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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK’s Port of Felixstowe has opened a new rail terminal which will sees the container port’s rail capacity double and help the port get better with emissions.

7th June 2013

Felixstowe doubles rail capacity

7th June 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK’s Port of Felixstowe has opened a new rail terminal which sees the container port’s rail capacity double.

7th June 2013

Felixstowe doubles rail capacity

7th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Wärtsilä has been contracted by Italy’s Carbofin SPA, part of the Carboflotta group, to retrofit its Aquarius UV ballast water management system (BWMS) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessel, ‘Marola’.

7th June 2013

Wärtsilä BWMS for LPG vessel

7th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply Germany’s Aida Cruises with its Promas Lite propulsion system as part of a technical upgrade to the company’s Sphinx series cruise ships.

6th June 2013

Rolls-Royce Promas system for Aida Cruises

6th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mercator Media has made another significant investment in its online offering and redesigned the ‘Port Strategy’ website to incorporate ‘responsive design’ to ensure the best possible display of content on any device.

6th June 2013

New Investment in responsive website

6th June 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) announced it is reviewing the payment of dividends after a breakthrough in a two year earthquake insurance repair claim, said to be “the largest ever…

6th June 2013

Lyttelton insurance claim breakthrough

6th June 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Scottish Government has approved plans made by Forth Energy – a joint venture between multimodal port owner, Forth Ports Limited and electricity and gas supplier, SSE plc – to develop a…

5th June 2013

Port of Grangemouth CHP plant

5th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Norwegian ship owner and ferry operator, Fjord Line, won the Energy Efficiency Award at this year’s Nor Shipping exhibition for its two passenger ferries, ‘Stavangerfjord’ and ‘Bergensfjord’.

5th June 2013

Fjord Line wins efficiency award

5th June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar, part of Finland’s Cargotec, has received an order from New Zealands Port Otago to supply two diesel electric Kalmar straddle carriers.

5th June 2013

Kalmar straddle carriers for New Zealand

5th June 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Private port company, Essar Ports Limited (EPL), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Vadinar Oil Terminal Ltd, has won a bid for the development of three iron ore berths at India’s Visakhapatnam Port…

4th June 2013

Essar Ports wins Visakhapatnam bid

4th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Port of Marín based Galigrain’s first state of the art mobile crane is equipped with the Liebherr Pactronic Hybrid Power Booster - setting a benchmark for green bulk handling in Spain.

4th June 2013

Green bulk handling in Spain

4th June 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Kalmar, part of Finland’s Cargotec, has received an order from New Zealands Port Otago to supply two diesel electric Kalmar straddle carriers.

4th June 2013

Kalmar straddle carriers for New Zealand

4th June 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Beijing based marine transport company, Yang Ming, has extended its lease at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) by 9 years – a move that will provide cargo growth over the next…

3rd June 2013

Yang Ming extends POLA lease agreement

3rd June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd has secured its first order for STS and RTG cranes in Peru – the equipment has been ordered by Port of Paita operator, Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos.

3rd June 2013

First Liebherr cranes to Peru

3rd June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Grup Marítim TCB’s Turkish Container Terminal (TCEEGE) has added a Terex empty container handler to its equipment portfolio in a bid to increase handling speed, safety and environmental sustainability.

2nd June 2013

Turkish terminal turns to Terex

2nd June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec dry bulk handling subsidiary Siwertell has recorded two orders from Turkish operators.

2nd June 2013

Cargotec unloads more Turkish orders

2nd June 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr Container Cranes has confirmed a handful of repeat orders from existing clients. Exolgan Container Terminal in Buenos Aires in Argentina has purchased a ship to shore crane, which has a safe…

2nd June 2013

Liebherr nets repeat orders

2nd June 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Global port group, PSA International, has acquired a stake in the Fujian Jiangyin International Container Terminal (FJCT) at the Port of Fuzhou in China, making it the second largest shareholder after FPG.

1st June 2013

PSA acquires stake in Fuzhou terminal

1st June 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

In a bid to highlight the benefits of ship to shore power systems as an alternative to ship’s auxiliary engines at berths, Sweden’s the Port of Ystad has co hosted a community…

31st May 2013

Ystad hosts shore power seminar

31st May 2013

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Never let it be said that the European Commission gives up on a fight: liberalisation proposals for ports in the trading bloc have resurfaced once again, undaunted by the backlashes to the…

30th May 2013

Dog with a port autonomy bone

30th May 2013