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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Carly Fields asks whether alliances and partnerships really do deliver on their promises

10th September 2011

A happy union

10th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian port of Maranhão is to construct a new grain terminal at a cost of $159m. A tender has been issued based on the facility handling 5m tonnes annually by July…

10th September 2011

Maranhão pushes grain terminal

10th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Uruguays National Ports Authority (ANP) is to hike tariffs, which are calculated in US dollars, by 20%.

10th September 2011

Uruguay raises fees by 20%

10th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

France - Marseilles-based CMA CGM, organised its third Environment Days to mark World Environment Day and World Ocean Day.

10th September 2011

CMA CGM Group holds Environmental Day

10th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Germany - The first fully-automated battery-powered AGVs (AutomatedGuided Vehicles) have been put into service at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder, Hamburg.

10th September 2011

Zero-Emissions Terminal Takes a Leap Forward

10th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Sweden - The Port of Gothenburg has contracted a new shunting operator.

9th September 2011

New shunting operator at the Port of Gothenburg

9th September 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

US - The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have selected seven local maritime and cargo companies as 2011 recipients of the Clean Air Action Plan AirQuality Awards.

9th September 2011

LA & Long Beach Announce Clean Air Winners

9th September 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

US - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have signed up cloudbased environmental regulatory compliance management system from Enviance.

9th September 2011

Cloud Based Regulatory Compliance

9th September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Yossi Bassan, the Port of Ashdods vice president Logistics & Engineering, sings the praises of the many good, independent workshops around the port of Ashdod.

9th September 2011

Age not the only concern

9th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains National Ports Authority has confirmed that in the first six months of this year container traffic grew by 7.3% to more than 6.5m teu.

9th September 2011

Spanish box traffic up 7.3% for half year

9th September 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DP World Aden has appointed Portunus to undertake refurbishment of four RTG cranes.

9th September 2011

Portunus refurbishment gains

9th September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Bulk handlers have to strike a fine balance between over and under utilisation of port assets. John Bensalhia reports

9th September 2011

Going with the grain

9th September 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand Stock Exchange-listed Cavotec MSL aims to raise significant capital in tandem with its October transfer to the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange.

9th September 2011

Cavotec pairs listing with capital boost

9th September 2011

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9th September 2011

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9th September 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A group of Iraqis are to hold weekly demonstrations on the border with Kuwait in protest against the construction of the Mubarak port on Boubyan island. The security services will be deployed…

8th September 2011

Iraqis to mount regular Mubarak protests

8th September 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The New South Wales Government is considering refinancing state-owned assets at Port Botany by offering private investors a 99-year lease on Sydney’s box port. The government has announced a “scoping study” to…

8th September 2011

NSW dangles Botany terminal lease carrot

8th September 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Grain exports shipped through South Australian ports have attained record levels, according to agribusiness Viterra. A total of nearly seven million tonnes of grain has been exported from the state by 14…

8th September 2011

Record Southern grain exports

8th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has sent a letter to the Joint Selection Committee on Deficit Reduction asking it to take into account the benefits derived from port activities prior…

8th September 2011

AAPA pleads for continued investment

8th September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

About one million tonnes of earthquake rubble is likely to be used for reclamation in Lyttelton Port’s expansion plans.

8th September 2011

Recycling a win-win for Lyttelton

8th September 2011

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

For commercial as opposed to political reasons, insurers are gnashing their teeth over the propensity of the US and its allies to impose sanctions on dictatorial regimes. They have lost some lucrative…

8th September 2011

Keeping up with the sanctions headache

8th September 2011

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

The scourge of modern day piracy has prompted shivers down the spine of many a hard-working ship owner. With one of the world’s key shipping arteries at the top of the Gulf…

8th September 2011

Piracy port breach will force fresh thinking

8th September 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

USA -- Martin Engineering, a global supplier of systems and services to improve the handling of bulk materials, has taken another step in its expansion into India with the acquisition of an…

2nd September 2011

Martin Engineering acquires Clean Cat

2nd September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Could growing ecological concerns lead ports and terminals to adopt a ‘cluster’ approach, whereby ports in the same region will present a unified front to the environmental agenda? Stevie Knight looks at…

2nd September 2011

Eco-friendly co-operation exerts trade pull

2nd September 2011