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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Is there really any viable alternative to traditional shore-based cargo handling, asks Alex Hughes

18th March 2013

Challenging assumptions

18th March 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

At this year’s ‘Gas Fuelled Ships Conference 2013’, which is taking place onboard Viking Line’s ‘Viking Grace’, delegates will have the chance to experience live ship-to-ship bunkering.

15th March 2013

Live LNG bunkering at Gas Fuelled Ships 2013

15th March 2013

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Emerging economies can learn from the investment paths of other ports, as Gagan Seksaria explains

15th March 2013

Lessons to learn

15th March 2013

ASIA

ASIA

The Indian Ports Association (IPA), which represents India’s 13 major ports, has confirmed its support for Mercator Medias first GreenPort South Asia Conference, taking place in Mumbai, India, from 20 till 22…

14th March 2013

IPA supports GreenPort South Asia Conference

14th March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Too much talk and not enough action on improving safety standards has been panned by the TT Club.

14th March 2013

Safety talk ‘a lot of rubbish’

14th March 2013

ASIA

ASIA

“Resilient” growth in Asia Pacific is propping up port development in the region but the best is yet to come, according to IHS Global Insight’s Rajiv Biswas.

14th March 2013

Ports riding on Asia Pacific growth

14th March 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Yesterday, the European Commission launched a proposal to improve the planning of maritime activities at sea and the management of coastal areas.

14th March 2013

EU Commission takes initiative to support Blue Growth

14th March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In a bid to meet rapid efficiency and capacity demands for cargo handling, government owned Venezuelan operator, Bolivariana de Puertos (Bolipuertos), has ordered one of the largest single port equipment contracts to…

13th March 2013

Kalmar wins large Venezuelan contract

13th March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

‘Port Strategy’ has recently added the social media platform, Facebook, to the various ways in which its content is being distributed.

13th March 2013

Port Strategy on Facebook

13th March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ports are increasingly acknowledging the importance of their role in supply chains, as John Bensalhia explains

13th March 2013

Making the link

13th March 2013

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

The Indian Ports Association (IPA) has confirmed, along with many key industry organisations, its support to the GreenPort South Asia Conference, which underlines the recognition of the need for maritime ports across…

12th March 2013

IPA to support 1st GreenPort South Asia Conference

12th March 2013

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The World Ocean Council (WOC) is organising from 22 until 24 April 2013, the Sustainable Ocean Summit 2013 (SOS 2013) in Washington D.C.

12th March 2013

Oceans 2050 – The Ocean Business Community and Sustainable Seas

12th March 2013

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

A new report commissioned by the UK Chamber of Shipping has revealed that the 2015 sulphur emissions reduction targets for shipping companies could result in adverse environmental effects and a loss of…

12th March 2013

Shipping sulphur targets could prove harmful

12th March 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

California is again going its own way in rulemaking, disregarding IMO recommendations and international considerations in the process, and is getting ready to impose a maximum speed for the whole length of…

12th March 2013

California goes it alone again

12th March 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Konecranes has increased its strategic position in Indonesia with a contract to deliver the first automated container yard for state owned terminal operator, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Pelindo III).

12th March 2013

Konecranes wins Indonesian record order

12th March 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Following a long series of environmental projects, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) has approved plans to modernise the states aging oil transfer infrastructure with a 28 acre deep water oil terminal.

11th March 2013

New oil terminal proposed by green POLB

11th March 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has completed the dredging of the navigational channels along Culebra Cut, an important milestone in its canal expansion programme.

11th March 2013

Panama Canal dredging programme complete

11th March 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Slower speeds are prompting a re-think of port operations, says Martin Rushmere

11th March 2013

A change of pace

11th March 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Global classification society, ClassNK, has granted Approval in Practice (AIP) to Namura Shipbuilding Co’s Minimal Ballast Water Ship (MIBS) VLCC design.

8th March 2013

ClassNK approves ballast water design

8th March 2013

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Roman Poersch of Wilhelm Borchert argues that over and above the regulations, “the law of unintended consequences” means that some environmental port initiatives could have a life of their own.

8th March 2013

The law of unintended consequences

8th March 2013

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Ports Regulator of South Africa has invited port users and interested or affected parties to attend public hearings on a tariff structure and tariff methodology for setting port tariffs over the…

7th March 2013

Port users invited to comment on proposed tariffs

7th March 2013

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Stevie Knight looks at the environmental issues of the US race to deeper ports

7th March 2013

Getting green onside

7th March 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Italys Trieste Port Authority (APT) is taking part in the ‘Upgrading of inland waterways and sea ports’ (INWAPO) European project in a bid to boost freight traffic.

6th March 2013

Trieste to take part in inland waterways project

6th March 2013