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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Finnish cargo equipment company, Cargotec, has won an order to deliver 44 automated straddle carrier systems (AutoStrad) and related automation technology to Australian port operator Asciano’s container terminal at Port Botany in…

4th September 2012

Cargotec wins major Australian carrier order

4th September 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Tampa Port Authority (TPA) recently selected Charles Klug as its new temporary port director and the head of port authority until a permanent director is appointed.

4th September 2012

TPA appoints new interim port director

4th September 2012

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is continuing to do its bit when it comes to environmental stewardship – a special type of fish friendly concrete installed at the Port of Savannah is encouraging…

4th September 2012

GPA environmental stewardship efforts

4th September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kuwait’s huge Mubarak Al Kabeer port project had “very difficult” ground conditions says Bob Gascoigne of Royal Haskoning. Soft clay and silt went down 25 metres, so dredging it all out was…

4th September 2012

Soft options needed firming up

4th September 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired a contract with port operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for deepening and widening the port and access channel of JNPT in Mumbai, India.

3rd September 2012

Major dredging works at JNPT India

3rd September 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) will launch the new ‘Green Guide’ at this year’s GreenPort Congress which takes place in Marseille from 3 to 5 October 2012.

3rd September 2012

ESPO ‘Green Guide’ to be launched at Congress

3rd September 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Dr Carsten Wiebers, global head maritime industries, KfW IPEX-Bank, will be talking about the importance of green ship funding in the run-up to the global maritime environmental congress (gmec) taking place at…

3rd September 2012

SMM addresses green ship funding

3rd September 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Employees from the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) – a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) – have joined forces with AGCT management to increase modernisation and productivity.

3rd September 2012

AGCT employees join forces for progress

3rd September 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Stevie Knight explains the merits of getting dredging contractors onboard from the off

3rd September 2012

A leg to stand on

3rd September 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

US-based Decision Sciences has installed its first fully operational multi-mode passive detection system at Hutchison Ports’ Bahamas transhipment hub, Freeport Container Port.

2nd September 2012

Passive system promises speedier handling

2nd September 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The US 100% scanning diktat failed to meet its 2012 deadline, so where next, asks Felicity Landon

1st September 2012

Time gentlemen please

1st September 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Cargotec has launched a new electrical range of offshore MacGregor anchor handling/towing winches (eAHT) which offers improved operational performance and safety and reduced environmental impact.

31st August 2012

Cargotec introduces new electrical winch

31st August 2012

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

US east coast ports faced two very different threats this month: one the fault of Mother Nature and the other entirely manmade as Hurricane Isaac and longshoremen unions both knocked on port…

31st August 2012

Getting hit from both sides

31st August 2012

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Mexicos Transport and Communications Ministry is awaiting a judicial review of its decision to grant a consortium of ICA and APM Terminals a concession to build and operate a second container terminal…

31st August 2012

Judicial review of Lázaro Cárdenas tender

31st August 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

MSC and CMA CGM have withdrawn objections they lodged in respect of a proposed deal by APM Terminals to run various port terminals in Virginias ports for a period of 48 years.

31st August 2012

MSC and CMA CGM withdraw Virginia opposition

31st August 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand ratepayer-owned ports are expected to soon become subject to the Official Information Act following Labour MP Darien Fenton’s Local Government (Council Controlled Organisations) Amendment Bill being drawn from the ballot.

31st August 2012

NZ transparency bill drawn

31st August 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

PrimePort Timaru chief executive Jeremy Boys has advised staff there will be 29 redundancies as a consequence of the port having recently lost its container trade.

31st August 2012

Primeport redundancies confirmed

31st August 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Corporate social responsibility is now an important part of the concession mix. Felicity Landon reports

31st August 2012

A key ingredient

31st August 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A series of corporate social responsibility programmes were implemented by APM Terminals Callao when it started operations in July last year. These ranged from health & safety training and anti-corruption training to…

31st August 2012

Putting the community first

31st August 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Global container port throughput is forecast to surpass 800m teu by 2017, but port capacity growth will remain 6% below demand growth, according to the latest port sector report from Drewry Maritime…

31st August 2012

Capacity growth to lag future demand

31st August 2012