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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Los Angeles is building on its clean air action plan success with a new global environmental ship index strategy.

23rd November 2011

Cleaner ships for Port of LA

23rd November 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

While the reachstacker may be growing in popularity, the fork-lit truck is still an efficient, value-for-money container handler. John Bensalhia explains

23rd November 2011

Pitching a lift

23rd November 2011

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Is the burgeoning prominence of TV shows such as the X Factor symptomatic of the fact that nowadays there is growing scope for industry award events?

23rd November 2011

The winner will now take the stage…

23rd November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec has made significant inroads in the Venezuelan equipment supply market with an order for 54 Kalmar units to Bolivariana de Puertos.

23rd November 2011

Venezuelan haul for Cargotec

23rd November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Manufacturer Conductix-Wampfler has confirmed two cable-related deals in the UK.

23rd November 2011

UK deals for Conductix-Wampfler

23rd November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UK’s Shoreham Port has commissioned the world’s largest mobile material handling crane.

23rd November 2011

Shoreham and Sennebogen deal

23rd November 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Energy efficiency has moved off the desirable list and on to the essential list for terminals looking for temporary structures - and manufacturers have been quick to respond.

22nd November 2011

Riding the green wave

22nd November 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Chennai Port Trust believes that congestion surcharges being levied by container shipping lines calling at the new container terminal are illegal.

22nd November 2011

Chennai brands surcharges as “illegal”

22nd November 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New smart-switching technology has been developed by Ports of Auckland’s IT team to save power bills on port lighting.

22nd November 2011

Auckland pioneers smart lighting

22nd November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

AD Navigation has received an order for 25 of its high precision ADX XR portable pilot units (PPU).

22nd November 2011

Dutch pilots go portable

22nd November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

RAM is to deliver six MHC spreaders to Brazil, with four of those pegged for Santos Brasil.

22nd November 2011

RAM popular in the Americas

22nd November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Software supplier Jade has won an order from port operator Gulftainer to run its Master Terminal system at the Port of Recife in Brazil.

22nd November 2011

Recife order for Jade’s Master Terminal

22nd November 2011

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The tricky issue of how to handle potentially explosive reefer containers appearing in US Pacific ports is still not resolved.

21st November 2011

Explosive containers still a US hot potato

21st November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

France’s Marseilles Fos and Italy’s Livorno port authorities are to team up to manage a research project on management tools to monitor and estimate greenhouse gas emissions by ports.

21st November 2011

New Climeport emissions study launched

21st November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Research commissioned by leading European ports has found that Northern seaports offer the most efficient route for container transport into a large part of the central European hinterland.

21st November 2011

NEA puts Northern Europe on top

21st November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cavotec has won an order for automated mooring technology for Fortescue Metals Group for use at Port Hedland in Western Australia.

21st November 2011

Cavotec nets 24-strong order

21st November 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Software specialist Total Soft Bank has won over the second largest container terminal in Valencia.

21st November 2011

Valencian contract for TSB

21st November 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Up in days, green and cost effective - temporary structures offer it all, as Alex Hughes discovers

21st November 2011

Short term solutions

21st November 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

In the first three quarters of this year, the port of Valencia handled 3.25m teu, up 4.6%.

20th November 2011

Valencia controls one-third of all Spanish containers

20th November 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand Importers’ Institute secretary Daniel Silva has labelled the new Kotahi logistics partnership a “collusion” against shipping companies and ports.

18th November 2011

Shipper’s body slams Kotahi

18th November 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In the last five years, the Paranaguá and Antonina Port Authority (APPA) has been forced to spend $113m as a result of action by its workforce. By the end of this year,…

17th November 2011

Financial sting of Brazilian labour disputes

17th November 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Lead insurer Vero has withheld a NZ$20m (US$15.5m) progress payment towards the repair of the earthquake-damaged Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) while it disputes the extent to which assets are insured for…

17th November 2011

Quake repercussions haunt Lyttelton

17th November 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Ukraines TIS Terminal is celebrating its first refrigerated container ship call - the culmination of many years of work behind the scenes at the Port of Yuzhny.

17th November 2011

First refrigerated container call at TIS

17th November 2011