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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A robot has recently been making waves on the waterfront.

25th June 2014

Making light work of oil containment

25th June 2014

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: The European Commission has predicted low inflation will remain a threat to euro-area expansion for at least the next two years as it trimmed its economic-growth forecast and warned of the…

25th June 2014

Uneven growth dampens spirits

25th June 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of Felixstowe is looking to improve its operational and environmental efficiency with the introduction of its first electric-powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).

24th June 2014

Felixstowe commits to being green

24th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish national port authority president José Llorca has warned of a €150m hit if Spain is ordered by the EU court in Luxembourg to dismantle its existing stevedoring arrangements.

23rd June 2014

Spanish ports await €150m hit

23rd June 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Texas LNG LLC has received authorisation from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to export domestically-produced LNG to all existing, and any future, countries that have an FTA with the US.

23rd June 2014

Texas LNG makes progress

23rd June 2014

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

TT Clubs Laurence Jones examines the effectiveness of crane anti-boom collision technology

23rd June 2014

Bumping up the agenda

23rd June 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

US-based Sempra Energy’s subsidiary, Cameron LNG, has received the go ahead from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC to site, construct and operate an LNG export facility.

23rd June 2014

Green light for US export project

23rd June 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The cost overruns at TraPacs Terminal at Los Angeles have entered forklore, and there is certainly a keenness to get to the bottom of the automation miscalculations - no more so that…

22nd June 2014

The pitfalls of automation planning

22nd June 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Beware of following the herd when it comes to investing in automation, writes Martin Rushmere

21st June 2014

Follow the leader?

21st June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Peel Ports chief executive Mark Whitworth gets ready for a new era for the Port of Liverpool

20th June 2014

Making customers count

20th June 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

UK ferry operator, Red Funnel, confirms it’s already compliant with the new sulphur regulations which come in to force on 1 January 2015.

19th June 2014

Red Funnel fleet success

19th June 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Despite the naysayers, London Gateway remains one of DP Worlds flagship operations. Felicity Landon reports

19th June 2014

Investments and arrivals

19th June 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A merger has been agreed between Speter SpA in La Spezia, Italy and La Spezia Container Terminal SpA (LSCT), part of the Contship Italia Group.

18th June 2014

Italian terminal merger

18th June 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Germany’s Linde Group is to build an LNG fuel gas system for a new icebreaker being built by Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.

18th June 2014

Linde LNG system for Finnish icebreaker

18th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

More than 40 environmental groups and government agencies have endorsed the Green Marine programme, which addresses nine key issues including air emissions, cargo waste management, water and land pollution prevention; environmental leadership…

18th June 2014

Green Marine performance in 2013

18th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ambitious plans for a ‘rail motorway’, logistics park and port extension are set to add a whole new dimension to the Port of Calais.

18th June 2014

Rail motorway to bolster Calais

18th June 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A strong yen and rising growth have boosted cargo movements at Osaka, finds Tim Maughan

18th June 2014

Eastern promise

18th June 2014

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: Port planning and development is required to ensure future throughput volumes can be accommodated, on that much we can all agree, writes Peter de Langen.

18th June 2014

Uncertain growth calls for flexible planning

18th June 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Global Container Terminals (GCT) is expanding its New Jersey terminal in response to customers’ greater productivity needs and to ensure it’s ‘big ship ready’.

17th June 2014

GCT expands New Jersey offering

17th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maersk Line says that the P3 shipping alliance has been scrapped following non-approval by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) in China under the country’s merger control rules.

17th June 2014

P3 alliance scrapped

17th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Gibraltar’s government has signed its first purchase agreement for the provision of renewable energy with Israel’s Eco Wave Power.

17th June 2014

Eco Wave Power contract for Gibraltar

17th June 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is introducing two new incentives in a bid to attract additional cargo and compete with other West Coast ports.

16th June 2014

Long Beach ups its game

16th June 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is introducing two new incentives that are expected to attract additional cargo and encourage the use of air pollution-reducing shore power and on-dock rail.

16th June 2014

Long Beach incentives to slash emissions

16th June 2014