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THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Maritime issues, by their nature, always cross boundaries - geographical, economic, or other.

28th December 2011

A gassy on-dock debate

28th December 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ports that give as much care and attention to feeders as they do to motherships stand to gain.

27th December 2011

The little guy

27th December 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

GreenPort would like to wish all readers a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

23rd December 2011

Seasons greetings from GreenPort

23rd December 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An all-encompassing risk assessment is a necessity, not a luxury, as Stevie Knight finds out

23rd December 2011

A look at the unlikely

23rd December 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Shoreham Port Authority in the UK is embarking on a ten year investment to become a major centre for low carbon energy and sustainability.

22nd December 2011

Shoreham focuses on sustainability

22nd December 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port Strategy has made it even easier for readers to keep up-to-date with everything going on in the ports and terminal industry.

22nd December 2011

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22nd December 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

From 1 January 2012, Grand Port Maritime du Havre (GPMH) will be rewarding shipping companies which practice green shipping at the port.

21st December 2011

Le Havre incentivise green shipping

21st December 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

One of the world’s largest shipping lines, MSC, is investing in a new terminal at Port 2000 in Le Havre - all aimed at making the port a major hub in Europe.

21st December 2011

MSC invests in Le Havre

21st December 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

HFWs Sally Buckley explains that the knock-on effects of piracy could affect many ports

21st December 2011

Nowhere to hide

21st December 2011

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

CHANGING A BERTHING facility or constructing a port is a decision with a wide-ranging impact on economy as well as on the surrounding environment.For a number of Swedish ports, simulation is a…

21st December 2011

Port Engineering Studies

21st December 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Amsterdam is gearing up for a boom in biomass volumes as a result of an increasing focus on renewable energy and new Dutch Government proposals.

20th December 2011

Port of Amsterdam plans biomassive growth

20th December 2011

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Watermode is an EU territorial cooperation project lead by the Venice Port Authority - it is aimed at promoting better coordination between public stakeholders.

20th December 2011

Transnational network for multimodal transport

20th December 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

E.ON is making another huge leap into green energy with a multi-billion investment of EUR7 billion for three new wind farms in the North and Baltic Seas.

20th December 2011

E.ON makes multi-billion energy investment

20th December 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As part of its VTS technology assessment, ABP Southampton is expected to try some software unlike anything else in existence.

20th December 2011

3D displays the next step in efficiency

20th December 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Vestas has announced that assembly of the prototype and pre-series versions of their new 7MW turbine will take place at Lindø in Denmark.

19th December 2011

Lindø turbine assembly for Vestas

19th December 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Belgium - Antwerp Port Authority and the Left Bank Corporation are toteam up with the consortium “Groene Haven Antwerpen” (Antwerp Green Port) to build a large wind farm on the left bank…

19th December 2011

Largest onshore wind farm build for Belgium

19th December 2011

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

IN THE LAST FEW years intermodal transport has become the cornerstone of the European transport policy.

16th December 2011

Maritime, Intermodal Transport: the future of Europeam Transport

16th December 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Environmental regulations and increasing costs continue to pose challenges to maintenance dredging programmes. Felicity Landon reports

15th December 2011

Under pressure

15th December 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

UK - Ferguson Shipbuilders in Scotland has been selected to build the world’s first two sea-going RoRo diesel electric hybrid ferries.

15th December 2011

Green ferries for the Clyde

15th December 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Chilean company Puerto de Lirquén is to issue shares worth $86m to boost capital.

14th December 2011

Puerto Lirquen to issue shares

14th December 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Terminals and stevedores at the port of Valencia in Spain have agreed to a 3.2% salary increase for all the 1,300 dock workers.

14th December 2011

Pay hike for Valencia stevedores

14th December 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Sri Lanka Ports Authority is to issue $500m in bonds, with the revenue used to pay off Japanese loans, which are proving unaffordable given the appreciation of the yen.

14th December 2011

SLPA to issue bonds

14th December 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

New York/New Jersey port authority is to invest $346m in port projects for 2012, in addition to the $15m it will spend on increasing air draft clearance under the Bayonne Bridge.

14th December 2011

NY/NJ port projects secure $346m funding

14th December 2011