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VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Australia is about to welcome a new global terminal operator into its mix. An ICTSI-led consortium was the surprise winner for the concession of the new third container terminal in the Port…

7th May 2014

New kid on the block

7th May 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

After a four-year study involving more than 1,300 scientists from 95 countries, in 2005 the United Nations issued a report: the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. In this report the concept of Ecosystems Services…

6th May 2014

Joining forces to protect ecosystems and achieve port expansion

6th May 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Fisher Associates has been appointed by the UK government’s Department for Transport (DfT) to develop a UK Port Traffic Forecasting Model. The work will go ahead this year, and will include consultation…

6th May 2014

UK traffic picture never static

6th May 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Perus private investment promotion agency, Proinversión, has revealed that the Paracas consortium presented the winning bid for the $102.4m concession to operate the Port of San Martín, in Pisco.

5th May 2014

Paracas consortium awarded Pisco concession

5th May 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Valencias two container terminal operators, Noatum and TCV, are reported as being unhappy with the preferential treatment being given to MSC by the port authority.

5th May 2014

MSC now handling vessels from other companies

5th May 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland’s Johanna Hofmann is understood to have become the youngest female portainer crane operator in New Zealand and possibly the world.

5th May 2014

Auckland has youth on its side

5th May 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has bolstered its health and safety budget by NZ$200,000 to NZ$300,000 following two fatalities within a month late last year and a forklift driver being injured by…

5th May 2014

Lyttelton raises safety bar

5th May 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of San Diego honoured 78 of its tenant businesses, representing a mix of visitor-serving and industrial businesses, for their environmental achievements.

2nd May 2014

San Diego honours ‘green’ tenants

2nd May 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has unveiled its Arctic Action Plan in a bid to help improve monitoring, understanding and protection of the vast, valuable, and vulnerable region.

1st May 2014

NOAA unveils Arctic Action Plan

1st May 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil’s state of Espirito Santo is set for a new deep sea port – a result of a new joint venture signed by the Rotterdam Port Authority and Terminal Presidente Kennedy (TPK)…

30th April 2014

New Brazilian deep sea development

30th April 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Hansaport specialises in the handling of coal and iron ore; however, Bernd Mann, chief development, design and technology officer at automation partner iSam points out that an automated system could be used…

30th April 2014

Grab automation could be extended to other commodities

30th April 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Cruise company Carnival Corporation is working hard to meets its goal to reduce its rate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipboard operations by 20%.

29th April 2014

Carnival to meet GHG emissions goal

29th April 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The port authorities of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Strasbourg and Switzerland are joining forces to introduce LNG in the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor.

29th April 2014

EU ports enter LNG joint venture

29th April 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Oslo is working to strict noise and CO2 emissions limits and has ordered two of Konecranes’ quietest Panamax-size Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes to help.

28th April 2014

Konecranes, Kalmar and Navis in demand

28th April 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The port authorities of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Mannheim, Strasbourg and Switzerland are joining force to introduce LNG in the Rhine-Main-Danube corridor.

28th April 2014

EU ports enter LNG joint venture

28th April 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Yamal LNG has signed an agreement with Belgian company Fluxys to co-operate on the transhipment of LNG from its terminal at the Port of Zeebrugge.

28th April 2014

Yamal LNG signs transhipment agreement

28th April 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The ANNA project was born out of the frustration of EU member states that claimed they didn’t have the clarity they needed in connection with Directive 2010/65, enforcing the Single Window concept.…

28th April 2014

Getting on with ANNA

28th April 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Lithuanian National Commission for Energy Control and Prices (NCECP) has agreed the rules for the first Baltic LNG terminal, making it open to the global gas supply market.

25th April 2014

Lithuanian LNG terminal makes progress

25th April 2014

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The development of a new port in the Haifa Bay area of Israel has been questioned by the head of a new Knesset subcommittee tasked with looking at the environmental and planning…

24th April 2014

New Haifa port development questioned

24th April 2014

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Is the first corporate prosecution under the UK Bribery Act just around the corner, asks HFWs Daniel Martin

24th April 2014

Clampdown on corruption

24th April 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Shanghai-based Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co (ZPMC) is to supply state-of-the-art ‘mega’ container cranes for Peel Ports Group as part of its £300m investment programme in its new Liverpool2 development.

23rd April 2014

Terminals prepare for equipment influx

23rd April 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Qatar gas transporter, Nakilat, is adding three new LNG vessels to its fleet through its joint venture Maran Nakilat Co Ltd after refinancing US$807.4m with Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) and Barwa Bank.

23rd April 2014

Nakilat expands LNG fleet

23rd April 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Russia needs to polish its Black Sea port gem before it loses its lustre. Stevie Knight reports

23rd April 2014

Flaws in the jewel

23rd April 2014