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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Denmark - The Port of Odense has taken delivery of a new Liebherr mobile harbour crane, type LHM 550. With its impressive total height of 74 meter the crane is more than…

11th September 2011

New crane for Odense

11th September 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

USA - Martin Engineering, a global supplier of bulk handling systems and services, has taken another step in its expansion into India with the acquisition of a manufacturer of conveyor components and…

11th September 2011

Martin Engineering Acquires Clean Cat Conveyors

11th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

UK:The recent delivery of five giant scrubber units, built by Ledwood Mechanical Engineering, to the Valero Pembroke oil refinery on Milford Haven illustrates the ability of local companies to successfully deliver high…

11th September 2011

Giant sulphur reduction modules to Valero

11th September 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Carly Fields asks whether alliances and partnerships really do deliver on their promises

10th September 2011

A happy union

10th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Brazilian port of Maranhão is to construct a new grain terminal at a cost of $159m. A tender has been issued based on the facility handling 5m tonnes annually by July…

10th September 2011

Maranhão pushes grain terminal

10th September 2011

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Uruguays National Ports Authority (ANP) is to hike tariffs, which are calculated in US dollars, by 20%.

10th September 2011

Uruguay raises fees by 20%

10th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

France - Marseilles-based CMA CGM, organised its third Environment Days to mark World Environment Day and World Ocean Day.

10th September 2011

CMA CGM Group holds Environmental Day

10th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Germany - The first fully-automated battery-powered AGVs (AutomatedGuided Vehicles) have been put into service at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder, Hamburg.

10th September 2011

Zero-Emissions Terminal Takes a Leap Forward

10th September 2011

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Sweden - The Port of Gothenburg has contracted a new shunting operator.

9th September 2011

New shunting operator at the Port of Gothenburg

9th September 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

US - The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have selected seven local maritime and cargo companies as 2011 recipients of the Clean Air Action Plan AirQuality Awards.

9th September 2011

LA & Long Beach Announce Clean Air Winners

9th September 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

US - Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have signed up cloudbased environmental regulatory compliance management system from Enviance.

9th September 2011

Cloud Based Regulatory Compliance

9th September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Yossi Bassan, the Port of Ashdods vice president Logistics & Engineering, sings the praises of the many good, independent workshops around the port of Ashdod.

9th September 2011

Age not the only concern

9th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains National Ports Authority has confirmed that in the first six months of this year container traffic grew by 7.3% to more than 6.5m teu.

9th September 2011

Spanish box traffic up 7.3% for half year

9th September 2011

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

DP World Aden has appointed Portunus to undertake refurbishment of four RTG cranes.

9th September 2011

Portunus refurbishment gains

9th September 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Bulk handlers have to strike a fine balance between over and under utilisation of port assets. John Bensalhia reports

9th September 2011

Going with the grain

9th September 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand Stock Exchange-listed Cavotec MSL aims to raise significant capital in tandem with its October transfer to the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Exchange.

9th September 2011

Cavotec pairs listing with capital boost

9th September 2011

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9th September 2011

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9th September 2011

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A group of Iraqis are to hold weekly demonstrations on the border with Kuwait in protest against the construction of the Mubarak port on Boubyan island. The security services will be deployed…

8th September 2011

Iraqis to mount regular Mubarak protests

8th September 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The New South Wales Government is considering refinancing state-owned assets at Port Botany by offering private investors a 99-year lease on Sydney’s box port. The government has announced a “scoping study” to…

8th September 2011

NSW dangles Botany terminal lease carrot

8th September 2011

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Grain exports shipped through South Australian ports have attained record levels, according to agribusiness Viterra. A total of nearly seven million tonnes of grain has been exported from the state by 14…

8th September 2011

Record Southern grain exports

8th September 2011