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ASIA

ASIA

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed against the award of the $1.3bn fourth container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, in India, to PSA.

16th June 2014

Legal challenge to PSAs second bid for JNPT4

16th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

North European container volumes tell one story, other cargo streams tell many others. Felicity Landon reports

16th June 2014

Cargo speaks volumes

16th June 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Uncertainty surrounds the likely success of most proposed port mergers throughout the world, most of which have to overcome political or infrastructure problems. The ports themselves make terse comments and harp on…

15th June 2014

Jealousy will out

15th June 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A twistlock handling station can offer gains beyond the elimination of the human factor, as long as the positioning in the port is right.

14th June 2014

A high bed for twistlock solution

14th June 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Twistlocks are a necessary evil and a design overhaul is long overdue, as Stevie Knight explains

13th June 2014

Efficiencys undoing

13th June 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A post-earthquake insurance settlement for New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch will be used to “optimise facilities for the future” including financing the construction of a new wharf at Cashin Quay 2.

12th June 2014

Lyttelton bulks up berths

12th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Frances CMA CGM Group has confirmed its objective to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% by the end of 2015 (compared to 2005)

12th June 2014

CMA CGM commits to lowering emissions

12th June 2014

ASIA

ASIA

Cargo throughput at global ports grew faster than at Chinese ports over the first quarter of 2014, according to a report from Shanghai International Shipping Institute.

12th June 2014

Global port growth overtakes China

12th June 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The US Water Resources Reform and Development Act has cleared its final hurdle with President Obama’s signing of the much-delayed act this week.

12th June 2014

US WRRDA clears its final hurdle

12th June 2014

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Theres no room for drug or alcohol-induced errors in the harsh port environment, as Alex Hughes explains

11th June 2014

A bitter pill

11th June 2014

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