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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received a large equipment order from Australias new automotive RoRo terminal, Melbourne International RoRo and Automotive Terminal Pty Ltd (MIRRAT), due to open in April 2016.

12th November 2015

Kalmar wins Melbourne equipment order

12th November 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has warned of the 24 hour general strike taking place in Greece which will cause disruption to all Greek ports and terminals.

12th November 2015

Greece crippled by port strikes

12th November 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Luka Koper will acquire 11 new higher capacity cranes for container handling, including seven new electric rubber tyred gantry cranes (E-RTG).

11th November 2015

New green cranes for Luka Koper

11th November 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World has acquired the remaining 49% stake in DP World Southampton from Associated British Ports (ABP) which has made the operator the sole owner of the business.

10th November 2015

DP World buys remaining Southampton terminal stake

10th November 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes will deliver ten more Automated Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes (ARMGs) to Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi with deliveries taking place at the beginning of 2017.

10th November 2015

Konecranes ARMG delivery

10th November 2015

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach has announced that it has surpassed all air pollution reduction milestones set for 2014.

10th November 2015

Long Beach air pollution reduction

10th November 2015

ASIA

ASIA

The Kakinada Container Terminal (KCT) joint venture was launched on 5 November at the Trade Meet in Vishakhapatnam, India.

9th November 2015

PSA launches KCT joint venture

9th November 2015

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Thousands of port employees around the world have taken in a joint environmental initiative launched by five of the world’s largest port operators in conjunction with the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA).

9th November 2015

Green initiative ends on a high note

9th November 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Thousands of port employees around the world have taken part in a joint environmental initiative launched by five of the world’s largest port operators in conjunction with the Port of Rotterdam Authority…

9th November 2015

Green initiative ends on a high note

9th November 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

Livorno Port Authority in Italy will launch the delayed tender process for the design and construction of its new Europa Platform project by the end of December.

9th November 2015

Livorno announces tender date of December

9th November 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Andrew Tan, chief executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has called on more ports to be ready for LNG bunkering.

9th November 2015

MPA calls on ports to support LNG bunkering

9th November 2015

ASIA

ASIA

Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Autonomous Port is to list on the local stock market, the company underwriting the issue, Yuanta Securities, have said via their website.

6th November 2015

IPO for Phnom Penh Port

6th November 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port authorities need to be collaborating and partnering with other port authorities in the supply chains of the future, said Long Beach’s Dr Noel Hacegaba.

6th November 2015

New paradigms for port efficiency

6th November 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

Light-touch regulation for a market-oriented sector was the message for the UK ports industry from former transport minister Sir Simon Burns, at the opening of the Port of Felixstowe’s latest extension.

6th November 2015

Former minister speaks of ‘light touch regulation’

6th November 2015

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

A dynamic lighting system has begun a pilot test, developed by Ingeniería de Aplicaciones Energeticas SLU, at the Noatum Container Terminal in Valencia.

5th November 2015

Noatum lighting pilot slashes energy costs

5th November 2015

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

FEPORT gave the opening speech at the GreenPort Congress discussing innovations in equipment and new technologies to reduce greenhouse emissions.

4th November 2015

FEPORT on greenhouse emissions

4th November 2015

ASIA

ASIA

Reuters reports today that the boss of Tianjin Port in China has been sacked three months since huge chemical blasts occurred at the port killing more than 160 people.

4th November 2015

Tianjin port boss sacked

4th November 2015

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

NSW Ports has launched a 30 year master plan, Navigating the Future, for the Port of Botany and Port of Kembla.

3rd November 2015

NSW publishes Kembla and Botany roadmap

3rd November 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Global Container Terminal in New Jersey, US, has installed a new Musco lighting system which promises to save US$1.3 million over the next decade.

3rd November 2015

Musco lighting improves cost and efficiency

3rd November 2015

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

The Port network of Rome and Lazio has won the ESPO port of the month award for its green cruise and ferry achievements.

3rd November 2015

Rome green cruise achievements

3rd November 2015