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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

US Customs and Border Protection have used Smartphone technology to boost security and customs operations even further.

19th July 2012

Smart processes speeds customs process

19th July 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Ports need to raise their marine security game before pirates start to pay more attention to them and try to repeat the highjacking of a ship anchored in Omani waters, outside Salalah.

19th July 2012

Ports need to be a lot less relaxed

19th July 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Zero emissions are the new goal, but the dispute about who shoulders the environmental burden rumbles on. Martin Rushmere reports

19th July 2012

All or nothing

19th July 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Its not enough just to talk blithely about reducing emissions, without considering the cost and the lack of responsibility by polluters, says Del Redvers, head of sustainability at BMT Group.

19th July 2012

Moving the SOx and NOx debate on

19th July 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Portuguese government is to invest €2.5bn ($3.5bn) in building new container terminals in the ports of Lisbon, Leixões and Sines.

19th July 2012

Portugal invests in new box terminals

19th July 2012

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Port authorities and governmental bodies have a great deal to gain when the deep pockets of big corporate entities are opened up.

19th July 2012

The positives of private investment

19th July 2012

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Fuel cell technology could be the perfect partner for localised port fleets. Stevie Knight reports

19th July 2012

Chemical reaction

19th July 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter says the Government needs to develop a national ports strategy so ports, which are majority or wholly-owned by local bodies, stop under-cutting each other.

19th July 2012

NZ port plan calls resurface

19th July 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Maritime Union of New Zealand national president Garry Parsloe says productivity bonuses earned by his Auckland members are a demonstration of their “strong commitment” and hard work.

19th July 2012

MUNZ Auckland workers earn bonuses

19th July 2012

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

At the end of March, Hapag Lloyd announced that the G6 Asia-Europe Loop 3 service would not call at the port of Gdansk, Poland.

19th July 2012

The jurys still out on Poland

19th July 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Essar Ports says that it is to cut back on its international ambitions and instead focus more heavily on its home market of India, where it intends to grow current capacity of…

19th July 2012

Essar to rein in international activities

19th July 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

New legislation in Italy, it is claimed, threatens to cannibalise the financial autonomy of ports.

19th July 2012

New legislation threatens Italian port autonomy

19th July 2012

ASIA

ASIA

PSA Singapore Terminals (PSA) has made a strategic investment in automation technologies to help maintain its status as one of the world’s largest transhipment hubs.

18th July 2012

PSA invests in automation

18th July 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Exploring the potential of wave and tidal power, or blue energy, for ports was the agenda of the recent PATCH workshop held recently in Ramsgate, UK.

18th July 2012

PATCH workshop reveals blue energy potential

18th July 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Dust Control Technology, one of the global leaders in open area dust suppression introduced a new family of tower mounts for the company’s atomised misting equipment which extends droplet hang time and…

18th July 2012

Dust Control Technology introduces new tower units

18th July 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

US based Applied Weather Technology Inc. (AWT) has revealed a new ship optimisation service (FOS) which it says will give ship operators the data needed to plan more efficient and environmentally friendly…

17th July 2012

New AWT fuel optimisation service

17th July 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A number of international maritime associations submitted a proposal to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) aiming for a legal requirement to be introduced, forcing port terminal operators and ships to verify container…

17th July 2012

Proposal to IMO for mandatory weighting of containers

17th July 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK’s Department of Transport has announced the biggest upgrade to the countrys rail network in years - great news for freight and terminal operators.

17th July 2012

UK invests in strategic rail network

17th July 2012

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The environmental pressures facing ports close to residential areas have surfaced in Melbourne, where residents of the suburb of Williamstown have already raised concerns about the proposed development of the Webb Dock…

17th July 2012

Residents throw spanner in Melbourne expansion

17th July 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Kochi Port Trust has invited bids for the establishment of a port user complex on a 900,000 m² area, which is to be offered as a 30-year concession.

17th July 2012

Kochi to re-tender Willingdon island

17th July 2012