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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Trucker troubles: something the North American ports have become only too accustomed to over the last year where there have been strikes on the back of congestion and waiting times.

26th June 2014

Nurturing new talent in the ports sector

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar’s hybrid straddle carriers, delivered to MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp earlier this year, have set the industry benchmark for fuel consumption and emissions.

26th June 2014

Kalmar sets emissions benchmark

26th June 2014

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Chinese container ports are racing ahead of other worldwide, coming in as the world’s most productive, according to 2013 JOC Port Productivity Data rankings.

26th June 2014

Chinese ports race ahead

26th June 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Kalmar’s hybrid straddle carriers, delivered to MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp earlier this year, have set the industry benchmark for fuel consumption and emissions.

26th June 2014

Kalmar sets emissions benchmark

26th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

There was an emphasis on the green agenda at this years Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) Forum held at TOC Europe.

26th June 2014

Green agenda at PEMA Forum

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Italian port operator and logistics expert, Contship Italia, is eyeing the bigger picture from a strategic point of view and wants to do more transhipment business across Europe.

26th June 2014

Italian operator eyes bigger picture

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

ABB Groups cranes and harbour business is entering the delivery phase for the remote control crane order boom it received back in 2012.

26th June 2014

Moving forward with automation

26th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terex Port Solutions is giving terminal operators another option for handling vessels up to post-Panamax class with a high tower variant of its diesel-electric Gottwald Model 5 harbour crane.

25th June 2014

New Terex option for operators

25th June 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has gained service level recognition for its Airguard and Oceanguard propeller shaft sealing systems from Lloyd’s Register and is said to be the first company in the industry to do so.

25th June 2014

Wärtsilä seals ‘industry first’ recognition

25th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Shipping lines seem to be softening in their hard-line approach to port productivity, accepting that it takes “two to tango”, according to Gulftainer’s Simon Sundboell.

25th June 2014

Shipping lines more receptive to terminal dialogue

25th June 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The industry needs to address the knowledge gap on the integration, capability and implementation of software systems today, according to Navis.

25th June 2014

Navis wishes for better integration knowledge

25th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Playing “musical chairs” with port rotations and failing to notify cargo owners in a timely manner is leading to increasingly disgruntled shippers.

25th June 2014

Port ‘musical chairs’ hurts shippers

25th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Operators need to ditch the idea of a port construction project as a civil engineering job, and embrace it as a business project with an emphasis on people, according to Peel Ports…

25th June 2014

Peel Ports’ people power

25th June 2014

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A robot has recently been making waves on the waterfront.

25th June 2014

Making light work of oil containment

25th June 2014

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: The European Commission has predicted low inflation will remain a threat to euro-area expansion for at least the next two years as it trimmed its economic-growth forecast and warned of the…

25th June 2014

Uneven growth dampens spirits

25th June 2014

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of Felixstowe is looking to improve its operational and environmental efficiency with the introduction of its first electric-powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).

24th June 2014

Felixstowe commits to being green

24th June 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish national port authority president José Llorca has warned of a €150m hit if Spain is ordered by the EU court in Luxembourg to dismantle its existing stevedoring arrangements.

23rd June 2014

Spanish ports await €150m hit

23rd June 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Texas LNG LLC has received authorisation from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to export domestically-produced LNG to all existing, and any future, countries that have an FTA with the US.

23rd June 2014

Texas LNG makes progress

23rd June 2014

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

TT Clubs Laurence Jones examines the effectiveness of crane anti-boom collision technology

23rd June 2014

Bumping up the agenda

23rd June 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

US-based Sempra Energy’s subsidiary, Cameron LNG, has received the go ahead from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC to site, construct and operate an LNG export facility.

23rd June 2014

Green light for US export project

23rd June 2014