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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Continental Commercial Speciality Tires (CST) has launched a new tyre pressure monitoring system designed to enhance safety and efficiency of vehicle fleets in ports.

3rd September 2014

Continental CST releases the pressure

3rd September 2014

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The threat of overcapacity in Turkey continues to hang over the sector, as operators rush to meet the changing demands of shipping lines.

3rd September 2014

Overcapacity continues to threaten Turkish port future

3rd September 2014

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: The value of schedule reliability for shippers is clear and widely understood; recent congestion concerns in North European ports, especially Hamburg and Rotterdam, have now highlighted the value of schedule reliability…

3rd September 2014

Value of schedule reliability

3rd September 2014

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

It used to be thought that environmental concerns were simply issues for the mature, established economies. Now there’s an awareness that developing ports will also be growing their own set of environmental…

2nd September 2014

Emerging from fire

2nd September 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Drewry Shipping Consultants says that a sharp rise in LPG demand is fuelling an order frenzy for very large gas carriers (VLGCs).

2nd September 2014

LPG drives order frenzy for VLGCs

2nd September 2014

AFRICA

AFRICA

Infrastructure investment is beckoning a new era for Walvis Bay, as Aidan Grange explains

2nd September 2014

Namibian dawn

2nd September 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar is to supply four of its all-electric E-One² zero emission rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to long-term customer Super Terminais in Manaus, Brazil, as part of a US$8m order.

1st September 2014

More Kalmar equipment for Brazil

1st September 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Fjord Line has contracted Liquiline to design and construct a dedicated LNG ship bunkering terminal in the Danish Port of Hirtshals in order to service its vessels.

1st September 2014

New LNG terminal for Fjord Line

1st September 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

International shipping consultancy, Drewry, says that continuing weak demand and excess tonnage will depress LNG shipping earnings in the short term.

1st September 2014

Drewry warning over shaky LNG sector

1st September 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Coal handling equipment has to cope with a more than movement of the black fuel, as Alex Hughes finds out

1st September 2014

Foreign bodies

1st September 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has upgraded its fully integrated fuel gas handling system, LNGPac, and made improvements to its Gas Valve Unit (GVU) as the use of LNG as a marine fuel becomes increasingly popular.

1st September 2014

Wärtsilä unveils new LNG solution

1st September 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

UAB LITGAS has signed a contract with Norway’s Statoil ASA to ensure continuous operation of its Klaipeda LNG terminal and will set up a new natural gas pricing policy.

29th August 2014

LITGAS to develop Statoil LNG activities

29th August 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

When it comes to maintenance of port infrastructure, most owners and operators believe more needs to be done to ensure standards are met, according to the latest Trelleborg Marine System Barometer Report.

28th August 2014

Closing the gap: port maintenance

28th August 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Wärtsilä is to supply a control system for a shore-based LNG fuelling facility in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, USA, owned by Harvey Gulf International Marine.

28th August 2014

Wärtsilä control system for US facility

28th August 2014

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Finding ‘greener’ ways to operate a port is one thing – but what about the carbon footprint of the actual construction phase? Felicity Landon reports

28th August 2014

Laying carbon foundations

28th August 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Gulftainer’s recent agreement to run the cargo terminal at Port Canaveral in Florida has sparked the security debate up again surrounding the foreign ownership of US infrastructure potentially compromising national security.

28th August 2014

Foreign ownership sparks security debate

28th August 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A US researcher has made the first study of waves in the middle of the Arctic Ocean and detected house-sized waves during a storm which could pose a threat to both ships…

27th August 2014

Measuring waves in the Arctic

27th August 2014

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: The life of an economist is truly challenging. We are always blamed for getting things wrong and accused of finding great excuses of why we should have been on the mark…

27th August 2014

The idiosyncrasies of economics

27th August 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

International Transport Service (ITS) will be automating its cranes at its Long Beach terminal in California, US, in order to improve accuracy and customer service.

27th August 2014

Crane automation at Long Beach

27th August 2014

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Sohar’s Freezone chief executive, Jamal Aziz, says that the port will become an even more important contributor to the Omani economy as Dubai cargo costs continue to rise.

26th August 2014

Propping up the Omani economy

26th August 2014