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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

At TOC Europe last week, Kalmar, part of Cargotec, told GreenPort that its focussing on the environment and sustainability to keep at the forefront of port equipment development.

4th July 2013

Kalmar’s environmental focus

4th July 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

There’s a new low emission harbour crane on the market which promises to improve efficiency without compromising economical and sustainable cargo handling in ports and terminals.

4th July 2013

New low emission harbour crane

4th July 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new concession agreement which will lead to a massive expansion at the Port of Calais is expected to be in place by the start of 2014.

4th July 2013

Calais concession sets path for growth

4th July 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The US government needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to funding national port infrastructure, according to Georgia Ports Authority executive director Curtis Foltz.

3rd July 2013

US government lacks port focus

3rd July 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Software specialist Navis wants to bring the user back into the automated container terminal optimisation process in a move away from the previous ‘black box’ approach.

3rd July 2013

Make optimisation a shared goal, says Navis

3rd July 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

A UK renewables developer has shortlisted three local ports as an operations base for its new windfarm development and its entered into an agreement with them with regards to operation and maintenance.

3rd July 2013

Shortlist for windfarm ops base

3rd July 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A focus on total cost of ownership of port machinery has kept Cargotec unit Kalmar at the vanguard of equipment development.

3rd July 2013

Kalmar total cost focus

3rd July 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Declining Asia-Europe container volumes hardly paint a positive picture for Northern European ports, as Felicity Landon explains

3rd July 2013

Soldiering on

3rd July 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Cold ironing, onshore power supply and shore connection refer to the same process: plugging ships into the national grid. By turning ship engines off while at berth, and thus cutting emissions, shore…

2nd July 2013

The progress of cold ironing worldwide

2nd July 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Wärtsilä and CEVA Logistics have been announced as the winners of the Lean & Green Star Award 2013.

2nd July 2013

Wärtsilä and CEVA receive Dutch green award

2nd July 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Strainstall, a leading stress analysis and design verification expert, is targeting the tricky issue of misdeclared container weights with its new container weighing system.

2nd July 2013

Container weighing forward thinking

2nd July 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Alfa Laval is supplying PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems for retrofitting to three DFDS Seaways ro-ro vessels - a move that many owners are making to comply with the new IMO sulphur…

2nd July 2013

More vessels clean up their act

2nd July 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

There’s a new low emission harbour crane on the market which promises to improve efficiency without compromising economical and sustainable cargo handling in ports and terminals.

2nd July 2013

New low emission harbour crane

2nd July 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Business continuity is the one area which has the greatest immediate impact and influence on infrastructure asset owners and operators.

2nd July 2013

Business continuity of utmost importance

2nd July 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Contship Italia group has declared an interest in the proposed container terminal project put foward by the Port of Civitavecchia.

1st July 2013

Contship declares Civitavecchia interest

1st July 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The European Commission has adopted a Communication setting out a strategy for progressively including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime transport in the EUs policy for reducing its overall GHG emissions.

28th June 2013

EU Commission first step to reduce emissions from shipping

28th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The World Dredging Congress and Exhibition (WODCON) in Brussels saw the introduction of new principles for sustainable dredging agreed upon.

28th June 2013

Principles of sustainable dredging agreed

28th June 2013

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The industry is failing to help itself on the angle and tone of dry bulk handling legislation, according to industry specialists.

28th June 2013

Call for coordinated industry action

28th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The healthy projected volume increase in Eastern Europe and the increasingly important Russian market are set to be the driving factors for European container market growth, according to Ben Vree, CEO of…

27th June 2013

Eastern Europe drives port growth

27th June 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Two global unions have put a major Oz coal exporter on notice for its failure to consult the workforce over an alteration to working agreements.

27th June 2013

Oz coal labour dispute

27th June 2013