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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Port workers in Chile have started an indefinite strike against a new law which affects their workers lunch and rest breaks.

9th July 2014

Chilean workers strike over port law

9th July 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were temporarily halted yesterday by drayage truck strikes over claims of unfair labour practices.

9th July 2014

Californian ports hit by truckers strike

9th July 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €124m loan to Fjord Line for the expansion of its fleet, starting with two new LNG cruise ferries.

9th July 2014

€124m LNG investment

9th July 2014

AFRICA

AFRICA

DP World’s Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT) concession at the Port of Djibouti has been withdrawn by the Djibouti government following apparent evidence of corruption.

9th July 2014

DP World dismissed by Djibouti

9th July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A number of North Western European counties are joining forces in a bid to make the control of ship’s sulphur emissions more efficient.

8th July 2014

EU countries enforce emissions regulations

8th July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) says that France has become the third state to ratify the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships 2009.

8th July 2014

Ship recycling convention ratified

8th July 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Netherlands-based Terberg Benschop is to supply 40 LNG tractors for Asyaport’s new container terminal, being built in Turkey on the Marmara Sea.

8th July 2014

LNG tractors for new Turkish terminal

8th July 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

GDF Suez has signed a framework agreement with Mitsubishi and NYK to develop the LNG bunkering market through LNG bunkering vessels.

7th July 2014

GDF Suez signs LNG agreement

7th July 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

River operators are investing to meet the growing demand for freight by water, says the Port of London Authority.

5th July 2014

PLA invests for the future

5th July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Turkish port operator Kumport’s eight Kalmar diesel powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) have been converted to e-RTGs by a joint team from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (ZPMC) and ZPMC Mediterranean…

3rd July 2014

Kumport e-RTG project completed

3rd July 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The US Environmental protection Agency (EPA) is awarding almost US$800,000 to the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) to reduce emissions from non-road equipment and marine vessels.

3rd July 2014

US$800,000 funding to improve US emissions

3rd July 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Turkish port operator Kumport’s eight Kalmar diesel powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) have been converted to e-RTGs by a joint team from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (ZPMC) and ZPMC Mediterranean…

3rd July 2014

Kumport e-RTG project completed

3rd July 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Sweden’s District Court of Västerås has found SweFrame Port Equipment AB guilty of copyright infringements having unlawfully reproduced some of 18,000 of Bromma’s drawings, manuals and other documents.

3rd July 2014

Crane spreader copyright infringement

3rd July 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

There are two basic forms of leases most commonly in use in port environments today: flat rate and shared revenue leases - both can be used for multi-user as well as single-user…

3rd July 2014

Finding a lease structure that fits

3rd July 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Work has yet to start on any of the four terminal concessions approved by the government of outgoing Panamanian president, Ricardo Martinelli, between 2012-2014, according to Willys Delvalle, chairman of the Panama…

3rd July 2014

Panama port concessions not being built

3rd July 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) is constructing a new 230-metre Cashin Quay wharf which will provide a combined container quay length of 570 metres upon completion in the middle of next year.

3rd July 2014

Capacity boost for Lyttelton

3rd July 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australian superannuation fund members have taken over ownership of two of Australia’s major ports in a lease agreement with the New South Wales Government.

3rd July 2014

New NSW port owners move in

3rd July 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World Australia has brought in a fee as part of its compliance with the country’s Chain of Responsibility legislation, inclusive of a weigh-in charge for all full import containers and a…

3rd July 2014

DP World Australia pioneers box weighing fee

3rd July 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

There has been a mixed reaction to a proposal put forward by Spains National Ports Authority towards the creation of a new “Accessibility Fund”, which would entail port authorities having to surrender…

3rd July 2014

Spain port authorities protest ‘accessibility fund’ plan

3rd July 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Yazi Fletcher, chief technical officer, Phoenix Products Company, outlined the benefits of LED lighting at this year’s TOC Europe exhibition.

2nd July 2014

Measuring lighting impact

2nd July 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Germany-based SICK is making container terminal operations “trouble-free” with a new range of sensor solutions, launched at TOC Europe.

2nd July 2014

SICK helps launch “trouble-free” operations

2nd July 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Rotterdam Port Management Bye-laws have been amended to enable LNG bunkering of seagoing ships at the Port of Rotterdam.

2nd July 2014

Rotterdam opens for LNG seagoing ships

2nd July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Port sustainability was of course hot on the agenda at this year’s TOC Europe (London 24 to 26 June 2014).

1st July 2014

Getting a greener bulk terminal

1st July 2014