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EUROPE

EUROPE

The recapitalisation of BBI infrastructure through the creation of a new investor company, Brookfield, has lead to the ownership of PD ports passing to its UK subsidiary, Brookfield Ports (UK). BBI has…

26th November 2009

New owner for PD Ports

26th November 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

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26th November 2009

Manzanillo port disqualifies box bidders

26th November 2009

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Renewable energy technology, such as hydropower, can provide non-polluting alternatives to reduce emissions caused by fossil or nuclear fuels. Due to their location, ports could use tidal and wave power for meeting…

25th November 2009

Small scale hydropower: an alternative power option for ports?

25th November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The limits of liability set out under the Rotterdam Rules for loss ordamage are 875 SDRs per package or 3 SDRs per kilo, whichever amountis higher.

25th November 2009

The liability limits

25th November 2009

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Port and terminal operators are more than ever spoilt for choice in placing their insurance. The latest entrant to the market, and potentially a new power in this area, is Kiln, the…

25th November 2009

The Insurer

25th November 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland has been warned by both the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and Rail and Maritime Transport Union it will have to train its own workforce to cover labour…

25th November 2009

Unions demand local labour use

25th November 2009

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has formed the concept for its next-generation vessels by building on and refining existing technologies it has developed and adopted. The first new concept is a next-generation, environmentally friendly…

25th November 2009

New-generation, eco-friendly vessels

25th November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Craig Neame and Matthew Gore explore the new liabilities for terminal operators under the Rotterdam Rules

24th November 2009

THE ROTTERDAM RULES FOR TERMINAL OPERATORS

24th November 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

A private-sector regulatory board is to be set up in Nigeria to oversee the ports industry.

24th November 2009

Nigerian ports regulator established

24th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The first six out of a total of 32 transtainer cranes have been landed at the Port of Algeciras Bay.

24th November 2009

Algeciras units arrive

24th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

New figures point to a 4.1% fall in UK short sea unit load freight capacity over the last year.

24th November 2009

UK freight falls

24th November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has four new members: crane cabin specialist Brieda Cabins; port vehicle manufacturer Linde Heavy Trucks; drives systems supplier Control Techniques; and port equipment and services group…

24th November 2009

Four new members join PEMA

24th November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The EFFORTS Demonstration Event on Clean Energy Management, on Water Quality and on Air Quality in Le Havre drew a large and interested audience

24th November 2009

EFFORTS demonstration in Le Havre

24th November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Walter Schulze-Freyberg, Managing Director of Polzug Intermodal GmbH, has been awarded its logistics prize by BF Bahnen (the Federation of Managers of German Rail Companies).

24th November 2009

Polzug’s ‘Golden Environment’

24th November 2009

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Saigon Newport Company (SNP), Vietnam has awarded Cargotec a contract for a further six all-electric Kalmar E-One rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes, destined for the 1st phase of its Tan Cang-Cai Mep International…

23rd November 2009

Six electric RTG’s to Vietnam

23rd November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The customer is king is a mantra that has suddenly taken on new meaning for crisis-struck port chief executives.

23rd November 2009

Keeping the customers sweet

23rd November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Over half of the study participants confirmed that the recession has pushed them to reach out to their customers to more fully and proactively explore their needs, surface and explore underlying the…

23rd November 2009

Crisis soundbites

23rd November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The EFFORTS research project is intended to permit ports to strengthen their role as environmental protagonists and to improve trust of near-by residents

23rd November 2009

Making EFFORTS to be good neighbours

23rd November 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

At the Royal Haskoning Green Ports Conference in mid-October, port authorities, terminal operators and environmental managers met to discuss whether ports can maintain their environmental strategies in the current recession. Millie Clive-Smith…

23rd November 2009

Can ports be ‘green’ in a recession?

23rd November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

In a festive award ceremony Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH was presented the Crane of the Year award for its LHM 280 at the Beurs van Berlage, in Amsterdam. The event, organised by the…

23rd November 2009

Crane of the Year award for Liebherr’s LHM 280

23rd November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Gothenburg, a pioneer of shoreside power, is continually striving to reinforce its green strategy with important initiatives, including the introduction of gas recycling systems and the launch of its…

22nd November 2009

Gothenburg goes even greener

22nd November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Belgian port of Zeebrugge has bucked the downturn to post a volume increase of 1.5% for the first three quarters of this year.

22nd November 2009

Traffic up at Zeebrugge

22nd November 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A Siwertell coal unloader ordered to discharge coal in Porto do Itaqui, Brazil, offers environmental, technical, and efficiency benefits.

22nd November 2009

Siwertell coal unloader for Itaqui

22nd November 2009