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BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Could a port-wide ‘code of conduct’ speed cargo flows and tighten up logistics chains? Felicity Landon reports

11th February 2014

Cracking the code

11th February 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Following the oil spillage from two collisions south of Jurong Island and off Marina South on 29 and 30 January 2014, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has been working…

11th February 2014

Singapore oil spill clean-up

11th February 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The port authorities of Seattle and Tacoma are joining forces to swap information in the face of increasing ship sizes and shipping alliances to help counter the bargaining power of carriers.

10th February 2014

Countering the bargaining power of carriers

10th February 2014

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

The green light has been given to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation to dump millions of cubic metres of dredged material near Australia’s fragile Great Barrier Reef.

10th February 2014

Oz dredge dumping given green light

10th February 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

José Llorca, president of Spains National Ports Authority, has said that rates at Spanish ports will need to be reduced in 2014, while negotiations are also under way with dock workers to…

10th February 2014

Spanish ports need to cut rates and boost competitiveness

10th February 2014

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ireland’s Port of Cork Company has revealed its proposed redevelopment plans for Ringaskiddy to overcome berthing and landside capacity constraints and enable it to service larger and deeper vessels.

7th February 2014

Cork reveals redevelopment plans

7th February 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Yamal LNG, a venture developing an LNG export plant in the Russian Arctic, is looking for a terminal to tranship the fuel in Europe.

7th February 2014

Yamal LNG looks for transhipping port

7th February 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

This year US ports could feel the pinch as container volume growth is expected to lag behind the historical norm, according to Moody’s 2014 Outlook report.

6th February 2014

US ports to feel the pinch

6th February 2014

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

One of the cardinal sins in the introduction of new port capacity is to deliver it before it is required. All the more so, if government has previously encouraged foreign direct investment…

5th February 2014

Too much, too soon for Rijeka

5th February 2014

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The UKs Fendercare Marine has provided ship-to-ship (STS) support services for the first open sea’s LNG STS operations.

5th February 2014

Fendercare supports LNG STS operations

5th February 2014

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World managed just a marginal 0.7% increase in global throughput in 2013, handling 55m teu across its facilities.

5th February 2014

DP World clings on to throughput growth

5th February 2014

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The debt facilities of Ports America and MTC Holdings have been refinanced to create a “single, unified capital structure”.

5th February 2014

Ports America welcomes pension fund investment

5th February 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Last year was “financially disappointing” for port equipment specialist Cargotec, despite an increase in orders in the fourth quarter of the year.

5th February 2014

‘Financially disappointing’ year for Cargotec

5th February 2014

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Last October, Mercator Media organised the 8th GreenPort Congress. The event was hosted by the Port of Antwerp, which also hosted the very first GreenPort Congress in 2006. The 2013 Congress included…

4th February 2014

Aiming for better communication and cooperation

4th February 2014

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a coalition of environmental, human and labour rights organisations, which aims at preventing toxic end-of-life ships from being beached in developing countries, published a list of dismantled ships…

4th February 2014

List of dismantled ships published

4th February 2014

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Germany’s Lase Industrielle Lasertechnik is launching a new 3D twistlock detection system which it says could be a “game changer” for terminal operators.

3rd February 2014

Twistlock detection software a game-changer for ports

3rd February 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

On January 25, a preliminary agreement was reached in Chile to end the crippling port strike, which had paralysed most of the major ports, with the exception of Coquimbo and Valparaiso.

3rd February 2014

Chilean port strike finally over

3rd February 2014

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

The US infrastructure is in the news again, although not in a good way. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has issued its report card and the States gets a D+…

30th January 2014

Disappointment of US report card

30th January 2014

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Canada’s Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) has jumped on the band wagon to offer financial incentives to shippers based on the A to G Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) rating, following in the…

30th January 2014

Reduced harbour dues for efficient shippers

30th January 2014

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Wärtsilä is to supply a 62MW topside power module solution for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at the Kraken oilfield located in the UK sector of…

30th January 2014

Wärtsilä powers North Sea FPSO

30th January 2014