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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Spanish terminal operator, Noatum, was at TOC Europe this year, to give the lowdown on its experiment on the use of LNG in terminal tractors at Valencia.

1st July 2014

LNG use in terminal tractors

1st July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

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

1st July 2014

Measuring lighting impact

1st July 2014

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

COMMENT: How many people knew, on a dark, dramatic night last December, that the UK’s biggest port was under water, completely paralysed as the sea poured over the lock gates, quays and…

1st July 2014

Open the floodgates for greater recognition

1st July 2014

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

As the use of cyber technology spreads worldwide, ports and terminals are at greater risk to economic and commercial damage, according to specialist port insurer TT Club.

30th June 2014

Ports at risk from cyber-crime

30th June 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Port of Gothenburg is encouraging shipping companies to switch to cleaner fuel with a substantial discount for vessels running on LNG.

30th June 2014

Gothenburg incentive encourages cleaner fuel

30th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In bolster its inland ambitions, Rotterdam Port Authority has bought up land for inland terminal development to lease to private companies involved in the logistics sector, all the while retaining its landlord…

30th June 2014

Land acquisition eases inland start-ups

30th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Smart ports have extended their natural boundary to get a foothold in the wider logistics chain. Alex Hughes reports

29th June 2014

Moving on out

29th June 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Rapid intervention in an emerging casualty situation is acknowledged to be the key to a successful salvage operation.

28th June 2014

No room for nasty salvage surprises

28th June 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Salvors and ports need to work together when disaster strikes.

27th June 2014

Access all areas

27th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Deep sea vs transcontinental transit through Russia and the potential for further development was a hot topic for the TOC Container Supply Chain Conference (CSC) at this year’s TOC Europe exhibition.

26th June 2014

Russian ports performance

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Trucker troubles: something the North American ports have become only too accustomed to over the last year where there have been strikes on the back of congestion and waiting times.

26th June 2014

Nurturing new talent in the ports sector

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar’s hybrid straddle carriers, delivered to MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp earlier this year, have set the industry benchmark for fuel consumption and emissions.

26th June 2014

Kalmar sets emissions benchmark

26th June 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Chinese container ports are racing ahead of other worldwide, coming in as the world’s most productive, according to 2013 JOC Port Productivity Data rankings.

26th June 2014

Chinese ports race ahead

26th June 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Kalmar’s hybrid straddle carriers, delivered to MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp earlier this year, have set the industry benchmark for fuel consumption and emissions.

26th June 2014

Kalmar sets emissions benchmark

26th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

There was an emphasis on the green agenda at this years Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) Forum held at TOC Europe.

26th June 2014

Green agenda at PEMA Forum

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Italian port operator and logistics expert, Contship Italia, is eyeing the bigger picture from a strategic point of view and wants to do more transhipment business across Europe.

26th June 2014

Italian operator eyes bigger picture

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ABB Groups cranes and harbour business is entering the delivery phase for the remote control crane order boom it received back in 2012.

26th June 2014

Moving forward with automation

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terex Port Solutions is giving terminal operators another option for handling vessels up to post-Panamax class with a high tower variant of its diesel-electric Gottwald Model 5 harbour crane.

25th June 2014

New Terex option for operators

25th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has gained service level recognition for its Airguard and Oceanguard propeller shaft sealing systems from Lloyd’s Register and is said to be the first company in the industry to do so.

25th June 2014

Wärtsilä seals ‘industry first’ recognition

25th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Shipping lines seem to be softening in their hard-line approach to port productivity, accepting that it takes “two to tango”, according to Gulftainer’s Simon Sundboell.

25th June 2014

Shipping lines more receptive to terminal dialogue

25th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The industry needs to address the knowledge gap on the integration, capability and implementation of software systems today, according to Navis.

25th June 2014

Navis wishes for better integration knowledge

25th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Playing “musical chairs” with port rotations and failing to notify cargo owners in a timely manner is leading to increasingly disgruntled shippers.

25th June 2014

Port ‘musical chairs’ hurts shippers

25th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Operators need to ditch the idea of a port construction project as a civil engineering job, and embrace it as a business project with an emphasis on people, according to Peel Ports…

25th June 2014

Peel Ports’ people power

25th June 2014