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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Samskip Van Dieren Multimodal is expanding its intermodal network by adding rail shuttle services between Duisberg in Germany and Copenhagen in Denmark.

22nd October 2013

Samskip expands intermodal network

22nd October 2013

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Kalmar is to engineer and produce a diesel-LNG powered reachstacker prototype as part of the GREENCRANES project.

22nd October 2013

Kalmar pioneers LNG reachstacker technology

22nd October 2013

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Post-crisis, what are the finance options for ports operating in an uncertain world asks Felicity Landon

22nd October 2013

Cautious confidence

22nd October 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Green Marine and the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) are to collaborate to boost the environmental sustainability of ports and terminal operators.

21st October 2013

‘Green’ collaboration to boost ports’ sustainability

21st October 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Since Brazil introduced major changes to ports legislation on June 5, at least 20 legal actions involving the Federal government and port terminal operators have been filed.

21st October 2013

Legal challenges dominate Brazilian port reform

21st October 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Israels National Labour Court has ruled that the government has every right to continue with its plans to introduce two new privately operated ports in both Haifa and Ashdod.

21st October 2013

Israel port reform limps on

21st October 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Auckland Council has been implored to ensure future infrastructure development is undertaken to maintain Ports of Auckland’s vital role in both the regional and national economy.

21st October 2013

Council implored to back Auckland

21st October 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports are being hampered by conflicts between state and Federal environmental laws, Sydney Ports chairman Nicholas Whitlam has told port executives.

21st October 2013

Call to curb conflicting port rules

21st October 2013

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

At various points this year you may have glimpsed a headline, or overhead a conversation in a bar about 3d printing that momentarily piqued your interest, but by the time you got…

18th October 2013

The print run on port demand

18th October 2013

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Investment in infrastructure projects in Brazil is very complex at the best of times and, even if the government has put aside money for new developments, there are invariably many bureaucratic and…

18th October 2013

Fixing the capacity shortfall

18th October 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

International dredging expert Jan de Nul has completed the first phase of its dredging project at Sabetta port in Russia.

17th October 2013

Dredging at Sabetta

17th October 2013

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Progress is being made with the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s plan for an LNG hub by 2015 following two European subsidy applications for €40m and €34m.

17th October 2013

Funding boost for Rotterdam LNG hub

17th October 2013

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

DNV GL has launched a Recommended Practice on LNG bunkering for suppliers and operators, aimed at making the process more safe and efficient.

17th October 2013

LNG bunkering recommendation

17th October 2013

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Media speculation is rife that one of Europe’s largest operators is intending on bidding to build and operate two new terminals at the Israeli ports of Haifa and Ashdod.

16th October 2013

Israeli tender speculation mounts

16th October 2013

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Delegates enjoyed an evening of good food and wine, entertainment and the surprise appearance of Mr Bean!

16th October 2013

Port of Antwerp were excellent hosts of the Gala Dinner

16th October 2013

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Delegates at the 8th GreenPort Congress were welcomed to Antwerp by Mr Marc Van Peel, Vice-Mayor of the City of Antwerp and President of the Antwerp Port Authority.

16th October 2013

A warm welcome at Antwerps City Hall

16th October 2013

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Mercator Media organised the 8th GreenPort Congress in Antwerp from 9-11 October 2013. The event was hosted by the Port of Antwerp, which also hosted the very first GreenPort Congress held in…

16th October 2013

8th GreenPort Congress: all stakeholders in the port should find a way to listen to each other and cooperate better

16th October 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Andrii Kuzmenko, project implementation manager at APM Terminals, questions the value of comparing gateways against transhipment hubs, or comparing terminals handling 15,000 teu vessels with up to eight ship-to-shore cranes, against those…

16th October 2013

Value of comparison

16th October 2013

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

“You may delay, but time will not”, Benjamin Franklin was once quoted as saying and this rings particularly true of the fast-approaching Emissions Control Area (ECA), 2015 0.1% sulphur limit deadline. The…

15th October 2013

The value of a partnership approach to exhaust gas cleaning

15th October 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Last week, Mercator Media organised the 8th GreenPort Congress in Antwerp. The event was hosted by the Port of Antwerp, which also hosted the very first GreenPort Congress held in 2006.

15th October 2013

8th GreenPort Congress shows how ports can exemplify, encourage, enable, engage and enforce

15th October 2013