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THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

The long talked about “Infrastructure Bank” is back in discussion-mode, albeit with a much different visage than originally proposed during the campaign season three years ago.

9th May 2011

US Infrastructure bank back on the table

9th May 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

French software solutions provider Soget is offer the next generation its e-maritime Port Single Window solution on Microsoft Cloud Technology.

9th May 2011

Soget on Cloud

9th May 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Peel Ports has signed an option agreement giving the leading wind turbine manufacturer Vestas exclusive rights to a large area of land in the UK at Port of Sheerness in Kent.

9th May 2011

Sheerness land agreement

9th May 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The experiences of New Zealand’s Port Nelson with the vexatious issue of noise and a juxtaposed community reveal how far a port company may have to go to seek a solution.

9th May 2011

Nelson learns some hard noise lessons

9th May 2011

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The Conference Gala Dinner will be held at the Fischauktionshalle on the 14 September 2011.

8th May 2011

Gala dinner venue confirmed

8th May 2011

OTHER NEWS

OTHER NEWS

Details of the GreenPort Congress 2021 conference dinner will be released later this year. With more than 170 port, terminal operators and shipping lines from over 30 countries coming together, networking and…

8th May 2011

Networking Dinner

8th May 2011

GPCA

GPCA

The Conference Gala Dinner will be held at the Fischauktionshalle on the 14 September 2011.

8th May 2011

Gala dinner venue confirmed

8th May 2011

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The sessions at the 2011 GreenPort Congress have now been confirmed.

6th May 2011

Preliminary Programme Confirmed!

6th May 2011

GPCA

GPCA

The sessions at the 2011 GreenPort Congress have now been confirmed.

6th May 2011

Preliminary Programme Confirmed!

6th May 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Monitoring stations around the Port of Los Angeles show concentrations of carbon in the Port area air fell in 2010 for the fourth straight year.

6th May 2011

Emission Decrease in LA

6th May 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Major ports all over the world face a similar problem – how to get on with the neighbours.

6th May 2011

Neighbourly love

6th May 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

An estimated annual growth rate of 8% has prompted Chilean ports to announce a series of investments to cater for demand.

6th May 2011

Chilean ports invest for the future

6th May 2011

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

The industry is divided over the merits of using consultants versus ports setting up their own systems. Accenture says (perhaps surprisingly) both have their uses.

5th May 2011

Do-it-yourself or bring in the experts?

5th May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DP World’s Port Botany terminal will receive four Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes by the end of the year.

5th May 2011

DP World goes all-electric in Sydney

5th May 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Libya’s heavily contested port of Misurata has fallen to regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, according to unconfirmed reports from the country’s Foreign Ministry.

4th May 2011

Libyan government claims victory over Misurata

4th May 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

National agreements on French port reforms will come into force at Marseilles-Fos from May, with the transfer of some 400 port authority personnel to private or part-private stevedoring companies.

4th May 2011

Fos stevedores transfer to private companies

4th May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Manufacturer Trelleborg Marine Systems has launched a portable docking aid to improve berthing safety.

4th May 2011

Trelleborg berthing aid reduces accident risk

4th May 2011

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

KPIs are powerful tools, but theres dissent in how to best set and apply them. Martin Rushmere reports

4th May 2011

Solution without a problem

4th May 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Nearly all of the 35 ports in the Middle East Gulf region are currently undergoing expansion, with $46.5bn already committed. This follows $38.2bn invested up to 2008 and $38.5bn alone in 2009.

4th May 2011

Investment grows for Middle East Gulf ports

4th May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has placed an order for 14 Kalmar 7+ generation ESC350W diesel-electric straddle carriers.

4th May 2011

Eco-straddle carriers for Burchardkai

4th May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Finnish handling equipment manufacturer Meclift is growing its Latin American market. It sold the first unit of its ML1612R Variable Reach Truck to Brazil and signed a distribution agreement with F&F Comércio…

4th May 2011

Meclift expanding sales in Latin America

4th May 2011

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

As April ended and May started, ships that had called at Japanese ports post-radiation leaks finally found their way to European and US ports. And what greeted them was a disjointed mix…

4th May 2011

Radiation checks reveal common policy void

4th May 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

‘Portcentric’ isn’t a term generally used in the US – rather, there is a good deal of talk about ports being economic engines or providing opportunities to connect to markets, says Bruce…

3rd May 2011

Driving the economic engines

3rd May 2011