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at the port of Santos will have to meet minimum productivity standards in future or risk having their concessions withdrawn.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

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

PCC Intermodal is to start to deploy an Autostore Terminal Operating System (TOS) at its Kutno inland terminal in central Poland, a key national and international railroad nexus.

15th September 2011

TOS for Polish inland facility

15th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The recent acquisition of a Liebherr mobile harbour crane has gained the Odense Port Terminal at Lindø more than one kind of efficiency.

15th September 2011

Crane gives Odense flexibility

15th September 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Since a March storm destroyed the Store Norske Spitsbergen Grubekompani (SNSG) aged loading equipment, the company has been trying to replace it – but its been left with a very tight timeframe.

15th September 2011

Shiploader to the rescue

15th September 2011

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Remember that base line rule in port planning, supply of new capacity must take place in advance of demand?

15th September 2011

Deep pockets and a lot of patience

15th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Stockholm-based Bromma, introduced a new suite of terminal productivity tools designed to keep spreader operations in a “green zone” of higher performance.

15th September 2011

New Bromma Roadmap™

15th September 2011

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Ethiopia, which has had more than one spat with Djibouti over the access it gets to its port facilities, the service levels available there and the price it pays for these, is…

14th September 2011

The Berbera option

14th September 2011

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

THE EUROPEAN CROSS-BORDER PATCH (Ports Adapting To Change) project is co-financed by the Interreg IVA 2 Seas Programme 2007 – 2013.

14th September 2011

The art of green patchwork: European ports collaborate to innovate

14th September 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

In a recently updated study shows that the Port of Seattle once again offers the lowest carbon footprint for containers moving from Asia to the Midwest.

14th September 2011

Seattle is Green Gateway for Trade

14th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Hamburg - Port and logistics services provider, Buss, has taken over a new multi-purpose terminal in Eemshaven in the Netherlands from Groningen Seaports.

14th September 2011

New Terminal for Buss

14th September 2011

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

THE 6TH GREENPORT CONGRESS will continue the theme established at previous events of examining the challenges and opportunities of developing good practice and sustainable solutions in ports.

13th September 2011

The role of Ports in bridging the gap between the interests of urban and business communities

13th September 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Indias Shipping Ministry has been asked to intervene in the dispute between stevedores at New Mangalore Port and the Tariff Authority for Major Ports, which has attempted to increase port rentals retrospectively…

13th September 2011

NMP protests rental hike

13th September 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

USA -- The Coalition for Responsible Transportation (CRT) commended one of its members, APL, for becoming the first container shipping line to cold-iron at the Port of Oakland.

12th September 2011

First cold-ironing birth at Port of Oakland

12th September 2011

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Netherlands -- Operations for the Orange Blue Terminal started in August. The Hamburg-based port and logistics services provider, Buss, took over Orange Blue Terminal from Groningen Seaports in July.

12th September 2011

Buss terminal to support wind power industry

12th September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With no standardised template for grain-handling port design discharge methods and speeds can vary widely, and even the faster ports can hit a brick wall when it comes to onward movement of…

12th September 2011

Keeping the cargo moving

12th September 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Partial international container services are due to resume on September 26 at the Japanese port of Sendai-Shigrama, following the restoration of domestic feeder services in June.

12th September 2011

Sendai resumes international box operations

12th September 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The parent company of Patrick stevedoring company, Asciano, has reported a net profit after tax of A$145.2m (US$153.8m) for the 2010-11 financial year, but blamed “significant industrial relations activity” in the ports…

12th September 2011

Patrick parent profits up

12th September 2011