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ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Australian navigational aid expert, Sealite, has installed its SAL-01 Solar LED area lights along a new wave breakwater structure at Singapores International Cruise Terminal - meaning improvements for both the environment and…

30th July 2012

Singapore gets Sealite solar power

30th July 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Following a call for tenders, Marseille Fos port has picked a new consortium to develop and operate a new combined transport hub alongside the Med Europe container terminal aimed at doubling capacity…

30th July 2012

New transport hub for Marseille

30th July 2012

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Competition is tough for qualified, skilled staff to work in the ports sector. Felicity Landon reports.

27th July 2012

Oceans of experience?

27th July 2012

ASIA

ASIA

There have been reports this week that The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering a loan which would fund over half of Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd’s (GPPL) new expansion project.

26th July 2012

New private investor for Pipavav

26th July 2012

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

How fares the London marine insurance market? Generally as active and influential as ever, it seems, although it is not as ‘London’ as it used to be.

26th July 2012

Not as London as it used to be

26th July 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Callao’s progress has made its neighbours wake up and get jealous, as they are realising that Callao is rapidly becoming the regional gateway.

26th July 2012

Jealously fires up regional rivalry

26th July 2012

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

The tales of two recent labour struggles underline continuing fraught relations between port operators and workers in all parts of the world.

26th July 2012

Moving target

26th July 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Terminal Puerto de Arica (TPA) has achieved an important milestone in its environmental strategy – by measuring its carbon footprint using a new Greenhouse Gases (GHG) estimation system.

25th July 2012

Chilean port gets carbon savvy

25th July 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Terminal Puerto de Arica (TPA) has achieved an important milestone in its environmental strategy – by measuring its carbon footprint using a new Greenhouse Gases (GHG) estimation system.

25th July 2012

Chilean port gets carbon savvy

25th July 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port sector in Ukraine is facing landmark reforms as, after ten years of discussions, a new national seaports law has been adopted to come into effect in June 2013, writes Arthur…

25th July 2012

Ukrainian port reforms open up privatisation

25th July 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

According to a new traffic order at the Port of Rotterdam, from 1 January 2014 onwards, all trucks with a diesel engine must have a clean Euro VI engine if they wish…

24th July 2012

Maasvlakte bans dirty trucks

24th July 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The US is talking up liquefied natural gas as a world fuel, and praising its virtues as a greenhouse gas reducer.

24th July 2012

LNG brings benefits and challenges to ports

24th July 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The imminent arrival of Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in the US is providing ship operators with new challenges in providing cost effective operation - but there is a new market opening up…

23rd July 2012

New tool to map the US ECAs

23rd July 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The preparatory work has begun for the proposed €13m project to modernise port infrastructure, build new terminals and buffer car parks at the two northern Poland ports of Szczecin and Swinoujscie.

23rd July 2012

Pre-construction work underway in Poland

23rd July 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Last week, the European Commission approved financial support for 202 new projects under the LIFE+ programme.

23rd July 2012

EU grants €268.4m for environment projects

23rd July 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Exploring the potential of wave and tidal power, or blue energy, for ports was the agenda of the recent PATCH workshop held recently in Ramsgate, UK.

20th July 2012

PATCH workshop reveals blue energy potential

20th July 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Introducing fuel cell technology is often easier than first thought; many industrial gas companies will provide and operate a hydrogen station on site and will make packaged hydrogen deliveries, points out Margery…

20th July 2012

Often fuel cell ingredients are already on dock

20th July 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Chilean government is preparing a tender for a new deepwater port in its central area.

20th July 2012

New Chilean deep water port confirmed

20th July 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The report into the concession process undertaken for the North Terminal at the Peruvian port of Callao and also of the port of Paita has concluded that there were irregularities in both…

20th July 2012

Irregularities confirmed in Paita and Callao concessions

20th July 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Variations of public-private partnerships are the driving force behind terminal developments on the US East Coast.

19th July 2012

PPPs the favoured expansion choice

19th July 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US Customs and Border Protection have used Smartphone technology to boost security and customs operations even further.

19th July 2012

Smart processes speeds customs process

19th July 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Ports need to raise their marine security game before pirates start to pay more attention to them and try to repeat the highjacking of a ship anchored in Omani waters, outside Salalah.

19th July 2012

Ports need to be a lot less relaxed

19th July 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Zero emissions are the new goal, but the dispute about who shoulders the environmental burden rumbles on. Martin Rushmere reports

19th July 2012

All or nothing

19th July 2012