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ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Construction at the UK’s Green Port Hull site on Alexandra Dock has been contracted to a joint venture between GRAHAM and Lagan Construction Group for a value of £100m.

12th November 2014

Green Port Hull construction makes progress

12th November 2014

AFRICA

AFRICA

The South African port of Durban needs to be more autonomous if it is to keep up with future demand, an international report from the OECD’s International Transport Forum revealed.

12th November 2014

Keeping Durban competitive

12th November 2014

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

COMMENT: A life at sea is not the glamorous posting that it used to be. Long stretches away from family and friends, limited social cohesion because of a lack of common language…

12th November 2014

Time for a touch of humanity

12th November 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have gone all out to try to relieve some of the persistent congestion, but the problem shows no signs of stopping.

11th November 2014

LA-LB congestion proves costly

11th November 2014

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

European shipowners are calling on EU Member States to adopt a clear, long-term position on the issue of the discharges of washwater by open-loop scrubber technology, ahead of the EU Sulphur Directive.

11th November 2014

EU shipowners call for scrubber clarity

11th November 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Can methodologies such as Six Sigma and 5S be applied in the ports environment? Felicity Landon reports

11th November 2014

Lean and mean

11th November 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Gulf Agency Company (GAC) has been granted permission to seek a license to operate its cleaning systems at Sohar Port and Freezone, which the port’s chief executive says could “revolutionise” the industry.

10th November 2014

Keeping it clean in Oman

10th November 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Ports might be missing out by chasing the wrong energy savings. Stevie Knight takes a look at the issues

8th November 2014

Save your energy

8th November 2014

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The much anticipated Gala Dinner was held in the beautiful vaulted Sala Marques De Comillas at the Barcelona Maritime Museum.

7th November 2014

Gala Dinner in the beautiful vaulted Sala Marques De Comillas

7th November 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

While AIS has its benefits, ports need to move past simple identification, as Martin Rushmere explains

7th November 2014

Time to step up

7th November 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Chiles Under-secretary for Transport, Cristián Bowen, has announced that the government is to introduce a series of port upgrades over the next 20 years as a means of boosting competitiveness.

7th November 2014

Chile boosts port infrastructure

7th November 2014

AFRICA

AFRICA

Freeport Monrovia has yet to suffer a single day of downtime due to the Ebola virus, says Peder Sondergaard, chief executive Africa and Middle East of concessionaire APM Terminals.

7th November 2014

Ebola fails to dent Monrovia trade

7th November 2014

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

The secretary of the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has outlined the need for transparency of carbon emissions so that shippers can identify and act on their own carbon footprints.

6th November 2014

Getting better with transparency

6th November 2014

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Koper was awarded this year’s European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) in recognition of its work in creating a sustainable future for the port and its surroundings.

6th November 2014

Koper wins ESPO award

6th November 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The French Port of Dunkerque has chosen a consortium for the set-up of a marine bunkering and on-land supply chain of small-scale LNG, ahead of the opening of the LNG terminal.

6th November 2014

LNG bunkering and supply for Dunkerque

6th November 2014

ASIA

ASIA

It has been suggested that Malaysia’s largest state pension fund is to make a US$2bn bid for a stake in UK port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP).

6th November 2014

Malaysia sets its sights on ABP

6th November 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The main drivers for automation are being ably demonstrated at Patrick’s automated straddle terminal in Brisbane, Australia, says the operator.

5th November 2014

Ease of automation at Brisbane

5th November 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

KOTUG is now Brunei Shell Petroleum Company’s exclusive towage provider for all LNG vessels at the Brunei LNG Terminal.

5th November 2014

KOTUG wins LNG operation contract

5th November 2014

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: Before the financial crash in 2008, port finance got very sexy - a spate of deals done circa 2006-2007 saw all manner of privatisations where port operators sold their crown jewels…

5th November 2014

Changing financing course

5th November 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Bureau Veritas has launched a voluntary notation developed to help shipbuilders and operators reduce underwater noise radiating from ships.

4th November 2014

Bureau Veritas tackles acoustic pollution

4th November 2014