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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Sian John, Director - Environment UK, Royal Haskoning, interprets their recently commissioned survey of environmental policy in UK ports

7th December 2010

Can ports be green in the recession?

7th December 2010

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Excessive dust pollution, spillage, noise and exhaust emissions are all negative features which to varying degrees are associated with ship-to-shore transfer of dry bulk cargo. However, remedies are nowadays available for many…

7th December 2010

Towards cleaner bulk ship unloading

7th December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

Philippine Port Authority (PPA) is to privatise five ports in Visayas and Mindanao as a means of attracting private sector investment in infrastructure projects. To be put out to tender are Davao,…

7th December 2010

The Philippines pushes full privatisations

7th December 2010

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Henrik Kristensen, head of CSR/HSSE for APM Terminals, outlines the environmental objectives for container port and terminal operations in the 21st century

6th December 2010

Setting an example

6th December 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Class Society DNV has unveiled a new design concept for a VLCC that offers drastic savings in exhaust emissions, and in which the need for ballast water is eliminated and VOC emissions…

6th December 2010

A new environmental concept for tanker shipping

6th December 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The world’s port leaders are at last building on the dire figures of 2009. Felicity Landon reports

6th December 2010

Downs and ups

6th December 2010

ASIA

ASIA

New Mangalore Port Trust is reconsidering how to attract investors to build a new container terminal.

6th December 2010

New Mangalore box terminal to rise from ashes

6th December 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of San Francisco has become the first in California to introduce a cold-ironing system. Initially, this will be available at Pier 27, which is used mainly by cruiseships.

6th December 2010

San Francisco cold-ironing first

6th December 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spain’s state budget for 2011 has allocated 18% less in port funding compared with 2010. A total of €1.15bn ($1.56bn) will be made available, down on the €1.28bn ($1.74bn) invested in 2010.

5th December 2010

Spain cuts port investment

5th December 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Christchurch (New Zealand)-based Jade Software has won contracts to supply its container and general cargo terminal operating system to two marine terminal management companies in Iraq and Georgia.

5th December 2010

Jade nets major contracts

5th December 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Speedy, cost-effective freight flows that contribute to regional competitiveness while reducing environmental impact are at the centre of a new European ports project.

4th December 2010

Port Integration project takes off

4th December 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains competition authority has given the green light to JP Morgan to acquire Dragados-SPL from existing owner ACS. The acquisition is being made at a cost of €720m ($977m). The assets will…

4th December 2010

Go ahead given for Dragados-SPL sale

4th December 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The governments of Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay are seeking finance from the South American Regional Infrastructure Integration Initiative fund to finance pre-feasibility studies for the construction of a deepwater port on Uruguays…

4th December 2010

New South American port mooted

4th December 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

In the first nine months of 2010, DP World global traffic rose 15% to 36.7m teu, marking a return to 2008 levels.

4th December 2010

DP World returns to 2008 levels

4th December 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A 2% fall in revenue to NZ$17.8m (US$13.7m) and an after-tax loss of NZ$9.4m (US$7.2m) has been recorded by Port Marlborough during the financial year to June 30, 2010, a further 20%…

4th December 2010

Marlborough suffers further losses

4th December 2010

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

Welcome to the re-launched GreenPort magazine, and congratulations... because picking up a magazine that aims to tackle both environmental issues and business is, after all, an act of faith that theres more…

3rd December 2010

First words….

3rd December 2010

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Before you wince at the idea of trying to both be environmentally friendly and squeeze out some extra cost savings, you might try a few things out that are fairly easy to…

3rd December 2010

Easy energy gains

3rd December 2010

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

APM Terminals, which is focusing strongly on emerging markets, says it is taking the “good lessons” it has learned from its environmental programme to concessions in China, India and Brazil.

3rd December 2010

The ‘good lessons’

3rd December 2010

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

The UK ports industry is weathering the recession, showing a measure of its resilience. This is likely to remain a necessary quality as business continues in an environment of political and economic…

3rd December 2010

Opportunities in a climate of uncertainty

3rd December 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Transas recently launched its Navi-Harbour 4.3, providing functionality enhancements in radar processing, and record and play back usability, among other things.

3rd December 2010

Transas targets shore-based pilotage

3rd December 2010

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

Sharjah-based Gulftainer Group is showcasing their commitment to marine conservation by sponsoring two turtles and extending their support to a conservation project.

3rd December 2010

Turtles get support from Gulftainer

3rd December 2010

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

New Zealand’s Lotus Wash Systems has developed the world’s first fully-automatic sea container washing unit at the Fremantle Port operation of AWH Logistics.

3rd December 2010

Eco-auto box wash

3rd December 2010

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

Konecranes received an order for five electric RTG (rubber tired gantry) cranes to be delivered to port operator Nemport in Nemrut, Aliaga Bay.

3rd December 2010

Turkish eco-crane order

3rd December 2010