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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Canada’s Harper government is launching a second round of funding under the CAN$27.2m Shore Power Technology for Port Programme in a bid to improve air quality in and around the country’s ports.

29th April 2013

Funding to improve Canadian air quality

29th April 2013

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Productivity isnt just about fast handling; its about the bigger port and infrastructure picture, explains Alex Hughes

29th April 2013

The complete package

29th April 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Japan’s ClassNK has released the 2013 edition of the ‘Rules for Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships’.

26th April 2013

ClassNK 2013 edition of class rules

26th April 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr Maritime Cranes has launched its Liebherr Simulations (LiSIM), a new range of maritime crane simulators, developed for crane operator training to increase port safety and productivity.

26th April 2013

New Liebherr crane simulators

26th April 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Turbo Top Limited, a subsidiary of Hutchinson Whampoa Limited, has applied to the Hong Kong High Court for an injunction against the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) to prevent obstruction…

25th April 2013

Court injunction for HK strikers

25th April 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The bunker sector has taken a further step to help ensure that quality and quantity of bunkering supplied in the Port of Rotterdam can be better guaranteed by entering into a new…

25th April 2013

Rotterdam bunker collaboration

25th April 2013

ASIA

ASIA

DP World has reported a 7% decline in gross container volume in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the same period last year, owing to lower volumes in the Asia Pacific,…

25th April 2013

DP World performance dip

25th April 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Houston is making an investment in its growth for the future – it says that by continued investment in infrastructure it will better serve its customers.

25th April 2013

Modernisation at Houston

25th April 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of Seattle has awarded global cruise company, Princess Cruises, with a Gold Level Green Gateway award for the line’s environmental stewardship.

25th April 2013

Seattle awards Princess Cruises

25th April 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

According to the Environmental Ship Index (ESI), Cosco Container Lines’ container ship, ‘Cosco Pride’, was the most sustainable vessel to call at the Port of Rotterdam in 2012.

24th April 2013

‘Cosco Pride named most sustainable

24th April 2013

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Which way to jump – discount or no discount on port tariffs? The question is not as straightforward as it might seem.

24th April 2013

Look out for tariff landmines

24th April 2013

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

RaetsMarine talks to James Brewer following the companys takeover by Lloyds group Amlin

24th April 2013

Shake-up brings benefits for ports

24th April 2013

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

The global economy is trying to recover from the Great Recession with varying medicines being applied. The United States, sequestration aside, continues with an expansionary policy supported by the Federal Reserve. Japan’s…

24th April 2013

Pain of austerity gets personal

24th April 2013

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

The political football of privatised port operations in Mombasa is being kicked around again.

24th April 2013

Playing concessioning soccer in Africa

24th April 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

GAC Solutions Christer Sjödoff explains why streamlined crew services bode well for ports

24th April 2013

Crew comfort

24th April 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

US based dust suppression solutions provider, Dust Control Technology (DCT) has introduced four new sizes of its stainless steel dust suppression ring to provide bulk material handlers with a wider range of…

23rd April 2013

New dust suppression ring sizes

23rd April 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US based Terex Port Solutions has received an order from terminal operator, Operadora de la Cuenca del Pacifico (OCUPA), for its Gottwald model 8 mobile harbour crane in the G HMK 8410…

23rd April 2013

Largest Terex crane for Mexico

23rd April 2013

ASIA

ASIA

DP World reportedly wants to invest billions of dirhams in the development of the economic free zone at Aktau Port in Kazakhstan.

23rd April 2013

DP World development at Kazakhstan

23rd April 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Last week, GREEN EFFORTS (Green and Effective Operations at Terminals and in Ports) organised a Workshop, entitled “Greener Ports - What to expect from technologies”, at the premises of Bremen Chamber of…

23rd April 2013

GREEN EFFORTS discusses LNG and onshore power

23rd April 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port Strategy talked to Kari Rintanen, Chair of the PEMA Technology Working Group on Software Interface Standards, about the Association’s initiative to develop common industry standards for the integration of TOS and…

23rd April 2013

A common objective

23rd April 2013