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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec has unveiled a new rubber-tyred gantry crane which promises minimised fuel consumption.

30th March 2012

Kalmar SmartPower RTG improves fuel use

30th March 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that will help expedite the permitting and review process for US government infrastructure projects, which will directly benefit US ports.

29th March 2012

Presidential infrastructure order to aid US ports

29th March 2012

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

We are bombarded on a daily basis with spiralling unemployment figures. So dire is the job market in many countries that you would be forgiven for thinking that employees would put up…

29th March 2012

Go fish and keep good staff on the hook

29th March 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In preparation for the imminent arrival of LNG-fuelled ships, a working group has been set up within the World Ports Climate Initiative to consider the standardisation of the safety aspects of LNG…

29th March 2012

Ports prepare for arrival of LNG-fuelled ships

29th March 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

After getting its cash flow and net debt back under control as a result of good performance and the selling of 75% of its Australian operations, DP World has “a solid platform”…

29th March 2012

DP World rides the world’s markets

29th March 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Cash-rich DP World is to repay a $3bn loan outstanding under its revolving credit facility due to mature in October 2012. The repayments will take place between 4 and 10 April 2012.

29th March 2012

DP World splashes cash on loan repayment

29th March 2012

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