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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

While finance is still out there for equipment purchases, only the diligent and persistent will secure it, finds Alex Hughes

22nd April 2013

Do your homework

22nd April 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK’s Victor Marine Ltd has developed a new Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) for the marine market which complies with the latest IMO Resolution MEPC 159(55). The full system is also Bureau…

19th April 2013

Victor Marine sewage treatment

19th April 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Yesterday, the European Parliament rejected the proposal to introduce a levy on all ships calling at EU ports that would finance a fund to support sustainable recycling of ships.

19th April 2013

EU Parliament rejects ship recycling fund

19th April 2013

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The Port of Portland has been recognised by the US Environmental Protection Agency as one of its top green power purchasers. The port is purchasing more than 75 million kilowatt hours (kWh)…

19th April 2013

Portland pays more than lip service to green goals

19th April 2013

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of San Diego has hired a new director of environmental and land use management – part of its strategy to transform the way in which it approaches planning in the…

18th April 2013

San Diego reinforces environmental efforts

18th April 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

US based Severn Trent De Nora’s BALPURE ballast water treatment system (BWTS) has received the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) Alternate Management System (AMS) approval.

18th April 2013

Severn Trent De Nora BWTS approved

18th April 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Portek International, terminal operator and port equipment engineering solutions provider, has acquired 80% of the share capital of Latvias’s Rigas Universalais Terminals SIA (RUT) in order to expand its portfolio.

18th April 2013

Portek acquires Latvian operator

18th April 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Industrial action taken at Sydney’s Port Botany in December last year has led to legal action being initiated by stevedore DP World against the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and two of…

18th April 2013

DP World sues Australian unions

18th April 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A drive to prevent the infiltration of organised crime into Australia’s ports and distribution networks has been proposed by the country’s Home Affairs minister Jason Clare.

18th April 2013

Terminal operators to clamp down on organised crime

18th April 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An electronic vehicle-booking system is expected to be developed at Lyttelton Port of Christchurch within the next few months to address a growing truck congestion issue.

18th April 2013

Truck congestion tackled at Lyttelton

18th April 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland has released two scaled-back options for future expansion in order to balance handling projected cargo growth with appeasing community interests.

18th April 2013

Auckland revises expansion plans

18th April 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The president of the São Paulo Customs Brokers Union (Sindasp), Valdir Santos, has suggested that one of the best ways of reducing congestion at the port of Santos would be to divert…

18th April 2013

Santos creaks under the strain

18th April 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The devastating February 2011 earthquake in New Zealand’s Christchurch gave rise to Lyttelton Port’s reclamation project, at Te Awaparahi Bay.

18th April 2013

A phoenix from the ashes

18th April 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Members of the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have voted to ratify a new six year Master Contract with the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) after more than a year of negotiating.

17th April 2013

USMX and ILA ratify new contract

17th April 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Germany’s Port of Kiel has received a new Kalmar rubber tyred gantry crane (RTG) for the intermodal terminal, Ostuferhafen, which promises to speed up loading.

17th April 2013

Gantry crane for Port of Kiel

17th April 2013

ASIA

ASIA

In a scenario where military hostilities between North Korea and South Korea breakout and Seoul is shelled, “Incheon port would likely suffer collateral damage”, says IHS Fairplay’s senior analyst, Gary Li.

17th April 2013

Scenario planning: Korean hostilities

17th April 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

International consultancy, engineering and project management firm, Royal HaskoningDHV, has won a contract worth around €5m to construct a 500m immersed tunnel for Brazil’s Port of Santos.

17th April 2013

Royal HaskoningDHV tunnel contract

17th April 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Is sustainability a password to a competitive advantage or a byword for commercial liability, ask Dave and Iain MacIntyre

17th April 2013

Capturing corporate credibility

17th April 2013

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

The Port of Brisbane is located in one of Australia’s fastest growing regions, South East Queensland, and is Queensland’s largest and most diverse multi cargo port. Handling over $50 billion worth of…

16th April 2013

The Port of Brisbane – A modern port

16th April 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Global risk management expert, DNV, is offering shipowners the support they need to make newbuilds and existing vessels ‘LNG ready’ with class approved designs and simple guides to retrofitting LNG technology.

16th April 2013

DNV offers LNG advice

16th April 2013

AFRICA

AFRICA

According to French daily press, an unsuccessful bidder in the recent round of bidding for the second container terminal in Abidjan is contesting the concession granted to the consortium comprising of APM…

16th April 2013

Dispute hangs over Abidjan concession

16th April 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A decision-support tool is helping port authorities conduct risk management operations in an ordered, logical fashion.

16th April 2013

Tools of the trade

16th April 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Finlands Wärtsilä has received an order to supply a complete propulsion solutions package for a series of LNG carriers being built for Danish transporter of petrochemical gases and natural gas liquids, Evergas.

15th April 2013

Wärtsilä solutions for LNG carriers

15th April 2013