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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Having made strong commitments to environmental stewardship, port authorities and operators are immersed in monitoring programmes to ascertain the performance of their activities against a series of criteria to reach stated targets,…

19th February 2015

KPIs and measuring environmental performance

19th February 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Labour discussions are still underway to try to resolve the US west coast ports crisis with the Whitehouse arbitrator ushered in to help end the labour disputes this week.

18th February 2015

Labour dispute drags on

18th February 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

An 11-point checklist has been developed by researchers at Plymouth University that say it could help the UK’s smaller ports work more sustainably.

18th February 2015

‘Green’ checklist to improve smaller ports

18th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Over the past 20 years, a great deal of work has been done to clean up the environment and prevent pollution and with even more stringent regulations in place, being prepared for…

17th February 2015

Preparing ports for oil spill response

17th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering (DEME) has secured a number of new contracts worldwide worth approximately €1.6bn, providing a welcome boost for its order book in Q1 2015.

17th February 2015

Order book boost for DEME

17th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Treatment and remediation expert, Envisan, has won an important rehabilitation project in Norway which aims to restore the port basin to its desired depth and stop the further spread of contaminated sediments.

17th February 2015

Norwegian rehabilitation project

17th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

With commercial pressure to exploit resources in increasingly challenging and remote locations and the drive to accommodate ever increasing vessel sizes, port developers have a wealth of technical challenges to face. Mike…

17th February 2015

Dredging strategies for successful port developments

17th February 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr Maritime Cranes has delivered two of its strongest ever new mobile harbour cranes (LHM to Katoen Natie NV, which, as a result, has set a new benchmark in terms of lifting…

16th February 2015

Liebherr cranes boost Belgian activity

16th February 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Concern for the environment is a constituent part of Port of Koper’s management policy and organisational culture, writes Franka Cepak, environmental manager, Port of Koper, Slovenia.

16th February 2015

No waste, just resources at the Port of Koper

16th February 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Three new Kalmar hybrid shuttle carriers are bound for the US Port of Virginia with the aim of both helping increase terminal capacity and the port to attain its sustainability goals.

16th February 2015

Kalmar hybrid shuttles bound for US

16th February 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Three new Kalmar hybrid shuttle carriers are bound for the US Port of Virginia with the aim of both helping increase terminal capacity and the port to attain its sustainability goals.

16th February 2015

Kalmar hybrid shuttles bound for US

16th February 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

HAROPA’s Port 2000 in Le Havre is gearing up to achieve a throughput of 4.8m teu by 2020, an increase of 50%, and it has a clear strategy in place to achieve…

16th February 2015

Le Havre aims high for 2020

16th February 2015

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

HAROPA’s Port 2000 in Le Havre is gearing up to achieve a throughput of 4.8m teu by 2020, an increase of 50%, and it has a clear strategy in place to achieve…

16th February 2015

Le Havre aims high for 2020

16th February 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A Netherlands based Platform has signed a ‘safety deal’ as part of its National LNG Safety Programme to promote safe use and transport of the fuel in the country.

16th February 2015

LNG safety deal signed for Netherlands

16th February 2015

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Johan Röstin looks forward to welcoming delegates to Copenhagen from 6-9 October 2015 for the 3rd Greenport Cruise & 10th Greenport Congress.

16th February 2015

CEO, Copenhagen Malmö Port invites all to GreenPort Congress & Cruise 2015

16th February 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Premium-pay weekend and holiday vessel operations are being temporarily suspended at US West Coast ports while costly union slowdowns continue and the cargo backlog worsens.

13th February 2015

More US operations suspended

13th February 2015

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

A new port authority structure is needed for the Italian port system to fill in “gaps” and put an end to ongoing “critical” problems, says the International Transport Forum.

13th February 2015

ITF calls for Italian port authority overhaul

13th February 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Canada Stewart Energy Group’s LNG project is the latest in a string of proposed ports that are popping up along British Columbia’s coastline.

12th February 2015

LNG port for another West Canadian town

12th February 2015

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The US Port of Oakland, like other major west coast container seaports, is facing a significant cargo build-up since the recent suspension of operations by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA).

12th February 2015

Oakland cargo backlog

12th February 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

US-based Harvey Gulf International Marine says it achieved a maritime first with LNG bunkering taking place with its dual-fuel offshore support vessel (OSV) ‘Harvey Energy’.

11th February 2015

American OSV completes LNG bunkering ‘first’

11th February 2015