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Sweden’s Konecranes Lifttrucks AB, has launched the world’s first hybrid reach stacker, the SMV 4531 TB5 HLT for container handling.

27th May 2013

Konecranes hybrid reach stacker

27th May 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

There are many things that make the Liverpool City Region a great place for retailers and manufacturers to do business: it’s home to the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal…

26th May 2013

Port of Liverpool: where carbon efficient meets cost efficient

26th May 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Software is helping the handling of bulk materials from the pit through to the port.

26th May 2013

From pit to port

26th May 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ports and ships’ masters, owners and operators alike can find some guidance for practical measures to adhere to Marpol Annex V requirements in the Port Reception Facilities (PRFs) module on the IMO’s…

24th May 2013

A look behind the curtain

24th May 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port Strategy issued a newsflash on 23 May from Siim Kallas, European Commissioner for mobility and transport, on a new initiative to improve port operations and transport connections at 319 key EU…

23rd May 2013

Upgrading EU seaports

23rd May 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment opened the port expansion project Maasvlakte 2 this week - phase 1 of the project has worked out €150m cheaper than estimated.

23rd May 2013

Maasvlakte 2 opens

23rd May 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment opened the port expansion project Maasvlakte 2 this week - phase 1 of the project has worked out €150m cheaper than estimated.

23rd May 2013

Maasvlakte 2 opens

23rd May 2013

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The global economy has entered an interesting phase of development where there are no locomotives pulling the rest of the world into prosperity and where we have a mixed bag of economic…

23rd May 2013

A three speed world

23rd May 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Goverment is calling for interested parties to come forward with a view to developing and operating the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal in Sydney – being called Australia’s major rail freight solution…

23rd May 2013

Interest sought for new Oz terminal

23rd May 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Europe’s prosperity has always been linked to sea trade and ports, which have great potential for sustaining growth in the years ahead. As gateways to the EU’s entire transport network, they are…

23rd May 2013

Preparing ports for the future: making the most of a vital resource

23rd May 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bulk ports struggle to get to grips with hold wash water legislation. Dave and Iain MacIntyre report

23rd May 2013

Talking garbage

23rd May 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN) has published a new report , ‘Port levies and sustainable welfare for seafarers’, which advises on the benefits of port levies at a time…

21st May 2013

ISWAN advises on port levies

21st May 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A sector-specific Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ro-ro and ro-pax vessels has been agreed by the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee – which shipping association Interferry is hailing as a…

21st May 2013

EEDI modification

21st May 2013

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

HFWs George Lamplough welcomes Hong Kongs proposals to legislate burning of high sulphur fuels in port

21st May 2013

The air we breathe

21st May 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The biennial Strategic Maritime Asset Research and Transformation Rivers Conference (SMART) will once again look at bringing together the best in inland waterway transport and technology to share best practice.

20th May 2013

Getting SMARTer with waterways

20th May 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Israel based wave energy device developer, Eco Wave Power (EWP), has signed an initial collaboration agreement with a Chinese governmental fund for the establishment of a local wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE).

20th May 2013

Eco agreement with China

20th May 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Most ports claim to have an eye on improving performance – but what does that actually mean? Felicity Landon reports

19th May 2013

Measuring up

19th May 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

If calls on port equipment are such that achieving regular maintenance schedules proves difficult, then problems will inevitably arrive further downstream, according to the TT Club.

18th May 2013

Pushing problems down the line

18th May 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has received Final Approval from the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for its Aquarius EC ballast water management system (BWMS).

17th May 2013

Final Approval for Wärtsilä’s Aquarius EC

17th May 2013

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Name a port that won’t eventually go for a second container terminal operator. You might think Port of Singapore but you would be wrong: included within PSAs operating arrangements are certain dedicated…

16th May 2013

Second helpings on terminal concessions

16th May 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian maritime union has been cleared to mount a legal challenge to the drugs and alcohol policy of stevedore DP World after winning an employment case. The pathway has been cleared…

16th May 2013

Union targets DP World drugs policy

16th May 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) this week withdrew its objection to the lifting of an interim injunction which has restricted the Ports of Auckland’s ability to hire and train staff over…

16th May 2013

MUNZ withdraws Auckland injuction

16th May 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Global marine systems business, Trelleborg, says that although port operators expect increased safety from automated systems, the vast majority still use human or manual guidance at their facilities.

16th May 2013

A mixed view on automation

16th May 2013