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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A successful methodology for knowledge and effective actions definition in global warming fighting.

22nd March 2011

The Climeport Approach

22nd March 2011

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

LA was ahead of the curve in specifying green tractors.

21st March 2011

Progress at Hay Point

21st March 2011

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The shipping industry has taken a variety of measures to reduce air emissions from ships during the last decennium.

21st March 2011

The ongoing process towards the reduction of ships air emissions

21st March 2011

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Gladstone Ports Corporation has announced that the first $A387million stage of the $A1.3 billion Western Basin Dredging and Disposal Project has been awarded to a joint venture between Van Oord and Dredging…

21st March 2011

Dredging with Gladstone

21st March 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Carl Bro in Denmark has signed a major contract with the Port of Hanstholm for a major expansion of the port.

20th March 2011

Major Expansion of the Port of Hanstholm

20th March 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

New York’s new waterfront plan will commit to spend more that $US3bill over the next three years.

20th March 2011

New York Waterfront Plan

20th March 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Work is nearing completion on the Netherlands first LNG import terminal at Rotterdam in a project involving previously reclaimed land being given back to the sea.

17th March 2011

Rotterdam prepares for LNG imports

17th March 2011

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

The 10 new 18,000 teu ships ordered by Maersk from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding are scheduled for delivery from 2013.

17th March 2011

Size Matters

17th March 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Automated mooring technology is to be used at an iron ore facility at the Port of Geraldton in Western Australia.

16th March 2011

Mooring options for Aussie bulk

16th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

Japan has appealed for calm, but acknowledges there is “cause for concern”. The government is at the moment fighting not one, but three related disasters, the last being the nuclear power plant…

16th March 2011

Fuel alternatives will depend on terminals

16th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

One of the themes from the recent Port Finance International’s Black Sea conference was Turkey’s development – which is helping to push other player’s plans onto the back burner.

16th March 2011

Turkey influences Black Sea plans

16th March 2011

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

The Abu Dhabi Port Company has been awarded ISO 14001:2004 for Environment Management System Standard and ISO BS: OHSAS 18001:2007 which relates to a Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standard for…

16th March 2011

ISO Awards for ADPC

16th March 2011

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

The question of port capacity and specifically the issue of introducing it at the right time was raised briefly in the last issue of PS but in the light of recent events…

16th March 2011

A balancing act

16th March 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Many agreements between terminal operators and users may contain exclusivity provisions but these do not, themselves have as their object the restriction of competition; they must be examined in their legal, factual…

16th March 2011

Check the competition smallprint

16th March 2011

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Opponents claimed victory when Australia-based Ambre Energy Ltd withdrew itsapplication for an export terminal to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia via the Columbia River port of Longview, Washington.

14th March 2011

Coal Export on Hold

14th March 2011

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The shipping industry has taken a variety of measures to reduce air emissions from ships during the last decennium.

12th March 2011

The ongoing process towards a reduction of ships air emissions

12th March 2011

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Preliminary thoughts on the GreenPort Congress 2011.

12th March 2011

From Venice to Hamburg

12th March 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Michael Mackey studies Chinas rising star that is Tianjin

11th March 2011

Lofty ambitions

11th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Another potential suitor has thrown its hat in the ring for control of Forth Ports, the UK’s last independent listed port operator.

9th March 2011

Forth Ports bid sign of improved prospects

9th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new European information highway project aims to develop a ‘middleware’ system that will enable all parts of the supply chain to talk in the same language.

9th March 2011

EU launches common language project for ports

9th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

One problem bubbling up throughout the industry but not yet formally on the East Asia agenda is its greening.

9th March 2011

Pulling the green strands together

9th March 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Juan Manuel Santos, President of Columbia, says he is in talks with the Chinese for the construction of 400km of railway line to link the country’s Pacific and Adriatic coasts.

8th March 2011

Challenge to Panama Canal

8th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

East Asia is getting back on track as Michael Mackey finds out

7th March 2011

Love thy neighbour

7th March 2011