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EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Commission has referred Spain to the Court of Justice for failing to comply with a previous judgement concerning freedom of establishment at Spanish ports.

5th May 2016

Penalties loom for Spanish stevedore monopoly

5th May 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The balance of seaborne-cargo delivery in the United States shifted further east in the last year, resulting in East Coast seaports making gains against their West Coast counterparts, according to an index…

5th May 2016

US East Coast ports chip away at West Coast dominance

5th May 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The MONALISA 2.0 project’s successor, Sea Traffic Management (STM) Validation Project, aims to be the next step for a more efficient and environmentally friendly maritime sector.

5th May 2016

Making operations more efficient

5th May 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Four port operators have pre-qualified for Request for Qualifications to design, develop, finance, construct, operate and maintain Panama’s Corozal Container Terminal.

4th May 2016

Four operators pre-qualify for Corozal

4th May 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Phoenix Lighting has introduced its SturdiSignal Series as the latest addition to its LED crane and equipment lighting product range.

4th May 2016

Phoenix Lighting introduces SturdiSignal Series

4th May 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Yildirim Group subsidiary Yilport Holding has acquired 100% shares of Gävle Container Terminal and Baltic Sea Gateway, claiming the rights to operate container, bulk, general cargo, rail and CFS services in Port…

4th May 2016

Yilport acquires 100% shares in Port of Gävle

4th May 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Swedish Supreme Court has ruled not to allow permission for an appeal for the planned freight port, the Stockholm Norvik Port.

4th May 2016

Yes to the Norvik port

4th May 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Turkish giant, Yildirim Holding, has the United States in its sights as the transport and industrial conglomerate aims to become a top ten global terminal operator.

4th May 2016

Yildirim considers US investment

4th May 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

UK-based marine engineering company, Sustainable Marine Energy (SME), has arranged a £4.5m funding package to begin deploying an array of its PLAT-O tidal energy systems at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)…

4th May 2016

SME secures funding for tidal energy in Orkney

4th May 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Engineering giant, Cavotec, and energy technology company, ABB, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly offer worldwide shore-to-ship power solutions.

4th May 2016

Cavotec and ABB partner up for shore-to-ship power

4th May 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

This year has started out to be a particularly bad one in terms of the negative affect that the downturn in GDP is having on North European Ports, according to Hackett Associates…

3rd May 2016

Mixed reviews for North European ports

3rd May 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Cavotec and ABB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly offer complete shore-to-ship power solutions globally.

3rd May 2016

Shore to ship power partnership

3rd May 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Force Technology has announced that it has joined forces with DHI to develop a new method to evaluate and quantify the approach and departure operability issues for ports.

3rd May 2016

Channel optimisation software to improve scheduling

3rd May 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Port pricing is said to be an essential tool for solving the main challenges currently posed to the industry by mega-ships.

29th April 2016

Need for port pricing overhaul

29th April 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The Port of Milford Haven has performed strongly thanks in part to increased volumes of LNG and a diversification strategy focusing on marine renewables.

28th April 2016

Milford Haven’s green strategies help performance

28th April 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

This year’s ESPO Conference will see the European port industry, stakeholders and EU policy makers gather in Dublin on 2 and 3 June.

28th April 2016

ESPO Conference 2016 preview

28th April 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Converting propeller shaft bearings to seawater-lubricated from the traditional oil-lubricated systems prevents millions of litres of operational oil from polluting the world’s oceans. Now that figure is quantifiable thanks to a bespoke…

27th April 2016

Thordon Bearings sums it up

27th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association States, more commonly known as the EFTA Court, has delivered a landmark judgement on the incompatibility of the monopoly of Norwegian dockers…

26th April 2016

EFTA Court’s landmark ruling on dockers’ pools

26th April 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The previous announcement by Ecuadors president Rafael Correa that the Chilean company Agunsa would be awarded a concession to operate the expanded port of Manta now seems to have been a little…

26th April 2016

Manta future still not clear

26th April 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils Ports Minister, Helder Barbalho, has resigned from the government of President Dilma Rousseff, who is currently under threat of impeachment.

26th April 2016

New Brazilian Ports Minister resigns

26th April 2016