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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Greek passenger ferry company, Minoan Lines, announced to take its responsibilities as regards maritime environmental protection and the optimisation of ship energy efficiency operations.

18th January 2013

Minoan Lines takes the environmental route

18th January 2013

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

New York is all about labour actions, or so it has seemed at the beginning of 2013. At the start of the year, a possible school bus driver strike garnered more attention…

17th January 2013

The need to look ahead

17th January 2013

ASIA

ASIA

A huge cleanup and investigation is underway in Shanghai following a petrochemical leak at Jueshi Port which has also caused severe air and river pollution to the local Jinshan and Songjiang districts.

17th January 2013

Shanghai petrochemical cleanup underway

17th January 2013

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

A huge cleanup and investigation is underway in Shanghai following a petrochemical leak at Jueshi Port which has also caused severe air and river pollution to the local Jinshan and Songjiang districts.

17th January 2013

Shanghai petrochemical cleanup underway

17th January 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Los Angles (POLA) is breaking ground with a new intermodal storage railyard that will provide a critical link between the port and the Alameda Corridor, providing staging and storage…

17th January 2013

POLA begins railyard construction

17th January 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Legislation to privatise the New South Wales ports of Port Botany and Port Kembla was passed by the NSW Legislative Council before Christmas.

17th January 2013

NSW given privatisation go-ahead

17th January 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The option of allowing royalty concessions to help give traction to the troubled Oakajee port project in Western Australia has been raised by state premier Colin Barnett.

17th January 2013

Oakajee thrown a lifeline

17th January 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Pacifica Shipping’s recent change in vessel capacity has seen Ports of Auckland initiate a review of the ongoing viability of its Onehunga operation.

17th January 2013

Review for Auckland’s Onehunga

17th January 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

A fierce blaze at the UK port of Sheerness destroyed a disused warehouse before the flames were brought under control by 50 firefighters on Monday. The black smoke could be seen several…

17th January 2013

Fire destroys former reefer shed

17th January 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Ports of Normand Authority (PNA) is planning to expand its facilities at Cherbourg by 35 hectares at a cost of €60m – the expansion will include the development of tidal energy…

16th January 2013

Tidal power investment at Cherbourg

16th January 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Belgiums Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published a new report on the use and impact of optical character recognition (OCR) technology in container ports and terminals to try to get an…

16th January 2013

PEMA report on OCR technologies in ports

16th January 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Singapore based operator, PSA International, says that its throughput of 60.06m teu was up by 5.2% last year over 2011 – largely thanks to the fact that its flagship PSA Singapore Terminals…

16th January 2013

Singapore spearheads throughput for PSA

16th January 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Mercator Medias 2013 Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference is beginning to take shape with the announcement of Japan’s director for International Regulations, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MILT), as keynote…

15th January 2013

P&E Conference taking shape

15th January 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a trucking industry challenge to the Clean Truck Programme at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), a move that could put the port’s environmental…

15th January 2013

LA’s clean truck programme challenged

15th January 2013

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a trucking industry challenge to the Clean Truck Programme at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), a move that could put the port’s environmental…

14th January 2013

LA’s clean truck programme challenged

14th January 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australia’s Port Hedland Port Authority (PHPA) had an outstanding year in 2012 with a number of noteworthy milestones helping to retain its status as the world’s largest bulk export port - but…

14th January 2013

PHPA – big plans in the pipeline

14th January 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Global lifting equipment provider, Konecranes, has developed what it calls the world’s first hybrid reach stacker for container handling.

14th January 2013

Konecranes introduces first hybrid reach stacker

14th January 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Dunkirk’s financial investment programme is set to return to a more standard level in 2013, following a revised budget for 2012 of €139.9m to allow for significant developments on…

13th January 2013

Dunkirk looks at 2013 investments

13th January 2013

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The Port of Antwerp and ESPO are just two of the key organisations supporting the conference.

11th January 2013

Leading associations support GreenPort Congress 2013

11th January 2013

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The Port of Antwerp and ESPO are just two of the key organisations supporting the conference.

11th January 2013

Leading associations support GreenPort Congress 2013

11th January 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

MacGregor, part of global cargo handling solution company, Cargotec, has won an order from Chinese Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd for 16 variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes.

10th January 2013

Cargotec cranes for new PIL vessels

10th January 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World is to restructure the way it makes investment in its Indian container terminals.

10th January 2013

DP World to restructure Indian investment

10th January 2013

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The world did not end on December 21st as the believers in the Mayan calendar believed that it would. So, now the focus should be on economic development and the expectation that…

10th January 2013

End of the world is nigh

10th January 2013