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ASIA

ASIA

June sees the opening of the tender process for Pakistans port optimisation project.

26th May 2009

Pakistan project opens to tenders

26th May 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Federal Government has allocated A$339m (US254m) over the next four years towards the development of common user facilities at the deepwater port at Oakajee. Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has…

26th May 2009

Oakajee funds commitment

26th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Forget expansion, focus resources on better box placement on dock, advises Stuart Pearcey

25th May 2009

Total recall: thinking outside the boxes

25th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Trucks serving the Port of Charleston are getting cleaner and greener through a new program that reduces truck emissions while saving companies big bucks on their fuel bill.

24th May 2009

SC Ports, Trucking Community Launch Partnership to Reduce Emissions

24th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

This year the company Auxema- Stemmann is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Originally founded as Auxema in 1967, after two years the formed a partnership with the German company August Stemmann (1912), incorporating…

23rd May 2009

40 years for Auxema-Stemmann

23rd May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

PureBallast, Alfa Laval’s chemical-free system for ballast water treatment developed in cooperation with Wallenius Water, will be installed aboard two new bitumen tankers for Nynas, a word-leading supplier of specialty petroleum products.

23rd May 2009

PureBallast for petroleum tankers

23rd May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Celebrating the maritime industry’s continued efforts to reduce diesel emissions in the Puget Sound region, the Port of Tacoma Commission recently applauded the voluntary environmental stewardship of ocean carriers and authorized a…

23rd May 2009

Reducing diesel emissions: Tacoma applauds ocean carriers

23rd May 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World has become the first Australian terminal operator to gain the international standard ISO 28000:2007 certification in supply chain security management at all of its Australian container terminals. The certification covers…

23rd May 2009

DPW nets ISO first

23rd May 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Forth Ports has taken the mobile crane concept to heart; since the UK operator added four Sennebogen 870 Mobile Special machines to its traditional port crane fleet the machines have been moved,…

23rd May 2009

Mobile cranes get a move on

23rd May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Establishing new markets outside of container handling for existing products is always a difficult task to undertake. However, one market that the Linde Heavy Truck Division has been successful in breaking into…

22nd May 2009

SIAG turns to Linde for mobile yard operations

22nd May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday, May 18, 2009 approved an $881 million budget for the Port of Long Beach that reflects the sluggish state of world trade and…

22nd May 2009

Long Beach Commission approves $881 million port budget

22nd May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Some years ago, CLPE decided not to rely wholly on second-hand sales in order to stay in business over the longer term.

22nd May 2009

Moves division secures CLPE future

22nd May 2009

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Conductix-Wampfler AG has developed a new alternative for the electrification of rubber tired gantry cranes (RTGs). This so-called “Drive-In” solution is a system extension for the conductor bar systems already on the…

21st May 2009

“Drive-In” makes green ports a possibility

21st May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Operators looking for relatively youthful second-handequipment in todays market may have to consider acquiring slightlyolder units, for which demand is less strong.

21st May 2009

2nd hand photos

21st May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute, a US group that promotes alternative fuel use, recently gave its “20/20 Vision Award” to Long Beach Harbor Commissioner Mario Cordero for his leadership role in implementing…

20th May 2009

Clean Fuels Group honours Long Beach Harbor Commissioner

20th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A lack of new sales has hit the supply of equipment to the second hand sector, as Alex Hughes explains

20th May 2009

2nd hand equipment

20th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rod Johnstone, the chief executive who  oversaw the investment of over £ 30 million in Shoreham Port in the last five years, is moving back up to Scotland, where he will be…

20th May 2009

Shoreham Port CEO leaves for Scottish role

20th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has unanimously approved an exhaustive environmental study of the Middle Harbor Redevelopment project, green-lighting a $750 million renovation to transform two aging Port of Long…

19th May 2009

Long Beach’s $750 million “greenest” redevelopment project approved

19th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Topping up chillers for air conditioning and refrigeration units with the refrigerant R22 will be illegal in the European Union by the end of the year and food and other perishable cargo…

19th May 2009

R22 just wont do!

19th May 2009

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Reform of port labour arrangements, and especially that thorny taskof downsizing, is invariably something that is the focus ofconsiderable controversy.

19th May 2009

PS PAGE

19th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Continuing the Charleston maritime community’s “Pledge for Growth” environmental commitment, a local tug boat operator, Moran Charleston, is switching half its fleet to cleaner burning fuels. The fuel switch was made possible…

18th May 2009

Charleston tug boats switch to cleaner fuel

18th May 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Ecoports Foundation continues its involvement within European research and development projects and initiatives aiming towards the development of new practicable tools for port environmental management.

18th May 2009

Ecoports projects news

18th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Taking care of shore-side workers handling dangerous cargoes can be tough with mis-declaration and a lack of understanding rife, as Patrik Wheater explains

18th May 2009

Keeping dangerous cargoes safe (REVISED)

18th May 2009