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MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

Volunteers from SOHAR port and Freezone have joined together with school and college students to clean-up the local Harmoul Beach.

15th December 2015

Cleaning up the neighbourhood

15th December 2015

ASIA

ASIA

The city of Chennai, India has seen some of the heaviest and deadliest rainfalls in decades, with the flooding resulting in the death of more than 400 people.

11th December 2015

Chennai port operations crippled by floods

11th December 2015

ASIA

ASIA

ABB will deliver automation and remote control solutions to the underway Terminal 4 in Dubai, which is operated by DP World.

11th December 2015

ABB secures DP World project

11th December 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Ecoslops has announced its first sale of light bitumen (XFO) from its industrial plant at the Port of Sines, Portugal.

10th December 2015

Ecoslops announces sale of light bitumen

10th December 2015

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) will participate in the Port of Sydney development project after coming to an agreement with Harbour-Port Development Partners (HPDP).

10th December 2015

Chinese win Sydney port construction contract

10th December 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

New rules on reducing sulphur emissions are driving the expansion of the global LNG bunkering market.

4th December 2015

LNG bunkering market to expand

4th December 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

New LNG Masterplan Safety Studies which focus on the technical, safety and operational risk aspects of LNG bunkering are now available from DNV GL.

3rd December 2015

LNG Masterplan Safety Studies

3rd December 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Dust problems can occur at every transfer point from one conveyor to the other. The height difference is a key factor, writes Tomas Kisslinger at Neuero.

26th November 2015

Shiploading systems for the grain industry

26th November 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

An inland port may be defined as a strategic, multimodal node that includes at least a ship or barge terminal with connection to other ports before reaching oceanic trade, writes Xavier Seguí,…

26th November 2015

Looking towards the hinterland

26th November 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Peru has all but ruled out the possibility that Port of Callao will become a regional hub.

26th November 2015

Callao: no to regional hub status

26th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has inked a new agreement for the supply of seven Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to the new Terminal a Conteneurs 3 (TC3 PC) in Casablanca, Morocco.

25th November 2015

Kalmar supports Marsa Maroc expansion

25th November 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Konecranes has unveiled its next Generation C series of lift trucks to its south-east Asian Pacific customers meaning that they can now benefit from increased efficiency and engine performance.

25th November 2015

Cleaning up the Asia Pacific

25th November 2015

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The United Nations (UNFCCC) has published a synthesis report analysing the impact of the pledges made by 146 nations to reduce CO2 emissions.

24th November 2015

CO2 reduction goals

24th November 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

Media reports say that China is interested in getting involved with the Port of Koper renovation project in Slovenia.

24th November 2015

China eyes Slovenian port potential

24th November 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Lift truck expert, NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc, a subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc, will change its corporate name to Hyster-Yale Group Inc from January 2016.

24th November 2015

NACCO name change

24th November 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of New York and New Jersey has published its winter weather plan for 2015-2016.

24th November 2015

PANYNJ ready for winter

24th November 2015

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

For many years environmental relations have played an important part in the operation and development of ports and port areas. More recently environmental regulations seem to have been both more extensive and…

24th November 2015

Mitigation schemes in Denmark

24th November 2015

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Ships that are moored in ports need energy but since only few ports and ships are equipped with alternative maritime power, ships generate their own power with auxiliary engines creating noise, writes…

24th November 2015

Regulation of noise from moored ships

24th November 2015

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

A new report says that although the outlook looks bleak for large scale port automation investments, operators can still take advantage of opportunities offered by innovative Information Communications Technology (ICT).

23rd November 2015

DP World looks to the future

23rd November 2015

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Five shipping companies have enlisted the support of emissions verification company, Verifavia, in ensuring they comply with new carbon emission regulations.

20th November 2015

Reporting carbon emissions

20th November 2015