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EUROPE

EUROPE

Six consortia have bid for the contract to build the new container terminal at the port of Cadiz, with a contract to be awarded in September. However, the operating concession will only…

20th September 2011

Cadiz concession delay

20th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Konecranes has confirmed an order for three ship-to-shore cranes and seven rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Lithuania’s JSSC Klaipedos Smelte. The cranes will be delivered to the port of Klaipeda starting in the…

20th September 2011

Konecranes nets Lithuania contract

20th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

SeaIntel Maritime Analysis has developed an environmental benchmark index allowing direct comparisonbetween the 20 largest container carriers.

20th September 2011

New Report Ranks Top-20 Carriers

20th September 2011

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Flinders Ports wants to build a $AUS600mill port with a three kilometre-long jetty at Port Bonython, near Whyalla, South Australia.

20th September 2011

$600m Development for Port Bonython

20th September 2011

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

ALPHERIUM, THE LARGEST barge-connected inland terminal in the Netherlands, has proved such a success since it opened for business in October 2010 that thefacility is already operating at capacity.

19th September 2011

Rotterdam barge terminal strategy pays environmental dividends

19th September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The big ships are coming, but where are the orders for equipment to serve them asks Alex Hughes

19th September 2011

Larger than life

19th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish cabinet has approved revisions to the National Port Law which will make it mandatory for ports to achieve a 2.5% annual surplus.

19th September 2011

Spaniards demand profitable ports

19th September 2011

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Mitsui OSK Lines has purchased the DBJ Environmental Ratings from the Development Bank of Japan.

19th September 2011

MOL Earns Environmental Ratings from DBJ

19th September 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Vision Industries has delivered the worlds first zero-emission hydrogen fuelcell-electric Class 8 truck to Total Transportation Services Inc (TTSI).

19th September 2011

Zero-Emission Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck

19th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Armasur, the professional body representing maritime transport operators in Chile, is opposing the concession to build the proposed Punta Panitao port in the south of the country.

18th September 2011

Chilean operators oppose Panitao tender

18th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Uruguays National Ports Authority (ANP) wants to move empty containers outside the port of Montevideo to avoid operational collapse at the container terminal.

17th September 2011

Montevideo must offload empties

17th September 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Korea’s Total Soft Bank is to play a “key role” in BPA-NET, Busan’s port community system designed to “increase the efficiency of port operation”, to improve service quality, and create value-add. The…

17th September 2011

TSB wins Busan community contract

17th September 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The security situation at the Libyan port of Tripoli and Benghazi has stabilised to such an extent that cargo vessels from both Italy and Malta have both made calls.

16th September 2011

Libyan ports resume international operations

16th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Kiel has opened its doors to the public with a new viewing terrace at its Schwedenkai Terminal.

16th September 2011

Kiel’s opens up its vista

16th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Government has endorsed the National Spatial Plan (NSP) for the Port of Koper.

16th September 2011

Koper Plan Adopted

16th September 2011

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

THE PORT OF GOTHENBURG has received an international award for its contribution to cleaner shipping.

16th September 2011

Port of Gothenburg receives International Environmental Award

16th September 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ineffective communication could be losing port and terminal operations significant sums of hard money. Or, as Captain John Wright of WrightWay Training told Port Strategy, “One plus one plus one doesn’t always…

15th September 2011

Challenging a communication culture

15th September 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A research paper published this week showed that air pollution near ports and next to shipping lanes drops dramatically when vessels shift to cleaner, low-sulphur fuels.

15th September 2011

Clean fuel will save lives in port areas

15th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

All concessionaires at the port of Santos will have to meet minimum productivity standards in future or risk having their concessions withdrawn.

15th September 2011

Productivity now mandatory at Santos

15th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

European Commissioner Siim Kallas has announced a policy to be in place by 2013 to reform ports policy by reducing the administrative burden placed on ports.

15th September 2011

EU to reform ports legislation

15th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Dover recently welcomed a delegation from the Association of Road Freight companies of Brazil, a syndicate of over 7,000 freight companies in the Great São Paulo area as part…

15th September 2011

Dover welcomes Brazilian mission

15th September 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Gottwald is supplying 22 automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in Rotterdam, a long-term customer.

15th September 2011

New AGVs replace first-generation vehicles

15th September 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Cargotec is continuing its growth in the competitive Chinese port equipment market through a new order from Cosco Pacific subsidiary Jinjiang Pacific Ports Development (JPPDC).

15th September 2011

Kalmar grows Chinese presence

15th September 2011