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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) has become the first seaport in North America and the Pacific Rim to adopt a clean air rewards programme for visiting green vessel operators.

18th May 2012

LA pioneers clean ship incentive

18th May 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Southeast Asia ports are trying to find answers to help the cargo flow, and at time of writing, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was about to try to meld its…

18th May 2012

Lining up despite the rivalry

18th May 2012

ASIA

ASIA

Stevie Knight questions whether how many of the rising Southeast Asian feeder facilities will cope with the influx of traffic inevitably coming

16th May 2012

A domino waiting to fall

16th May 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

British government agency UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has published its most extensive assessment of market potential in the Asian ports sector to date.

15th May 2012

UK examines investment opportunities

15th May 2012

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Today, outdoor lighting solutions no longer have to rely just on yellow light. The alternative is high quality white light. Its much more successful in combining the qualities of daylight with the…

15th May 2012

A new era in port lighting

15th May 2012

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

Drydocks World and Maritime World have been implementing new environmentally friendly technologies and has a recertification to ISO 14001 standard by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA).

15th May 2012

New green initiatives in the UAE

15th May 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

PIANC Working Group 159 is focusing its work on renewable energy for ports.

15th May 2012

Pianc powers up renewables debate

15th May 2012

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) has become one of just three ports in the UK to be awarded an EcoPorts PERS certificate for its environmental management system.

14th May 2012

EcoPort cert for MHPA

14th May 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

A recent report issued by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has revealed that millions of pounds of EU public port finance may have been squandered in ineffective port projects.

14th May 2012

Scandal over misuse of public finance

14th May 2012

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Meeting swelling electrical demand at todays greener ports can be challenging, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre report

14th May 2012

Powering problems

14th May 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

For the Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership (MGT), the portcentric concept makes a lot of sense – as long as there are multiple contents in the container, says chief executive Kevin Doherty.

11th May 2012

Montreal to harness green gains with portcentric model

11th May 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The United Arab Emirates 1,200km rail network has secured the support of the regions dominant operator, DP World.

10th May 2012

Jebel Ali set to get rail link

10th May 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Felixstowe Port Users Association has donated the proceeds from its annual charity ball to the St Elizabeth Hospice, in memory of its former vice chairman, John Munnings.

10th May 2012

Felixstowe Port Users’ raise funds for hospice

10th May 2012

ASIA

ASIA

East Timor is planning two new ports to help ease congestion at the capital, Dili, with both the north and south coasts set to benefit from the ambitious development plan.

10th May 2012

East Timor plans tandem port projects

10th May 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Around 50 participants gathered in last month in Zeebrugge to attend an internal ESPO workshop on LNG bunkering.

10th May 2012

ESPO workshop on LNG bunkering

10th May 2012

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Ports of Stockholm has become one of the first in the world to use a novel method of dredging – freeze dredging – to extend a quay at Frihamnen.

10th May 2012

Unique dredging method at Stockholm

10th May 2012

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Oman’s Ministry of Transport and Communication has invested $143m into an expansion project at the Port of Salalah with the aim of doubling the ports general cargo capacity.

10th May 2012

Salalah invests to double capacity

10th May 2012

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The ‘port deconsolidation model’ has been heavily used in the US over the past two decades, says Dan Flaherty, vice president/general manager, port logistics, at Schneider Logistics.

10th May 2012

Freeing up the containers

10th May 2012

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Los Angeles has become the first seaport in North America and the Pacific Rim to adopt a clean air rewards programme for visiting green vessel operators.

9th May 2012

LA pioneers clean ship incentive

9th May 2012

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

The earth is certainly moving under the insurance market, as a result of the natural catastrophes of the past year and a half, and the port industry will suffer as a result.

9th May 2012

Reinsurers open premium hike floodgates

9th May 2012