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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Canadas Port Alberni Port Authority (PAPA) is looking to build a major new US$1bn container terminal - if constructed it would be the largest of its kind in the country.

31st December 2013

Canadian container terminal concept aired

31st December 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Investment in catering for direct containership calls in the UK has been lacking, explains Ben Hackett

31st December 2013

Politics of ports

31st December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Siem Offshore has entered into shipbuilding-contracts with Remontowa Shipbuilding in Poland for four new dual-fuelled Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) of VS 4411 DF design.

30th December 2013

Dual fuelled PSV order

30th December 2013

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) is to build what is thought will be the world’s largest LNG floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) for Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL).

30th December 2013

DSME to build largest LNG FSRU

30th December 2013

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Brittany Ferries and STX St Nazaire shipyard are working together to build the world’s largest LNG-fuelled ferry, local media reports.

30th December 2013

Largest LNG ferry for France

30th December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Konecranes’ new hybrid reach stacker is in the running for two prestigious industry awards at the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) Awards for Excellence 2014.

28th December 2013

Konecranes nominated for two awards

28th December 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

There is some uncertainty and nervousness over effects of the P3 alliance on US East Coast ports, with many awaiting the Federal Maritime Commission’s ruling, the introduction of the service and the…

26th December 2013

P3 hangs over East Coast fortunes

26th December 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

East Coast ports believe that deeper water is the answer to many of their problems, finds Martin Rushmere

25th December 2013

Chanting a mantra

25th December 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Gateway Terminal is poised to award the contract for civil works relating to the extension of its terminal.

24th December 2013

RSGT prepares for extension works

24th December 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Media reports suggest that more than a hundred port workers are on strike at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok Port, but apparently there is no disruption to operations.

24th December 2013

Jakarta port strike

24th December 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Finding the right person for a top management job comes with a lot of variables, says Andrew Feakins, managing director of the global recruitment specialist Impact People Strategies.

24th December 2013

Get down and grubby role

24th December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Phoenix Products Company Inc is implementing several changes to better ready itself for rapid growth and expansion in the port and terminal industry.

23rd December 2013

Phoenix invests for future growth

23rd December 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Total tonnage at Spanish ports is forecast to decline by 3% this year compared with the 474.8m tons handled in 2012, according to José Llorca, president of Puertos del Estado, the national…

23rd December 2013

Spanish port traffic declines 3%

23rd December 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The government of Cape Verde is putting the finishing touches to the legal and regulation framework to enable state-owned ports to be privatised in 2014. This follows parliamentary approval dating to November…

23rd December 2013

New tenders in Cape Verde, Chile and Ecuador

23rd December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

An additional direct intermodal train service is being created at the Port of Kiel to increase hinterland links. It will be the first direct rail route from the Ruhr region to Kiel.

23rd December 2013

Kiel creates new hinterland links

23rd December 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Just 20 years ahead and ports will be offshore, quay cranes will be remote controlled and automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes will be commonplace.

23rd December 2013

A vision of the future

23rd December 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new document has been published to outline the main challenges and objectives of any port centre in a bid to improve integration between the city, the port and the public.

20th December 2013

Improving port-city integration

20th December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Alfa Laval is to supply its new waste fuel recovery system for 40 vessels as part of a SEK 40m (US$6.1m) order from a leading global carrier.

20th December 2013

Alfa Laval wins PureDry order

20th December 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Green Marine Initiative is rapidly gaining recognition, with four more organisations joining this month.

19th December 2013

Four more organisations join Green Marine initiative

19th December 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Israeli transportation ministry has said that four operators are in the running to operate two new container terminals at Ashdod and Haifa in Israel.

19th December 2013

Israeli port tenders interest

19th December 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports must first throw off their traditional ‘silo’ mentality to improve supply chain efficiency, as Felicity Landon explains

19th December 2013

Proactive link in the chain

19th December 2013

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Now that the US Government is back at work, the new German Government well installed and China setting off with new economic reforms, it seems that all and sundry are trying to…

19th December 2013

Is the patient getting better?

19th December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has appointed a new Chair and Vice Chair to its environment and technology committees.

18th December 2013

PEMA appoints new committee members

18th December 2013