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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Gibraltar Port Authority is hosting the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) Regional Forum that brings the industry together for a bunkering overview.

25th February 2015

Gibraltar hosts bunkering Forum

25th February 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Five Hyster empty container handlers are helping Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals (RST) to load and unload ships more quickly and efficiently, saving the operator both time and money.

24th February 2015

Efficient container handling

24th February 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terex Port Solutions (TPS) is set for a strong 2015 after ending last year with a high order intake for a number of diesel-electric Terex Gottwald mobile harbour crane models.

24th February 2015

TPS ends 2014 on a high

24th February 2015

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Israeli government is to sell stakes in eight state-owned companies and the Mediterranean seaports of Haifa and Ashdod.

24th February 2015

Israeli ports up for grabs

24th February 2015

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) is sponsoring a programme that will help the port and maritime industry with decision-making and facing challenges of investing in energy projects.

23rd February 2015

AAPA supports energy projects seminar

23rd February 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) says it is confident a new labour deal has been reached between with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) over a new five-year contract covering workers…

23rd February 2015

US west coast labour crisis over

23rd February 2015

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Ports have an increasingly strategic role to play in their link in the value chain between ships and shore, writes Warwick Norman, chief executive officer, RightShip.

23rd February 2015

Reducing shipping’s carbon footprint

23rd February 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The first edition of ‘LNG Bunkering – Safety Guidelines’ has been released with the aim of providing the bunkering industry with best practices to ensure gas-fuelled ships are re-fuelled safely and reliably.

20th February 2015

SGMF releases LNG Bunkering guidelines

20th February 2015

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Swedish ferry operator, Ballerina, is adding its first electrically-powered ferry to its fleet to transport passengers between 10 stops on the waterways of Stockholm.

19th February 2015

New electric ferry unveiled in Sweden

19th February 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Whether they are being used as a port of call or as a cruise stopover, Panamanian ports will see an increase in calls over the next few years, but one expert warns…

19th February 2015

Panamanian port challenges

19th February 2015

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) says the new International Workshop Agreement (IWA 16) is a major step forward in achieving joined up thinking across the whole logistics support chain, including at…

19th February 2015

Reducing emissions across the whole supply chain

19th February 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) says the new International Workshop Agreement (IWA 16) is a major step forward in achieving joined up thinking across the whole logistics support chain, including at…

19th February 2015

Reducing emissions across the whole supply chain

19th February 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Envisan France, the French branch of the environmental division of Jan De Nul Group, is constructing a new treatment centre (CPEM) in La Seyne-sur-Mer, Southern France, designed specifically for the treatment and…

19th February 2015

Treating contaminated soils and sediments

19th February 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Having made strong commitments to environmental stewardship, port authorities and operators are immersed in monitoring programmes to ascertain the performance of their activities against a series of criteria to reach stated targets,…

19th February 2015

KPIs and measuring environmental performance

19th February 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Labour discussions are still underway to try to resolve the US west coast ports crisis with the Whitehouse arbitrator ushered in to help end the labour disputes this week.

18th February 2015

Labour dispute drags on

18th February 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

An 11-point checklist has been developed by researchers at Plymouth University that say it could help the UK’s smaller ports work more sustainably.

18th February 2015

‘Green’ checklist to improve smaller ports

18th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Over the past 20 years, a great deal of work has been done to clean up the environment and prevent pollution and with even more stringent regulations in place, being prepared for…

17th February 2015

Preparing ports for oil spill response

17th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering (DEME) has secured a number of new contracts worldwide worth approximately €1.6bn, providing a welcome boost for its order book in Q1 2015.

17th February 2015

Order book boost for DEME

17th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Treatment and remediation expert, Envisan, has won an important rehabilitation project in Norway which aims to restore the port basin to its desired depth and stop the further spread of contaminated sediments.

17th February 2015

Norwegian rehabilitation project

17th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

With commercial pressure to exploit resources in increasingly challenging and remote locations and the drive to accommodate ever increasing vessel sizes, port developers have a wealth of technical challenges to face. Mike…

17th February 2015

Dredging strategies for successful port developments

17th February 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr Maritime Cranes has delivered two of its strongest ever new mobile harbour cranes (LHM to Katoen Natie NV, which, as a result, has set a new benchmark in terms of lifting…

16th February 2015

Liebherr cranes boost Belgian activity

16th February 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Concern for the environment is a constituent part of Port of Koper’s management policy and organisational culture, writes Franka Cepak, environmental manager, Port of Koper, Slovenia.

16th February 2015

No waste, just resources at the Port of Koper

16th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Three new Kalmar hybrid shuttle carriers are bound for the US Port of Virginia with the aim of both helping increase terminal capacity and the port to attain its sustainability goals.

16th February 2015

Kalmar hybrid shuttles bound for US

16th February 2015