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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Port of Vancouver USA plays the distance card as it looks to bring in Pacific Rim shippers. Martin Rushmere reports

23rd May 2014

Ease of access

23rd May 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes’ new C series of lift trucks, revealed at the CeMat exhibition in Germany this week, has been developed to enhance safety, comfort and productivity.

22nd May 2014

Konecranes presents next generation lift trucks

22nd May 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Wärtsilä is to supply integrated LNG equipment and propulsion packages for three more LNG tankers for Danish operator Evergas, in an extension to a similar previous order placed in 2013.

22nd May 2014

Repeat LNG package order for Wärtsilä

22nd May 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has launched new ‘revised’ versions of the electric forklift truck at the CeMAT exhibition in Hannover, Germany.

22nd May 2014

Kalmar reveals ‘revised’ forklifts

22nd May 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SANY Germany is introducing its new Tier 4 reach stacker at the CEMAT exhibition in Hannover, Germany, this week.

21st May 2014

SANY reaches new heights

21st May 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK retailer Marks & Spencer has pulled out of plans to invest £200m in a national distribution centre at DP Worlds London Gateway.

21st May 2014

M&S pulls out of London Gateway

21st May 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

In a bid to reduce its environmental impact and comply with new upcoming stringent SOx emissions regulations, Finnlines has ordered a range of exhaust gas cleaning systems.

21st May 2014

Finnlines works to reduce fleet emissions

21st May 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

LNG leads the way in the huge projects in Washington and Oregon, writes Martin Rushmere

21st May 2014

Gassing up

21st May 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The total container fleet has grown to more than 28.5 million TEU, which is 18 million in number of containers. Forecasts indicate that the container fleet and vessel size will continue to…

20th May 2014

Reducing empty container costs

20th May 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

DFDS Seaways is installing another scrubber system on its eighth ship in preparation for the new, stringent EU sulphur rules coming into effect from January 2015.

20th May 2014

DFDS prepares for EU sulphur rules

20th May 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

India-based INOXCVA is to supply LNG storage tanks and install equipment in the tank connection space of LNG fuel gas packages for Germany’s TGE Marine.

19th May 2014

LNG packages for German vessels

19th May 2014

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

HFWs Robert Blundell discusses the pros and cons of the industrys favoured EPC contract.

19th May 2014

Silver construction standard

19th May 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Oman Drydock Company (ODC) and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) are joining forces to form a new partnership to target the LNG carrier repair market.

17th May 2014

Oman launches new LNG repair partnership

17th May 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

MI LNG, the joint venture company established by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Imabari Shipbuilding, has received an order for an LNG carrier for NYK Line.

16th May 2014

First LNG order for Japanese joint venture

16th May 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Freyssinet New Zealand business development manager Kane Miller, whose firm specialises in construction, repair and maintenance in the civil engineering sector, emphasises that corrosion suffered by structural elements at ports can have…

16th May 2014

Don’t forget the hidden structure

16th May 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Stockholm-based Bromma has seen the orders flood in so far this year, increasing its order intake by 20% compared to the same period in 2013.

15th May 2014

Orders flood in for Bromma

15th May 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

US-based Tideworks Technology Inc is to provide its suite of terminal operating system (TOS) solutions for Sea Star Line, LLC.

15th May 2014

Tideworks solutions for Sea Star terminals

15th May 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

The recently introduced National Spanish Reform Programme now allows the private sector to invest, through PPPs, in the management of state-owned ports currently administered by the National Ports Authority.

15th May 2014

Spain opens door to private sector investment

15th May 2014

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Phoenix Products Companys Yazi Fletcher explains why responsible and efficient use of light increases with LED technology

14th May 2014

Lighting up future port developments

14th May 2014

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Picture this if you will: you have no experience in the container handling business but assisted by the fact that you have a strategic partner, who does know the business, you win…

14th May 2014

Missed opportunity

14th May 2014

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

Port of Antwerp has issued its 2013 Annual Report which contains an interesting ranking of the largest ports worldwide.

14th May 2014

A need for global standards

14th May 2014

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The port of Ystad plays, due to its strategic position, an important role in the transportation flow between Scandinavia and Sweden and East- and Central Europe, and it is one of Ystads…

13th May 2014

The need for environmental regard and investment

13th May 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply eight of its zero-emissions rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to Turkish port operator, Evyaport.

13th May 2014

Kalmar helps reduce emissions in Turkey

13th May 2014