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ASIA

ASIA

Media reports suggest that more than a hundred port workers are on strike at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok Port, but apparently there is no disruption to operations.

24th December 2013

Jakarta port strike

24th December 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Finding the right person for a top management job comes with a lot of variables, says Andrew Feakins, managing director of the global recruitment specialist Impact People Strategies.

24th December 2013

Get down and grubby role

24th December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Phoenix Products Company Inc is implementing several changes to better ready itself for rapid growth and expansion in the port and terminal industry.

23rd December 2013

Phoenix invests for future growth

23rd December 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Total tonnage at Spanish ports is forecast to decline by 3% this year compared with the 474.8m tons handled in 2012, according to José Llorca, president of Puertos del Estado, the national…

23rd December 2013

Spanish port traffic declines 3%

23rd December 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The government of Cape Verde is putting the finishing touches to the legal and regulation framework to enable state-owned ports to be privatised in 2014. This follows parliamentary approval dating to November…

23rd December 2013

New tenders in Cape Verde, Chile and Ecuador

23rd December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

An additional direct intermodal train service is being created at the Port of Kiel to increase hinterland links. It will be the first direct rail route from the Ruhr region to Kiel.

23rd December 2013

Kiel creates new hinterland links

23rd December 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Just 20 years ahead and ports will be offshore, quay cranes will be remote controlled and automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes will be commonplace.

23rd December 2013

A vision of the future

23rd December 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new document has been published to outline the main challenges and objectives of any port centre in a bid to improve integration between the city, the port and the public.

20th December 2013

Improving port-city integration

20th December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Alfa Laval is to supply its new waste fuel recovery system for 40 vessels as part of a SEK 40m (US$6.1m) order from a leading global carrier.

20th December 2013

Alfa Laval wins PureDry order

20th December 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Green Marine Initiative is rapidly gaining recognition, with four more organisations joining this month.

19th December 2013

Four more organisations join Green Marine initiative

19th December 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The Israeli transportation ministry has said that four operators are in the running to operate two new container terminals at Ashdod and Haifa in Israel.

19th December 2013

Israeli port tenders interest

19th December 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports must first throw off their traditional ‘silo’ mentality to improve supply chain efficiency, as Felicity Landon explains

19th December 2013

Proactive link in the chain

19th December 2013

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Now that the US Government is back at work, the new German Government well installed and China setting off with new economic reforms, it seems that all and sundry are trying to…

19th December 2013

Is the patient getting better?

19th December 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has appointed a new Chair and Vice Chair to its environment and technology committees.

18th December 2013

PEMA appoints new committee members

18th December 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Wärtsilä is to supply a full propulsion package and LNG equipment for a new passenger ferry being built for Germany’s Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH.

18th December 2013

Wärtsilä solution in demand

18th December 2013

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Some ports might be tempted to characterise cybercrime as an unseen threat, absorbing unlimited costs to fix, with an unquantifiable result.

18th December 2013

Solid numbers for an ephemeral threat

18th December 2013

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

The programme of the second GreenPort South Asia (GPSA) Conference will focus on the sustainable development of ports and terminals, infrastrucutre development and investment and finance options and initiatives.

17th December 2013

Provisional programme released for GPSA 2014

17th December 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Essar Vizag Terminals Ltd, part of Essar Ports, is to develop three iron ore berths at Visakhapatnam Port – a deal which will help boost its east coast presence.

17th December 2013

Essar Ports set to boost east coast presence

17th December 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Northwest ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Metro Vancouver are increasing their goals to further cut diesel emissions by 2015.

17th December 2013

Ports set goals to cut Northwest emissions

17th December 2013

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Ports increasingly need to focus on cyber as well as physical security needs reports Stevie Knight

17th December 2013

A soft target

17th December 2013