bottger, DP Worlds commercial manager for the South American west coast and future director of the Posorja container terminal, has confirmed that the operator is to invest $1.2bn in its latest…

21st June 2016

Posorja to become major industrial zone

21st June 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A request by Contecon, the ICTSI company which operates the container terminal at the port of Libertador Simón Bolívar de Guayaquil, to have DP Worlds Posorja concession suspended as a precautionary measure…

21st June 2016

Contecons Posorja legal challenge rejected

21st June 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Guatemala’s Auditor General, Carlos Mencos, has filed a criminal complaint in respect of 19 contracts that are in force in the Port of Quetzal (EPQ) on the grounds that they transfer public…

21st June 2016

Auditor General investigates Quetzal contracts

21st June 2016

ASIA

ASIA

PSA Singapore (PSA) has invested in 22 new Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) for its container terminals, bringing the fleet to 30 units.

21st June 2016

PSA strengthens AGV fleet

21st June 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of London Authority (PLA) is backing a campaign to rid the Thames of marine litter as environmental experts warn MPs and peers of increasing danger to marine life.

21st June 2016

PLA backs Cleaner Thames campaign

21st June 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cavotec has announced that it has won a second order for its combined MoorMaster and battery charging system for a hybrid passenger ferry application in Finland.

20th June 2016

Cavotec nets second combined MoorMaster order

20th June 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Liverpool has its focus firmly on sustainable freight transfer. To date its completed 400 rail transfers to Drax power station in North Yorkshire.

20th June 2016

Shifting freight sustainably

20th June 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) has been fined NZ$49,980 and ordered to pay NZ$12,000 in reparations after a stevedore employed by the company fell nearly 3m off the unguarded edge of a…

20th June 2016

POAL fined for workers’ fall

20th June 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The design and technical aspects of the IB Polaris icebreaker vessel, powered by LNG, were unveiled at CIMAC World Congress in Helsinki.

20th June 2016

LNG icebreaker

20th June 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has announced that it will expand FastCharge technology into its hybrid straddle and shuttle carrier product portfolio.

17th June 2016

Kalmar FastCharge expansion

17th June 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

FEPORT members have released a new publication regarding the environmentally friendly actions it has been implementing through European ports.

17th June 2016

FEPORT sustainable terminals

17th June 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Kalmar has announced that it will expand FastCharge technology into its hybrid straddle and shuttle carrier product portfolio.

16th June 2016

Kalmar FastCharge technology

16th June 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Shipping group, CMA CGM, and PSA Singapore Terminals (PSA) have joined forces to form a joint venture company - CMA CGM-PSA Lion Terminal (CPLT).

16th June 2016

Container terminal joint venture

16th June 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Yildirim Group’s subsidiary Yilport Holding has acquired 100% shares of Turkey’s largest liquid terminal Solventas Technical Storage.

15th June 2016

Yilport acquires solvent terminal

15th June 2016