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UK-based Lockheed Martin and Australia’s Victorian Wave Partners Ltd are to develop the ‘world’s largest’ wave energy project – a significant step toward making ocean energy commercially available.

21st February 2014

World’s largest wave energy project underway

21st February 2014

ASIA

ASIA

Singapore’s PSA International Ltd is to develop the fourth container terminal at Jawarharlal Nehru Port in India – a contract that was originally terminated back in 2012.

21st February 2014

PSA and JNPT get back on track

21st February 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

In the US the LNG bunkering sector is dominated by a very small number of players. One, in fact.

21st February 2014

Playing the long game

21st February 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Germanys MAFI Transport-Systeme GmbH has completed delivery of follow up tractor orders at Tema Port in Ghana meaning that the whole fleet has now been upgraded.

20th February 2014

MAFI tractors for Ghana

20th February 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

CMA CGM has adopted a “mobile solution container” in a bid to comply with new Californian rules calling for ‘cold ironing’ or alternative maritime power (AMP).

20th February 2014

CMA CGM adopts ‘cold ironing’

20th February 2014

ASIA

ASIA

A spokesperson for Singapores PSA International has confimed to Port Strategy that the operator has been named as the successful bidder in the tender for container operations at the Union government-run Kolkata…

20th February 2014

PSA set to boost Indian presence

20th February 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Skangass is to build a bunker station for LNG in Risavika, close to Stavanger in Norway for Fjord Line’s cruise ferries.

20th February 2014

Norway in line for LNG bunkering solution

20th February 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports looking to diversfy can be in charge of their own cargo destiny, finds Stevie Knight

20th February 2014

Hammering out a future

20th February 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has been contracted by US shipowner Totem Ocean Trailer Express (Totem Ocean) to supply equipment for what is said to be the largest LNG conversions to be undertaken in the US.

19th February 2014

Wärtsilä LNG conversions

19th February 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

While ports in emerging markets may be interesting for strategic reasons - especially if they are concerned with energy cargo - these facilities can be challenging for ships to approach.

19th February 2014

No easy way in

19th February 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

GREEN EFFORTS considers opportunities and requirements to measure, monitor and control port and terminal emissions. This is compatible to other transport areas in order to eventually achieve an emission control system coherently…

18th February 2014

Reduction of Carbon Footprint of Ports and Terminals – Fiction and Reality

18th February 2014

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Liebherr has secured an order to deliver four ship to shore cranes and 18 rubber tyred gantry cranes to Transnet Port Terminals in South Africa to help improve efficiency and provide environmental…

18th February 2014

Liebherr delivers efficiency at Transnet

18th February 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Port of Zeebrugge has completed a ‘truck to ship’ LNG bunkering operation – the first to be performed in the Flemish coastal port.

18th February 2014

Zeebrugge completes ‘first’ bunkering operation

18th February 2014

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The port of Genoa is going to receive €3.9 million from the TEN-T Programme for its project to extend one of its terminals and renew the intermodal infrastructure.

18th February 2014

Port of Genoa receives TEN-T money

18th February 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Yilport is to implement APS Technology Group’s (APS) gate automation and operating solutions for four multipurpose ports it operates in Turkey – a move that APS says is a “game-changer” for the…

18th February 2014

Yilport automates Turkish terminals

18th February 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

New Orleans based Harvey Gulf International Marine (HGIM) has begun construction on its new US$25m LNG fuelling facility at the Port Fourchon terminal in Louisiana.

17th February 2014

US LNG fuelling facility

17th February 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A pre-qualification notice has been released to find an LNG bunkering solution for Denmark’s first LNG ferry operating between Samsø and Hou in Jutland.

17th February 2014

Samsø calls for turn-key LNG solution

17th February 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Traditional bulk facilities and mixed cargo terminals need more comprehensive TOS coverage as Alex Hughes finds out

17th February 2014

Solutions for bulk

17th February 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Expanding port operator Yilport Holding (YPH) has signed a deal with APS Technology for the supply of automation technologies at four of the group’s Turkish terminals, with options for further deliveries as…

17th February 2014

Turkish global port operator connects with APS

17th February 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Navis is kick starting the advancement of terminal operational performance (TOP) with the launch of its Navis Optimisation Services to help terminals increase operational profitability.

14th February 2014

Navis optimises terminal productivity

14th February 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is putting US$2,063,624 of funding towards testing a new air pollution-control technology for docked cargo ships.

14th February 2014

POLB puts new ‘shore power’ to the test

14th February 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Cleanship Solutions (CSS), part of the Malin Group, has developed a range of fully containerised, portable ballast water treatment (BWT) systems, suitable for modular use in a range of vessels and applications.

13th February 2014

New portable BWT systems

13th February 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Shell Australia has awarded a major contract for the design, construction and operation of three Infield Support Vessels (ISVs) to KT Maritime Services Australia Pty Lt.

13th February 2014

LNG support vessel contract

13th February 2014