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PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Stolthaven, the terminal division of Stolt-Nielsen, can point to its expansion at the New Zealand port of Tauranga as an example of a customer working collaboratively with port management to achieve its…

6th June 2012

Can-do attitude essential to attract and keep business

6th June 2012

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

For an accurate assesment of service levels, talk to users, not ports.

6th June 2012

Communication gap

6th June 2012

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Much of the attention devoted to port-customer relationships tends to focus on container operations, but what of the perspective of a specialist ro-ro carrier, which has a different set of needs?

6th June 2012

WWL predicts closer dialogue with ports

6th June 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Milahas Board (Qatar Navigation) met recently to review the issue of new shares to existing shareholders, designed to increase the companys paid up capital by 20%.

6th June 2012

Milaha discuss rights issue

6th June 2012

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Greener Gateway provides organisations worldwide with a variety of eco-friendly products which ensure environmental friendliness, promote carbon efficiency and most importantly reduce expenditure, says Neil Aremband, managing director of Greener Gateway.

5th June 2012

Delivering green products and innovative solutions

5th June 2012

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Early this month, Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. (EMP) will start testing its Aquarius MRE System in a facility in Osaka in Japan. The Aquarius MRE System is a revolutionary wind and…

5th June 2012

New power solution for ships in testing

5th June 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Trelleborg Marine Systems has been contracted by Costain to supply fender systems as part of a £300m reconfiguration known as the Felixstowe South development.

5th June 2012

Trelleborg fenders for Felixstowe

5th June 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PATCH’s (Ports Adapting To Change) ‘Blue Energy’ workshop, hosted by the Port of Ramsgate, will take place later this month on 22 June 2012.

4th June 2012

A PATCH on ‘Blue Energy’

4th June 2012

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and the China National Ship Recycling Association have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote green ship recycling in China.

4th June 2012

GL promotes green ship recycling in China

4th June 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Central China’s Wuhan government has reportedly approved an ambitious RMB300bn (USD$47bn) blueprint to develop Wuhan into a “major shipping centre” within the next five years.

1st June 2012

Ambitious Yangtze blueprint

1st June 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Seattle has outlined concerns about potential impacts to freight and transit movement in the wake of a proposal to build a new US$490m basketball and hockey stadium in the…

31st May 2012

Seattle worry over traffic squeeze

31st May 2012

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

APM Terminals has boldly put its money where its mouth is in its commitment to North America and put in an unsolicited bid to take over operations at Virginia Port Authority’s terminals.

31st May 2012

Change of tack

31st May 2012

ASIA

ASIA

HFWs Alistair Mackie and Lindsey Greer examine the investment potential of India

31st May 2012

Filling a capacity gap

31st May 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

More than 170 delegates came together in Hamburg last week for the successful two day 34th Motorship Propulsions & Emissions Conference, organised by Mercator Media Ltd.

30th May 2012

Motorship P&E Conference success

30th May 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

North American environmental improvement programme, Green Marine, has released its latest performance results of participants’ efforts.

30th May 2012

Green Marine sees results

30th May 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Last week, EU Environment Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, announced the five winners of the 2012 European Business Awards for the Environment.

30th May 2012

Resource efficiency for sustainable Europe

30th May 2012

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Footage of the Costa Concordia disaster recorded on passengers’ mobile phones dramatically illustrated the power of modern technology to show what’s really been going on.

30th May 2012

Insurance big brother is watching

30th May 2012

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

It is now just over five years since South Africa’s Regulator – one of the world’s few independent port regulators – first convened.

30th May 2012

The regulator

30th May 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A row has broken out between the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) over the proposed plans to increase the toll charges for the Panama Canal.

29th May 2012

Panama toll charge increase row

29th May 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Researchers have tested a pollution detecting robotic fish prototype in the Spanish Port of Gijon – the new technology aims to help authorities monitor pollution levels in ports and harbours and avert…

29th May 2012

Pollution control robotic fish tests

29th May 2012

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

A port’s day-to-day operational habits are a great influence on the price of insurance cover. Felicity Landon reports

29th May 2012

Drama or day-to-day

29th May 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new £1.3m port project is helping to pave the way in the advancement of Scotland’s renewables infrastructure and there will be more port investment to follow in the near future.

28th May 2012

Scottish ports renewables strategy

28th May 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A new £1.3m port project is helping to pave the way in the advancement of Scotland’s renewables infrastructure and there will be more port investment to follow in the near future.

28th May 2012

Scottish ports renewables strategy

28th May 2012