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ASIA

ASIA

As congestion in the Philippines continues to worsen, Maersk Line has doubled its surcharge and is limiting shipments from the US.

4th November 2014

Philippines congestion limits US shipments

4th November 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Two ship owners are set to receive a total of almost US$500,000 as part of AkzoNobel’s new carbon credits methodology, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions.

4th November 2014

AkzoNobel credits green shippers

4th November 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

MAN Diesel & Turbo is to supply two 8S50ME-GI dual fuel two-stroke engines for a pair of newbuild pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) ships for United European Car Carriers (UECC).

3rd November 2014

New car carrier ships to be LNG-fuelled

3rd November 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Carly Fields spoke with Navis’ Frederik Stork about the need for the company’s optimisation team to boost productivity

3rd November 2014

Getting more for less

3rd November 2014

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Hyster has updated its Fortens range of LPG forklifts with a new engine, which it says offers higher performance, maximum fuel efficiency, low noise and low vibration.

31st October 2014

New engine boosts Hyster LPG forklifts

31st October 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Some of the world’s largest asset management and private equity firms have joined together in a new initiative which may help to unlock billions of dollars for private investment in infrastructure in…

30th October 2014

Investing in developing countries

30th October 2014

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The 9th GreenPort Congress and 2nd GreenPort Cruise Conference earlier this month saw nearly 200 delegates attending from all over the world to be informed about, and to discuss, the latest in…

30th October 2014

Download the papers and presentations

30th October 2014

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

We’re busy planning our 2015 GreenPort Congress which will be held in Copenhagen in early October 2015 and which will be hosted by Copenhagen Malmo Port. Why not register your interest now…

30th October 2014

Copenhagen Malmo Port to host 2015 GreenPort Congress – register your interest for next year!

30th October 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

There is “no shortage” of investor interest in the port and particularly the container terminal sector, according to consultant Drewry.

29th October 2014

‘No shortage’ of investor interest

29th October 2014

ASIA

ASIA

Thailand plans to build an unspecified number of small ports to ease the cost of moving goods within the country.

29th October 2014

Thailand focus on small ports

29th October 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new report investigating the Port of Gdansk’s increasing role as the container hub of the Baltic, says that it must implement best practices from some of the European port giants to…

29th October 2014

Making Gdansk into the Baltic hub

29th October 2014

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Concerns are being expressed by unions about the potential loss of dockworker jobs in Rotterdam resulting from the introduction of two new highly automated container terminals and over-capacity.

29th October 2014

Labour saving revolution

29th October 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Liebherr has secured an order for a further five green RTGs from DP World Asian Terminals, a follow on from the order of two units commissioned at Manila earlier this year.

28th October 2014

Liebherr green RTG orders

28th October 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

There are more and more reasons for the shipping industry to invest in green initiatives, but most companies say more options need to be made available if they are to follow the…

27th October 2014

Shipping industry questions ‘Green Agenda’

27th October 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

UK-based property consultancy Bidwells has set a closing date for expressions of interest in East Scotland’s Perth Harbour.

24th October 2014

Closing date set for Scottish port bidding

24th October 2014

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The keynote address for this year’s Gas Fuelled Ships Conference (GFS) will be given by Jaroslaw Kotowski of the European Commission Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) and will focus on ‘Encouraging…

24th October 2014

GFS 2014 keynote address confirmed

24th October 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

ClassNK has released ‘Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems’ that cover class safety requirements as well as safety requirements set out in the IMO guidelines.

23rd October 2014

ClassNK releases EGC systems guidelines

23rd October 2014

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

We’re busy planning our 2015 GreenPort Congress which will be held in Copenhagen in early October 2015 and which will be hosted by Copenhagen Malmo Port. Why not register your interest now…

23rd October 2014

Copenhagen Malmo Port to host 2015 GreenPort Congress – register your interest for next year!

23rd October 2014

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The GreenPort Congress and GreenPort Cruise Conference have once more been hailed an unreserved success. With nearly 200 delegates attending from all over the world the congress and one day conference, combined…

23rd October 2014

9th GreenPort Congress hailed an unreserved success

23rd October 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

US-based Dust Control Technology’s (DCT) most established core products have been certified as safe by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standards.

23rd October 2014

Keeping dust under control

23rd October 2014