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AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

The Joint Industry Project (JIP) on LNG, managed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) with nine Australian partners, has concluded that LNG bunkering in Australian ports is feasible, but not without a clearer…

6th March 2013

LNG bunkering project concludes

6th March 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The UKs Port of Dover has retained the Carbon Trust Standard for the second year, celebrating four years of carbon reductions.

6th March 2013

Dover maintains carbon reductions

6th March 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Picketing is still underway at the US Port of Vancouver in Washington after longshoremen were locked out of their jobs last week at the Pacific Northwest grain terminal following disputes over the…

6th March 2013

Vancouver pickets disrupt trade

6th March 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

How easy is it for ports to step into the analytics arena and what would be the priorities? Richard Gyles of Access Group says the latest technologies enable ports to provide robust…

6th March 2013

Making data management accessible

6th March 2013

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

An ‘LNG Fuelled Vessels Working Group’ has been set up under the auspices of the International Association of Ports and Harbour’s (IAPH) World Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI), in a bid to develop…

5th March 2013

Ports partner up to provide LNG

5th March 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Following a two month sea voyage from China, three giant cranes, each measuring 138m in height, arrived at the UK’s new global shipping port, DP World’s London Gateway last week.

5th March 2013

Giant cranes for DP World’s London Gateway

5th March 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

US based marine engineering consultancy company, Braemar Engineering, has launched a new venture that will advise on the use of LNG as a fuel source in the offshore sector.

5th March 2013

New LNG venture from Braemar Engineering

5th March 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Ports are playing catch-up in the adoption of business analytics. Felicity Landon reports.

5th March 2013

Under analysis

5th March 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A new Welsh University report has added to the worry that the new international air regulations controlling air pollution from ships may turn out to be ineffective.

4th March 2013

New study on compliance in ECAs

4th March 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

An ‘LNG Fuelled Vessels Working Group’ has been set up under the auspices of the International Association of Ports and Harbour’s (IAPH) World Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI), in a bid to develop…

4th March 2013

Ports collaborate on LNG guidelines

4th March 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Cost efficiencies can come from cutting your debt interest rates, or joining forces with a rival to develop joint systems, as ports in the US and New Zealand have demonstrated.

4th March 2013

Denting debt and building relations

4th March 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Innovation abounds when it comes to uncovering recession-beating cost savings, as Iain MacIntyre finds out

2nd March 2013

The big squeeze

2nd March 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In Canada, Montreal Port Authority has agreed a new six-year collective labour agreement with the Maritime Employers Association and the Longshoremens Union.

2nd March 2013

Montreal secures continued labour commitment

2nd March 2013

AFRICA

AFRICA

Shipping lines CMA CGM, COSCO and Maersk Line were forced to divert calls from Port Said to the Israeli port of Eilat in February on the back of disruptive protests at Port…

2nd March 2013

Port Said disruptions hit SCCT

2nd March 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

In Estonia, Tallinn’s port profits suffered last year as cargo volumes dropped 19%.

2nd March 2013

Lower Tallinn calls hit profits

2nd March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec’s Kalmar has launched a series of webinars to increase industry understanding of process automation.

2nd March 2013

Kalmar launches SmartPort webinars

2nd March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes has launched a Remote Monitoring and Reporting tool that allows lift truck operators to track the usage of their lift trucks through a remote connection.

2nd March 2013

Remote monitoring Konecranes-style

2nd March 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Twenty permanent and nine temporary employees of Konecranes are to be laid off as a result of the weaker operating market.

2nd March 2013

Konecranes lays-off Finnish workers

2nd March 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Historic and recent stories of illness and even death among workers exposed to methyl bromide fumigation on the Wellington waterfront have been unveiled by The Wellingtonian.

2nd March 2013

Fumigation blamed for health issues

2nd March 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A 47-year-old worker was killed at CentrePort Wellington when crushed between a forklift and cargo early on a Sunday morning in January.

2nd March 2013

Man crushed at CentrePort

2nd March 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

North Queensland Bulk Ports is on a boom, with total throughput for the 2012/13 financial year projected to show a 12% rise.

2nd March 2013

North Queensland port boom

2nd March 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Western Australian government has pledged A$15.5m (US$16m) in funding to increase freight moving to and from Fremantle port by rail.

2nd March 2013

Fremantle links commitment

2nd March 2013

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of San Diego has been awarded a ‘Climate Leadership Award’ by the Environmental Protection Agency, for its efforts to address climate change in and around the port.

1st March 2013

Port of San Diego awarded Climate Leadership Award

1st March 2013