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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) has released a draft port master plan for public review and input.

1st March 2013

POLA releases draft master plan

1st March 2013

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Is it relevant for geo-political aspects to intrude into port deals?

28th February 2013

Power plays?

28th February 2013

ASIA

ASIA

Busan Port Authority (BPA) says that it has been given permission by the South Korean government to act autonomously as a public enterprise.

28th February 2013

Busan port strives for autonomy

28th February 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australia’s Port of Dampier, Port Walcott and Port of Hedland have all experienced closure this week in the wake of tropical Cyclone Rusty – meaning more delays for operators and vessels.

28th February 2013

More cyclone troubles for Oz

28th February 2013

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Ireland based container crane provider, Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd (LCC), and Barcelona based container terminal management company, Grup TCB, have designed a new ship-to-shore (STS) crane concept for finger pier applications.

28th February 2013

Liebherr and Grup TCB crane design

28th February 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Delphine Batho, France’s Minister of Ecology has outlined the first concrete steps to accelerate the development of marine energy in the country.

27th February 2013

Eco energy for France

27th February 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Industry leadership alliance, the World Ocean Council, has added a new industry forum to its ‘Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS)’, to facilitate industry input to the recently launched Global Ocean Commission.

27th February 2013

New forum for Sustainable Ocean Summit

27th February 2013

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Global carmaker, Toyota Motor, has announced that it will begin exporting US-assembled Venza crossover vehicles to Russia and Ukraine via the Port of Brunswick in Georgia.

27th February 2013

Toyota to export via Port of Brunswick

27th February 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Last week, ESPO awarded five new PERS certificates during a seminar held in Piraeus.

26th February 2013

Greek and Italian ports achieve PERS certification

26th February 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is funding a tree planting initiative to beautify the city and cut greenhouse gases (GHG).

26th February 2013

POLB funds beautification project

26th February 2013

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

US based lighting manufacturer, Phoenix Products Company Inc, has been chosen by the Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) to outfit new cranes with its ModCom LED floodlights.

25th February 2013

Phoenix LED fixtures for Long Beach

25th February 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Port of Melbourne Corporation has been given the go ahead to provide the planning approval for works to begin at the Webb Dock.

22nd February 2013

Green light for Port of Melbourne redevelopment project

22nd February 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand’s port sector holds high expectations the Government will amend the Resource Management Act to ensure consent for vital port developments can be achieved in a timely and cost-effective manner.

22nd February 2013

New Zealand planning reform lauded

22nd February 2013

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A member of the Port of San Diego’s ‘Green Business Network’, Pacific Tugboat Service, has successfully converted its fleet of 20 vessels to run on shore power, in a bid to help…

21st February 2013

Port of San Diego business converts vessels to shore power

21st February 2013

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK’s second largest ports group, Peel Ports, is lending its support to the UK’s only Low Carbon and SuperPort University Technical College (UTC), located in Liverpool.

21st February 2013

Peel Ports to support low carbon college

21st February 2013

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The question of whether New Zealand ports should be owned by local authorities or by private enterprise is becoming more vigorous than ever.

20th February 2013

private or public debate rumbles on

20th February 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Italy has only room for three major ports – and these are where investment should be focussed, according to Carlo Mearelli, president of Assologistica.

20th February 2013

Room for just three in Italy

20th February 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Global cargo company, Cargotec, is looking to move towards a business-driven operating model and has renamed marine, terminals and load handling after its industry leading brands, MacGregor, Kalmar and Hiab.

20th February 2013

Cargotec seeks business driven operations

20th February 2013

EUROPE

EUROPE

Next month, the Port of Rotterdam is due to transfer €290m to the Dutch State, which was contributed towards the construction of Maasvlakte 2 development.

19th February 2013

Rotterdam to repay Dutch State aid

19th February 2013

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder, a subsidiary of the Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), is investigating how the batteries of its automated guided vehicles (AGVs) can be charged at the same time…

19th February 2013

Making use of surplus green power

19th February 2013