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ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A joint venture between Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and China Shipping Group has signed a contract for three ice class LNG carriers.

14th July 2014

MOL venture signs LNG carrier contract

14th July 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Port of Portsmouth and Lloyd’s Register are working together to establish the port as the UK’s first LNG bunkering facility and hub.

14th July 2014

Portsmouth port looks to LNG bunkering

14th July 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

ExxonMobil Marine Fuels & Lubricants has unveiled a marine fuel designed to help operators comply with the 0.10% ECA sulphur limit set which will enter into force on 1 January 2015.

11th July 2014

ExxonMobil responds to ECA fuel challenge

11th July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Marine antifouling coatings specialist, Jotun, has signed a landmark agreement with Maersk Line to supply Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) for the Triple-E new build project.

10th July 2014

Jotun wins Triple-E contract

10th July 2014

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: One of the most sobering presentations at this year’s Marine Money conference, always held in the hottest days of June, was given by container shipping man Ron Widdows, writes Barry Parker.

10th July 2014

Questioning port funding attractiveness

10th July 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Both the government of Uruguay and the countrys port operators agree that there are infrastructure deficiencies in ports as a result of an expansion of demand. The private sector is therefore demanding…

9th July 2014

Uruguay concedes need for improved port infrastructure

9th July 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish government seems to be rethinking its policy on forcing ports to pay in 50% of their profits to a new accessibility fund.

9th July 2014

Spanish government backtracks on accessibility fund

9th July 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Port workers in Chile have started an indefinite strike against a new law which affects their workers lunch and rest breaks.

9th July 2014

Chilean workers strike over port law

9th July 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were temporarily halted yesterday by drayage truck strikes over claims of unfair labour practices.

9th July 2014

Californian ports hit by truckers strike

9th July 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €124m loan to Fjord Line for the expansion of its fleet, starting with two new LNG cruise ferries.

9th July 2014

€124m LNG investment

9th July 2014

AFRICA

AFRICA

DP World’s Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT) concession at the Port of Djibouti has been withdrawn by the Djibouti government following apparent evidence of corruption.

9th July 2014

DP World dismissed by Djibouti

9th July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A number of North Western European counties are joining forces in a bid to make the control of ship’s sulphur emissions more efficient.

8th July 2014

EU countries enforce emissions regulations

8th July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) says that France has become the third state to ratify the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships 2009.

8th July 2014

Ship recycling convention ratified

8th July 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Netherlands-based Terberg Benschop is to supply 40 LNG tractors for Asyaport’s new container terminal, being built in Turkey on the Marmara Sea.

8th July 2014

LNG tractors for new Turkish terminal

8th July 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

GDF Suez has signed a framework agreement with Mitsubishi and NYK to develop the LNG bunkering market through LNG bunkering vessels.

7th July 2014

GDF Suez signs LNG agreement

7th July 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

River operators are investing to meet the growing demand for freight by water, says the Port of London Authority.

5th July 2014

PLA invests for the future

5th July 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Turkish port operator Kumport’s eight Kalmar diesel powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) have been converted to e-RTGs by a joint team from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (ZPMC) and ZPMC Mediterranean…

3rd July 2014

Kumport e-RTG project completed

3rd July 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The US Environmental protection Agency (EPA) is awarding almost US$800,000 to the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) to reduce emissions from non-road equipment and marine vessels.

3rd July 2014

US$800,000 funding to improve US emissions

3rd July 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Turkish port operator Kumport’s eight Kalmar diesel powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) have been converted to e-RTGs by a joint team from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (ZPMC) and ZPMC Mediterranean…

3rd July 2014

Kumport e-RTG project completed

3rd July 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Sweden’s District Court of Västerås has found SweFrame Port Equipment AB guilty of copyright infringements having unlawfully reproduced some of 18,000 of Bromma’s drawings, manuals and other documents.

3rd July 2014

Crane spreader copyright infringement

3rd July 2014