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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

According to media reports, the Australian Government is still in dispute over a building tycoon’s plan to build a private bulk commodity port in Kwinana, Western Australia.

9th January 2013

Negotiations continue for Kwinana port plan

9th January 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT), a member of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Trust, has just handled its 100m teu after 18 years of transition from small fishing village into one of the…

9th January 2013

YICT hits a new milestone

9th January 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Global paint and coatings business, AkzoNobel, and Taiwanese business, U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation, have become the latest companies to join the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI).

9th January 2013

AkzoNobel and U-Ming Marine join SSI

9th January 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

US company WR Systems has announced further contracts for its Emsys emissions monitoring system, comprising orders from several shipyards in China and Korea as well as retrofits from two scrubber manufacturers.

9th January 2013

Further orders for emissions monitors

9th January 2013

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Bangladesh’s Rupayan Port and Logistics Services and the UK-based Port Evolution Management are going to develop the country’s first private inland container terminal.

8th January 2013

First Inland Port for Bangladesh

8th January 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Long Beach’s Board of Harbour Commissioners was due to formally approve yesterday a $1.2bn budget for the Middle Harbour terminal expansion project, but it was pulled from the meeting’s…

8th January 2013

POLB continues with infrastructure projects

8th January 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Global lifting equipment provider, Konecranes, has announced that it is terminating its straddle carrier manufacturing unit in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, as a result of new equipment demand moving towards emerging markets.

7th January 2013

Konecranes to reallocate resources

7th January 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

As part of the global cargo handling solutions company, Cargotec, Kalmar has won a contract to supply three of its E-One² rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Container Corporations of India Ltd (Concor).

4th January 2013

Kalmar to supply India with all electric RTGs

4th January 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hanjin Shipping have singed an agreement to carry out joint research on ship energy efficiency management, in a bid to ensure efficient operations and reduce operating costs.

3rd January 2013

Samsung and Hanjin to research ship efficiency

3rd January 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Drydocks World and Maritime World has reduced its tariff rates for all aspects of business at its subsidiaries Dubai Maritime City (DMC) and Jadaf.

3rd January 2013

Maritime World reduces Dubai tariff rates

3rd January 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The leading exponents of risk management in ports and container yards, TT Club, PEMA and ICHCA International, have come together for the first time to publish recommended safety standards for container yard…

3rd January 2013

New joint initiative on container safety

3rd January 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

According to the latest quarterly shipping confidence survey from international accountant and shipping adviser, Moore Stephens, confidence levels have recovered slightly from their lowest level for over four years.

2nd January 2013

Shipping on the up as scrapping increases?

2nd January 2013

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

In August 2012 the Kenyan government opened a tender for the design and construction of the first three berths at the new port of Lamu, to be financed by the annual sale…

2nd January 2013

Locking in funds Africa-style

2nd January 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Can automation tick the safety first box for straddle carriers. John Bensalhia investigates

1st January 2013

Sound carriers

1st January 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Yilport Holding, part of Turkey’s Yildirim Group, has acquired a majority share in the country’s first private port operator, Gemport Port and Warehousing Administration.

31st December 2012

Yilport acquires majority share in Gemport

31st December 2012

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

According to the Center for Biological Diversity, conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the EU Export-Import Bank for providing almost AUS$3bn to finance a fossil fuel facility in the Great Barrier…

31st December 2012

Lawsuit filed over Oz fossil fuel project

31st December 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

American maritime technology company, PortVision, has explained that terminal optimisation platforms can help terminal operators meet the expectations recently set by the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF).

28th December 2012

PortVision explains new MTMSA guidelines

28th December 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Oslo-based classification society Det Norske Veritas has announced that it has concluded an agreement to merge with another major class society, Germanischer Lloyd. The new entity will be known as DNV GL…

28th December 2012

DNV and GL join to form mega-class society

28th December 2012

AFRICA

AFRICA

Global shipping and llogistics specialist, the GAC Group, is making headway with its expansion in West Africa – its signed a Global Network Agency (GNA) agreement with Oil and Marine Agencies (OMA)…

27th December 2012

GAC West African expansion underway

27th December 2012

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) has expressed its concern over the lack of information and understanding of important changes to MARPOL Annex V for port reception facilities.

27th December 2012

Intercargo worries over MARPOL changes

27th December 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Following a disagreement over a contract extension, the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) continue negotiations to avoid work stoppage along Americas East Coast.

27th December 2012

Negotiations continue to avoid US strikes

27th December 2012

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Indonesian port operator, Indonesia Port Corporation II (IPC), has conducted a new programme to clean up the port of Tanjung Priok which includes litter collection and tree planting as part of its…

27th December 2012

IPC focuses on being eco-green

27th December 2012

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Dear Editor, as a specialist fender consultant I am non-aligned and provide support to manufacturers and end users of fenders on a variety of topics which I believe benefit and improve the…

27th December 2012

Letter to the Editor

27th December 2012