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SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Peru’s National Port Authority has forecast that cargo handled by its national ports network will rise by 14%-15% on average over the next five years.

29th March 2012

Peru to handle 2m teu by 2014

29th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

There was little talk of transhipment costs or container investments being frozen by the Port of Valencia at a recent workshop held at the London School of Economics.

28th March 2012

Valencia focuses on strategic priorities

28th March 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Assets and leases held by Westgate at Victoria Dock in Melbourne have been bought by Qube Logistics in a deal worth A$47m (US$49.3m).

28th March 2012

Qube buys into Melbourne lease

28th March 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Guillermo Morán, managing director of Manta port authority in Ecuador, has publicly stated that the organisation is close to finalising terms and conditions for the international tender that will result in a…

28th March 2012

Manta close to finalising tender

28th March 2012

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

In this article Susan Dutt, manager of sustainability at the Port of Gothenburg, investigates the possibilties of decreasing environmental impact through the use of onshore power.

27th March 2012

Onshore power reduces impact

27th March 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

CentrePort Wellington chief executive Blair O’Keeffe says a Productivity Commission report on the local ports sector fails to acknowledge the dramatic surge in freight handled successfully over the past two decades.

27th March 2012

NZ Productivity criticism refuted

27th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Passenger trains sometimes carrying only three people are taking up rail paths that could be used by 30-wagon freight trains on the branch line to and from the Port of Felixstowe, Hutchison…

26th March 2012

Felixstowe calls for axing of off-peak passenger trains

26th March 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The United States is threatening to add Nigeria to its list of countries whose ports are considered insecure.

26th March 2012

US threatens to downgrade Nigerian ports

26th March 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Northland Regional Council chairperson Craig Brown believes Northport is ideally-placed to win trade from nearby Ports of Auckland and Port of Tauranga.

26th March 2012

Northport eyes stranded NZ trade

26th March 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The design and construction contract to build the third set of locks for the Panama canal is to suffer a seven-month delay.

26th March 2012

Canal expansion faces seven-month delay

26th March 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

During the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting which took place on 22 March, European Transports Ministers reached a first agreement on new guidelines defining a long-term strategy for the development of…

23rd March 2012

Transport Council narrows TEN-T network

23rd March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Helsinki based Konecranes has received an order for three new RTGs to be delivered to Slovenian port operator, Luka Koper in October.

22nd March 2012

Konecranes hits new heights in Slovenia

22nd March 2012

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Port of Cork and Peterhead Port Authority were presented with their PERS Certificates by Victor Schoenmakers, Chairman of ESPO

22nd March 2012

Presentation of PERS Certificates took place at the GreenPort Congress in Hamburg

22nd March 2012

GPC

GPC

All delegates will be invited to join the Port Tour.

22nd March 2012

Tour of Hamburg Port

22nd March 2012

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Book your delegate place now and save 20% off the full rate. But hurry, the early bird rate ends 30 July 2012!

22nd March 2012

Early bird delegate rate available now!

22nd March 2012

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

ESPO, EFIP, ECOPORTS, Pole Mer PACA and AIVP are just some of the supporters of this years event.

22nd March 2012

Key Industry Associations lend their support

22nd March 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Dutch shipbuilder Shipyard De Hoop has built a first generation river cruise vessel – the first of four for US tour operator Vantage Deluxe World Travel.

21st March 2012

Dutch shipyard hands over river cruisers

21st March 2012

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

During the 3rd Annual Africa Ports, Logistics & Supply Chain Conference in Ghana, Reik Mueller, APM Terminals’ Director of Business Development and Infrastructure Investments for the Africa-Middle East Region described a new…

21st March 2012

Moving goods efficiently to inland cities

21st March 2012

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The provisional programme for the 7th GreenPort Congress will be released shortly.

21st March 2012

2012 Call for Papers now closed

21st March 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Applied oceanography specialists Tidetech will be demonstrating significant fuel saving results on a recent route optimisation trial at the Green Ship Technology (GST) conference in Copenhagen this week.

20th March 2012

Oceanographic optimisation fuels efficiency

20th March 2012

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Transnet’s plans to expand the container berths in Durban Harbour have met with ecological concern because the area is seen to be one of the country’s most important fish nurseries.

20th March 2012

Fishy concerns over Durban expansion

20th March 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Launched in 1998, the Port of Salalah has established itself as one of the key transhipment hubs in the West Central Asian region and ranks among the top-30 container ports in the…

20th March 2012

Flying the hub flag

20th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

There seems to be an air of animosity surrounding development work at the UK port city of Liverpool due to contested public funding, but confusion has meant Peel’s projects have been tarred…

19th March 2012

Public subsidy generates animosity in Liverpool

19th March 2012