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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Dave MacIntyre finds out how investors can take the rough with the smooth in port commitments.

26th March 2016

Do your homework

26th March 2016

THE AUSTRALIAN

THE AUSTRALIAN

Should local politicians be made accountable for the decisions made by their regional ports? It is an interesting question which is currently being debated in New Zealand, where all ports have either…

26th March 2016

Politicising port investments

26th March 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The path to July’s container weighing deadline is littered with confusion, as Felicity Landon explains

26th March 2016

Ready or not

26th March 2016

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

By Peter de Langen and Jonas Mendes Constante highlight the top five strategy errors made by ports

26th March 2016

Learn from past mistakes

26th March 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Southeast Asia has everything going for it – apart from timing, writes Stevie Knight

26th March 2016

Turbulence ahead

26th March 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dean Davison examines how existing ports can plan to keep pace with the swelling demand

26th March 2016

Keeping pace

26th March 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The rapid spread of the Zika virus has prompted ports to take action, finds Alex Hughes

26th March 2016

Control and contain

26th March 2016

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Supply chain efficiency needs balancing against the risks of running a port, explains Martin Rushmere

26th March 2016

Chain reactions

26th March 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Simulators offer flexibility and time savings at a price to suit a range of budgets. Alex Hughes reports

26th March 2016

Screen time

26th March 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Chemical handling is booming for ports willing to invest in modern techniques. John Bensalhia reports

26th March 2016

The right chemistry

26th March 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Maritime New Zealand has issued an advisory circular to aid exporters preparing for the pending mandatory adoption of container weight verification, as it works to develop a new domestic Maritime Rule for…

24th March 2016

NZ Authority moves on container weight verification

24th March 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A proposal to increase Napier Port’s draught at low sea level from 12.8 metres to 14.5 metres, construct a new wharf and extend its harbour shipping channel was this month released for…

24th March 2016

Napier readies for next generation

24th March 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand Shipping Federation executive director Annabel Young has slammed a Napier Port expansion proposal as an exemplary of wasting rate-payers money that will only further over-capitalisation of the local port sector.

24th March 2016

‘Limit capacity’ to NZ hub ports

24th March 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Panama Canal minister, Roberto Roy, recently highlighted the need for a new port on the Pacific coast in order to maintain Panamas logistics competitiveness.

24th March 2016

Corozal fills shortfall

24th March 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The government of Venezuela has announced that it is to invest $60m in its ports via the National Integrated Customs and Exercise Administration (Seniat) and national ports company, Bolivariana de Puertos (Bolipuertos).

24th March 2016

Venezuela to invest $60m in ports

24th March 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A Spanish company is hoping to clean up the world’s oceans with its innovative bin that catches floating rubbish, oil, fuel and detergents.

24th March 2016

Seabin project aims to clean up worlds oceans

24th March 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

US-based Sempra Energy has said it is seeking final long-term agreements for a proposed joint venture LNG export facility at Port Arthur in Texas. The natural gas company has also said it…

24th March 2016

Sempra seeks Port Arthur LNG partners

24th March 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

US-based energy giant, Chevron Corporation, has announced that the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Australian Gorgon project has departed Barrow Island.

24th March 2016

Chevron’s Australian Gorgon project ships first LNG

24th March 2016

ASIA

ASIA

China has forbid North Korean vessels entering six of its ports, according to a release from the Asahi Shimbun.

24th March 2016

North Korean ships barred from six Chinese ports

24th March 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Conductix-Wampfler is now offering port operations and crane manufacturers the new Full E-RTG system which enables a fully electrical operation of rubber-tyred gantry cranes, explains Michael Eckle, director of global marketing and…

24th March 2016

New system solution from Conductix-Wampfler

24th March 2016