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BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Using port data to visually map the environment can be a cost effective way to manage operations, as Stevie Knight reports

18th April 2012

A better perspective

18th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dutch architect Dutch Docklands have put forward a project to build floating ports and floating roads on platforms that would be anchored in the sea.

18th April 2012

Dutch propose floating ports

18th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK Shipping Minister, Mike Penning MP, met with the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group this week, to give the industry an update in terms of the Government’s port strategy moving forward.

18th April 2012

UK ports – a serious issue

18th April 2012

ASIA

ASIA

An investment group based in Beijing, China has proposed the development of an international port city, similar in scope to Singapore, to be built around the Sri Lankan port city of Hambantota.

17th April 2012

Chinese investors mull Sri Lankan port city

17th April 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Stevedores employed by the Panama Ports Company at the Panamanian ports of Balboa and Cristobal agreed to call off a three day strike and commence negotiations with their employer, following arbitration from…

17th April 2012

Port strike ends in Panama

17th April 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Empormontts plans to build a multi-purpose terminal at Panitao in southern Chile will have to be agreed by the competition authorities, it has been revealed.

17th April 2012

Panitao terminal needs competition clearance

17th April 2012

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

The Caribbean lacks the resources to tackle a major oil spill – according to delegates attending a recent convention in Jamaica to help tackle the issue.

17th April 2012

Caribbean ill equipped for oil spills

17th April 2012

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

This quarter sees Eco Wave Power’s medium scale model start electrical generation and the company is now seeking places to install the full scale technology - which brings more benefits than just…

17th April 2012

Port partners sought for wave energy system

17th April 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has announced that Shahama Port is set for an upgrade – and Halcrow, US based design build consultancy, will be tasked with the job.

17th April 2012

Shahama shifts focus to leisure

17th April 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

One of the growing trends these days for port operators is to use electrification systems for port equipment, with more operators looking to electrical mains power as opposed to diesel.

17th April 2012

Minimal impact from electric trends

17th April 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Association of Private Port Terminals in Ecuador (Asotep) is supporting government policy to introduce a new port regulator, believing it will strengthen the operations of all those involved in the sector…

17th April 2012

Ecuador to appoint port regulator

17th April 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

According to Egypts Ministry of Transport, AP Moeller-Maersk has indicated an interest in contributing towards the $83m project to build a navigation side channel at the Suez Canal Container Terminal at Port…

17th April 2012

Maersk to invest in Port Said channel

17th April 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Qatar is to place three contracts shortly as part of the $7.4bn development of a new port.

16th April 2012

Qatar to place contracts worth $7.4bn

16th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Terminal operators in the Italian port of Naples have accumulated debt owed to the port authority of more than €20m.

16th April 2012

Naples begins to tackles concessionaire debt

16th April 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos Paita, operator and concessionaire for the Peruvian port of Paita, is to issue bonds worth $110m to build a new terminal.

16th April 2012

Paita to issue bonds

16th April 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Tubes will soon become old hat in the port environs, as John Bensalhia finds out

16th April 2012

The tubeless wonder

16th April 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The European Council and European Parliament have reached an agreement about technical modifications to the regulation from 2002 on double-hull oil tankers.

13th April 2012

Double-hull oil tanker reg agreement

13th April 2012

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Staff recognition is certainly an important factor in retention, but “it must go beyond the cookies”, says Dr Stephen Cahoon, head of the maritime and logistics management department at the Australian Maritime…

13th April 2012

More than just the cookies

13th April 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A new state of the art terminal operating system (TOS) is in operation at Doha Port, Qatar – a strategic move into automation from a paper based operating system previously used to…

12th April 2012

Doha leaves paper behind

12th April 2012

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has set up a joint industry project to investigate the feasibility of LNG bunkering in Singapore in collaboration with Det Norske Veritas (DNV).

12th April 2012

Future LNG bunkering in Singapore

12th April 2012

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Don’t take away that basket of fruit: it’s the small things that count If you want to keep your best people. Felicity Landon reports

12th April 2012

Keeping the best

12th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseille Fos Port Authority is set to benefit from a new call created by the extended Aegean-Spain weekly container service operated by Turkey’s Arkas Line.

11th April 2012

Marseille: Strategic call for Arkas

11th April 2012

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Port security is full of challenges. The Port of Everett is set to install lighting, courtesy of a $1.3m free ride, fully funded by US port security grants covered within ARRA -…

11th April 2012

Security funding needs local support

11th April 2012