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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With risk management big business in todays society, how are ports managing this sector? John Bensalhia investigates

15th April 2013

Risky business

15th April 2013

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

Rolls-Royce is to provide power and propulsion systems for LNG powered tugs being designed by Drydocks World Dubai for the Middle East market.

12th April 2013

Rolls-Royce and Drydocks develop LNG tugs

12th April 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The European Commission has proposed that the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) receive funding of €160.5m over a period of seven years to continue work to combat pollutions at sea.

11th April 2013

€160.5m funding to combat pollution

11th April 2013

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

This spring’s Connecticut Maritime Association conference, one of the mainstays of the New York event circuit, suffered from having too many good speeches/sessions happening simultaneously - a happy problem, I guess, for…

11th April 2013

The shipping industry CMA reboot

11th April 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ongoing education and training, in the form of a wide range of technical and personal training courses, plays a key role at bremenports.

11th April 2013

Catering for the next generation

11th April 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The landside facilities are just as important as the wharves and quays in planning for megaships, finds Martin Rushmere

11th April 2013

A balancing act

11th April 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

GREEN EFFORTS, the collaborative research project, which is co-funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, is organising a workshop on “Greener Ports – What to expect from technologies” on…

9th April 2013

GREEN EFFORTS workshop on Greener Ports

9th April 2013

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of San Diego promotes sustainable water management on San Diego Bay Tidelands through a variety of initiatives, helping conserve one of California’s most valuable resources, says Alicia Glassco, Assistant Environmental…

9th April 2013

Port of San Diego Promotes Water Conservation Strategies and Pollution Prevention

9th April 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

North American ports which don’t invest to upgrade their facilities ready for the upcoming Panama Canal expansion in 2015 “risk capsizing their economies”, says K C Conway, author of Colliers International’s third…

9th April 2013

North American ports capex or capsize?

9th April 2013

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO, Port of Antwerp and Marc Van Peel, Vice-Mayor of the City of Antwerp and President Antwerp Port Authority, look forward to welcoming this years delegates to Antwerp.

9th April 2013

Port of Antwerp CEO invites participants to the 2013 GreenPort Congress

9th April 2013

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO, Port of Antwerp and Marc Van Peel, Vice-Mayor of the City of Antwerp and President Antwerp Port Authority, look forward to welcoming this years delegates to Antwerp.

9th April 2013

Port of Antwerp CEO invites participants to the 2013 GreenPort Congress

9th April 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

US based water disinfection system provider, Severn Trent De Nora’s Mariner Omnipure sewage treatment system has been selected for use onboard new patrol boats for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.

9th April 2013

Severn sewage system for Oz patrol boats

9th April 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Vocational qualifications are described as the ‘ideal tool’ for the ports industry. Felicity Landon reports

9th April 2013

Live and learn

9th April 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Khalifa Ports once in a generation development is taking shape

8th April 2013

Fresh thinking

8th April 2013

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mike Mundy looks at the routes in the lucrative West African market

8th April 2013

Famine to feast

8th April 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Spanish construction group OHL has put forward the most competitive bid in the tender to build and operate Terminal 2 at the Chilean port of Valparaiso.

8th April 2013

OHL wins Valparaiso Terminal 2 concession

8th April 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Commercial Port has awarded a six-strong rail mounted gantry crane contract to Liebherr Container Cranes.

8th April 2013

RMG Middle East first for LCC

8th April 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar’s SmartPort process automation has found another admirer in the form of Total Terminals International at its Hanjin, Long Beach operation.

8th April 2013

SmartPort wins over TTI

8th April 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

State-owned Pelindo III had turned to Gaussin Manugistique to equip its new Indonesian port terminal in Surabaya.

8th April 2013

Gaussin powers up Indonesia orders

8th April 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ireland’s Port of Cork has outlined its plans for potential development in Ringaskiddy in a bid to develop commercially and “cater for future growth”, says Denis Healy, manager of engineering services at…

8th April 2013

Port of Cork development plans

8th April 2013

ASIA

ASIA

As China’s throughput volume declines and economic growth slows, container terminal operators, COSCO Pacific and China Merchants Holding International (CMHI), are expanding to overseas markets.

5th April 2013

Chinese terminal operators expand

5th April 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

In a bid to improve barge waste collection, the Port of Antwerp has constructed a new waste collection facility for barges, the Lillo Park Service Quay.

5th April 2013

New waste collection at Antwerp

5th April 2013

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Successive years of hammering home the crewing ‘crisis’ message have firmly ingrained the matter on our minds: red alert, a dearth of qualified seafarers is about to bring the industry to its…

5th April 2013

Shrinking pool of port talent

5th April 2013