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EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains National Ports Authority (Puertos del Estado) is proposing to freeze port tariffs at their current rates for 2015, having cut them in both 2014 and 2013. Last years cut reduced the…

30th July 2014

Spain tariff freeze to fund urgent upgrades

30th July 2014

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The 2014 GreenPort Congress, GreenPort Cruise Conference, Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner will all be located in and around the Port of Barcelona. The Tour of Barcelona will take place on 17…

30th July 2014

Sign up to join in with the networking opportunities at social events

30th July 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In its search for a solution for safely testing the efficacy of its mooring bollards, the UK’s Port of Tyne has found what it calls a “revolutionary” new product.

30th July 2014

Port of Tyne tests the water

30th July 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

An in-depth investigation into Dutch Corporate Tax Law has been launched by the European Commission to ensure fair competition between EU ports.

28th July 2014

Dutch ports under EU tax break microscope

28th July 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Terminal tractors need to balance sensitive features with regular rough handling, finds Stevie Knight

25th July 2014

New technology, old habits

25th July 2014

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

UK-based Lombard Corporate Finance Limited has been fined AUS$5,000 (US$4,700) after its car carrier, ‘Morning Midas’, was involved in a ‘pollution incident’ in Port Phillips Heads, Australia, in 2012.

24th July 2014

UK shipowner fined over Oz pollution incident

24th July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Maersk Line says that the projected financial impact of the new Emission Control Areas (ECA) coming into force in January 2015 will cost it more than US$250m.

24th July 2014

Maersk sulphur regulation implications

24th July 2014

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Experts at the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics at Victoria University in Australia have completed a “pre-mortem” report warning of the dangers of pushback by private operators and of the haste…

24th July 2014

South Oz ports pre-mortem report

24th July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A new online ballast water management tool has been developed by Helcom and Ospar Commissions to make ballast water treatment easier for shipowners.

23rd July 2014

New online BWM tool unveiled

23rd July 2014

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: Spin – what can be called bending facts to suit your own purposes – is no longer confined to governments and large commercial organisations, writes MIke Mundy.

23rd July 2014

Get to the truth of it

23rd July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

ISG Pit to Ship Solutions has designed a dust free logistic system to transport products from the mine site into the ship’s hull using sealed containers and a tippler. The product is…

22nd July 2014

Dust free loading process

22nd July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The EU has awarded DFDS Seaways funding of DKK47.2m towards the installation of scrubbers on five of its freighters that sail between Gothenburg and Ghent and England.

22nd July 2014

DFDS gets scrubber funding

22nd July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Japans Eco Marine Power (EMP) has entered into a new agreement with MINs Control System Solution to sell its renewable energy solutions into Singapore and Myanmar.

22nd July 2014

New renewable energy partnership

22nd July 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

How can, or should, ports be designed with climate change in mind, ask Felicity Landon and Stevie Knight

21st July 2014

A question of magnitude

21st July 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is to supply its further high efficiency cargo handling solutions for Hyundai Heavy Industries.

20th July 2014

MacGregor secures orders worth $50m

20th July 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ireland-based Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd is to supply three ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes to Chile’s Terminal Pacífico Sur Valparaíso.

20th July 2014

Liebherr takes Chilean order

20th July 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The US Port of Kalama has been awarded with the top ‘2014 Environmental Excellence Award’ in the navigation dredging company by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA).

18th July 2014

Kalama awarded for environmental excellence

18th July 2014

ASIA

ASIA

Laem Chabang, Thailand’s gateway port, is focusing on three paths for possible future development, according to one of its senior executives.

16th July 2014

Laem Chabang three-prong development plan

16th July 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The port of Long Beach (PoLB) has served as a model for ports around the world with its innovative environmental policies and programmes. In order to become the first zero emissions port…

15th July 2014

PoLB: a Catalyst for Innovative Environmental Programmes

15th July 2014

ASIA

ASIA

State-owned Philippine Ports Authority is considering public-private partnerships to cover four gateway port developments.

15th July 2014

PPA moots PPPs for gateway ports

15th July 2014