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THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: Across the Hudson from downtown New York, the big news in May was the arrival of three huge cranes from ZPMC at the Port Newark Container Terminal, writes Barry Parker.

11th June 2014

Cargo is still king

11th June 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The race is on for USA-based marine biologists at Coral Morphologic to save urban corals collected from a Miami straight, known as Government Cut, following months of dredging.

11th June 2014

US biologists race to save dredged coral

11th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Environmental Protection Engineering (EPE) and Wilhelmsen Ship Management have been championing eco-friendly solutions during a seminar at this year’s Posidonia exhibition.

10th June 2014

Championing eco-friendly solutions

10th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes’ supply of a comprehensive automated rubber-tyred gantry crane system to Indonesian state-owned terminal operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Pelindo III) will create the world’s first commercially operational ARTG system.

10th June 2014

Konecranes in ARTG operational first

10th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A new action plan is to contribute to ensuring efficient enforcement of stricter requirements for ships’ sulphur emissions in Denmark.

9th June 2014

Denmarks new emissions action plan

9th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Finland’s Deltamarin Ltd and Oy Langh Ship AB are joining forces to bring a new scrubber to the market.

9th June 2014

DeltaLangh unveils new scrubber

9th June 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s PrimePort Timaru is awash with chaos as the restructuring of operations means several jobs are at risk – for the third time in four years.

6th June 2014

NZ port restructure causes chaos

6th June 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

DNV GL is leading a new joint industry project to design a new next generation LNG carrier in conjunction with Gaztransport & Technigaz, Hyundai Heavy Industries and GasLog.

6th June 2014

LNG carrier concept project

6th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Canada’s Robix Alternative Fuels Inc has launched its Corris Marine division intended to own and operate shipping tankers that will transport refined oil products along established global shipping routes.

5th June 2014

Robix launches new division

5th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The ‘gap in the fence’ of port security has been the focus of a new, autonomous underwater vessel (AUV) trialled by BMT Group at the Port of Lisbon this week.

5th June 2014

Closing the security ‘gap’

5th June 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The deputy governor of the state of Buenos Aires, Gabriel Mariotto, has put forward a project to bring all ports within the province back under the direct control of local government, whilst…

5th June 2014

Plan to nationalise ports in Buenos Aires province “absurd”

5th June 2014

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Alon Hassan, head of the Ashdod port union, has been placed under house arrest and barred from entering the port for 90 days as police continue to investigate alleged improprieties.

5th June 2014

Police intensify corruption investigations at Ashdod Port

5th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Several ports in Spain are suffering from a catalogue of financial woes. At Gijón-El Musel, the cost overrun of €247m linked to the expansion of the port is alleged to be criminal…

5th June 2014

Financial problems continue to impact Spanish ports

5th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ireland’s Belfast harbour is committing more than £60m to capital expenditure projects following a record financial year during 2013.

5th June 2014

Record year boosts Belfast’s future

5th June 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

German shipbuilder Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has announced a contract with Australian shipping company SeaRoad for a 181m long ro-ro newbuild to be fuelled by LNG.

4th June 2014

Oz gas-fuelled ro-ro order for FSG

4th June 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Bechtel, the international engineering and construction specialist, has unveiled ground-breaking port research to help improve the safety of shipping ports when it comes to wash.

4th June 2014

The need for effective port planning

4th June 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Dredging work has resumed for Resorts World Bimini’s (RWB) major resort development in the Bahamas following a ruling by the Bahamas Supreme Court.

3rd June 2014

Dredging war in the Bahamas

3rd June 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Few in the industry are surprised to hear that the US may have delayed new rules requiring all cargo containers entering the country to be security scanned prior to departure.

3rd June 2014

US climbdown on container scanning?

3rd June 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Bermuda-based Ship Finance International Limited (SFL) is to acquire two 82,000 tonne Kamsarmax dry-bulk carriers, as well as long-term charters to a state-owned Chinese charterer.

3rd June 2014

SFL acquires Kamsarmax carriers

3rd June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Carnival Corporation & plc, one of the worlds largest cruise companies, plans to significantly increase installation of its exhaust gas cleaning technology to more than 70 of its vessels.

2nd June 2014

Investing in scrubbers

2nd June 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Senior management need to become fully involved for continuous improvement to be accepted and implemented by staff, says Tom Szwajkos, a consultant with US-based TR Pallen & Associates. “Also, if you have…

2nd June 2014

Respect goes both ways

2nd June 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Continuous improvement success depends on discipline, measurement and engagement. Felicity Landon reports

30th May 2014

Carry on improving

30th May 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

The installation of a new mooring buoy in mid-June will see the completion of new deepwater quay arrangements at the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) in Rijeka, Croatia.

29th May 2014

Rijekas AGCT nears completion

29th May 2014