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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The recently introduced US$1.1 trillion Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2014 will support US seaport infrastructure and enhance US international competitiveness, says the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA).

21st January 2014

New Appropriation Act supports US ports

21st January 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Kalmar has demonstrated a visionary prototype of a new dual fuel diesel and LNG powered reachstacker at the Port of Livorno in Italy.

20th January 2014

Kalmar prototype dual fuel reachstacker

20th January 2014

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says that the plan to lengthen and deepen Durban harbour is still on, despite media reports that it has come under fire from environmental organisations.

20th January 2014

Durban Container Terminal development still on

20th January 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Toscana, thought to be the world’s first floating LNG platform, has begun commercial operations.

17th January 2014

FSRU Toscana begins operations

17th January 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mitsui OSK Lines has reached a strategic alliance agreement with Brookfield Asset Management Inc to expand MOL’s container terminal business.

16th January 2014

MOL forms strategic terminal alliance

16th January 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has announced the signature of a turnkey contract to supply a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal to be built at Tornio in northern Finland.

16th January 2014

Wärtsilä moves into LNG terminal construction

16th January 2014

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) in Australia has developed its own Biodiversity Offset Strategy (BOS) to provide for the long-term conservation of threatened marine species in the Western Basin area.

16th January 2014

Gladstone Ports wildlife initiative

16th January 2014

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Benjamin Franklin may once have claimed that “well done is better than well said”, but good feedback will ensure that word spreads and the customer base widens.

16th January 2014

Focus and feedback

16th January 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Korean Register of Shipping (KR) and the Busan Port Authority (BPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on environmental initiatives and other maritime activities.

15th January 2014

KR and Busan Port join forces

15th January 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Recent media reports suggest that Israel’s ZIM Integrated Shipping Service and its affiliate Gold Star Line will leave Australia next month, possibly leaving a large gap in trade for Oz ports.

15th January 2014

Shipping carrier quits Australia

15th January 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Seven leading international universities have set up the Global Port Research Alliance (GPRA) in response to the global and complex challenges faced by the port sector and related maritime and logistics industries.

15th January 2014

New global port alliance

15th January 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The operating profile of a typical harbour tug could almost have been designed to maximise emissions; so the ‘green’ tug concept presents a challenge to ship designers, but it is a challenge…

14th January 2014

Tug profile provides challenge for clean and efficient operations

14th January 2014

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Australia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted conditional approval to Chevron Australia’s proposal to increase the footprint of its Gorgon Gas development.

14th January 2014

Go ahead for expansion Gorgon gas development

14th January 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The European Union will support a series of studies under the auspices of a €1m grant from the TEN-T Programme to analyse the potential introduction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure in…

14th January 2014

EU grant for analysing LNG potential

14th January 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The LEP vs LED debate is causing a storm in port lighting circles as Alex Hughes explains

13th January 2014

Light pools

13th January 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Environmental agencies are calling on the authorities to prevent the dumping of dredging spoils at Abbot Point because its too close to the Great Barrier Reef.

9th January 2014

Dredging spoils argument in Oz

9th January 2014

ASIA

ASIA

Apparently the tender process to develop a disused coal terminal at the Indian governments Chennai port has ended with no bids being received.

9th January 2014

Chennai project fails to attract bidders?

9th January 2014

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says that the plan to lengthen and deepen Durban harbour is still on, despite media reports that it has come under fire from environmental organisations.

9th January 2014

Durban Container Terminal development still on

9th January 2014

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

In the wake of the devastating effects of typhoon Haiyan on the Philippines, the debate has intensified as to the effects of global warming on tropical storms.

9th January 2014

Prepare for the worst

9th January 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Lloyd’s Register has published a new guide on understanding ballast water management.

8th January 2014

New guidance on ballast water

8th January 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

MICT offers some instructive lessons to its peers in feeder terminal operation, reports Mike Mundy

8th January 2014

Feedering fan

8th January 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Many of the world’s harbours are located in city environments where noise and emission pollution from docked ships is a growing concern. With this in mind, port cities, port authorities, ship-owners, industry…

7th January 2014

Shaping the environmental future for ports

7th January 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

A pledge of support has been given to dockers in Lisbon by both the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the International Dockworkers’ Council (IDC) in advance of a Europe-wide strike planned…

7th January 2014

Portuguese dockers air grievances

7th January 2014