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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK-based Transmon Engineering has developed a forklift truck speed controller to improve on-dock safety.

3rd June 2009

Transmon tackles forklift speed demons

3rd June 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Naples and Assoporti (Italian Association of Port Authorities) were delighted to host the GreenPort 2009 conference in Naples. It provided an opportunity to showcase important sustainability initiatives being developed…

3rd June 2009

Italian Ports: pursuing a green strategy

3rd June 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Jaxports tonnage figures for the six months to end of March show increases in containers, steel, lumber and liquid bulks, which have gone a long way to offsetting a 20% fall in…

2nd June 2009

Jaxport figures

2nd June 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports Australia executive director David Anderson has called for Australias three levels of government to co-ordinate their investment in regional ports and the supporting supply chains.

2nd June 2009

Co-ordinate Australian port investment

2nd June 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Humber Docks Rating Group has asked Secretary of State, Hazel Blears, to take the burden off UK ports and remove the current, unworkable situation which was implemented in the pre-Budget report…

2nd June 2009

Docks rating group points it out

2nd June 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The World Ports Climate Initiative, under the leadership of IAPH, is now well under way, with four active projects and two in preparation. GreenPort 2009 provided an opportunity to review the work…

2nd June 2009

Ports Climate Initiative: Charting the way ahead

2nd June 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

While overall the cargo statistics make gloomy reading, ports on the US East Coast are far from defeated, as Felicity Landon discovers

1st June 2009

Positive investment

1st June 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

South African state transport company Transnet has dismissed the need to build a second port at Durban.

1st June 2009

No immediate need for second Durban port

1st June 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Despite virtually every other Spanish port losing business, container throughput at Valencia rose by 5% during the first three months, prompting the port authority to accelerate its North Access project.

1st June 2009

Valencia stands tall amid downturn

1st June 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The current global economic downturn has effectively put back the date for the issuing of a tender for a new vehicles terminal in the Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdenas.

1st June 2009

Car terminal stalls at Lázaro Cárdenas

1st June 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The importance of keeping sustainability high on the agenda of ports, transport operators and shippers was an important theme of the GreenPort 2009 Conference held in Naples earlier this year. Kate Royston…

1st June 2009

Ports endorse “lean and green” strategy

1st June 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

On any given weekday, nearly 800 trucks roll through the gates of the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6, loaded with containers either arriving from or bound for Oregon’s international trade partners.

30th May 2009

Portland rolls out air quality information to truckers

30th May 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A field study for a new port in the Gulf of Aqaba on the southern tip of Jordan has been completed.

30th May 2009

Jordan port study

30th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Port of Seattle Commissioners approved a plan today that protects jobs, supports local truckers and maritime cargo customers, and reduces diesel emissions.

29th May 2009

Seattle Port Commissioners approve clean air package

29th May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The original bidding deadline of April 30 established by the Indian port of Jawaharlal Nehru for its proposed fourth container terminal is now been extended to June 1.

29th May 2009

Schedule slips for fourth JN box terminal

29th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Western Mediterranean ports must cooperate with emerging ports on the opposite side of the Mediterranean for the greater good of the region, an Italian port executive has advised.

28th May 2009

Call for greater cohesion between Med ports

28th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

$55m contract has been awarded to a local company for the construction of a 113ha container terminal in North Charleston.

28th May 2009

New box terminal for Charleston

28th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A security panel at the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) conference taking place in Genoa this week cautioned against ports committing now to installations to meet so-called 100% scanning legislation…

28th May 2009

Dont rush to meet 100% scanning legislation

28th May 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new cable has just been released that will help ports that are prone to extremely low temperatures.

28th May 2009

Cabling that copes with permafrost

28th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The ‘Faunabescherming’ (society for the protection of wildlife) has withdrawn its objection to the construction permit for Maasvlakte 2 and the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to take a number of measures…

27th May 2009

‘Faunabescherming’ and Port of Rotterdam Authority sign agreement

27th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Following the three previous conferences in Pittsburgh, Brussels and Louisville, the 4th smart rivers ’21 conference, organised by the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses in Austria (PIANC Austria) and Austria Tech…

26th May 2009

smart rivers ‘21 heads for Vienna

26th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

AssociatedBritish Ports operation at Immingham on the Humber, which handles200,000 teu every year, has taken advantage of DGPS to make itscontainer terminal work harder; to move more cargo in less time; and…

26th May 2009

Differential GPS improves return on investment for Humber port

26th May 2009

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Itamazes me in this day and age - and this economic climate - that the UK governmentis still persisting in its drive to drag backdated rates from the nations portbusinesses.

26th May 2009

Fully charged

26th May 2009