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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

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

At the recent transport logistic 2009, via donau took the opportunity to present the Web platform of the Blue Pages. Accessible free of charge at www.blue-pages.at, it is an online directory of…

17th May 2009

via donau launches Blue Pages web platform for Danube transport service providers

17th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Eurogate may now officially call itself “Environmental partner of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg”. The Urban Planning and Environment Office bestow this title on companies that demonstrate voluntary and systematic…

16th May 2009

Eurogate becomes environmental partner of the City of Hamburg

16th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains Algeciras and Moroccos Tanger Med ports have combined thinking to optimise roll on/roll off traffic between the two. Since last November, a daily service with four sailings in both directions has…

16th May 2009

Algeciras and Tanger ro-ro team

16th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports Lowestoft base is to become the operations centre for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm which, when completed, will be the worlds largest offshore wind farm.

16th May 2009

Lowestofts windy business boost

16th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

On the thorny issue of finance, the Port of Marseilles has so farmanaged to avoid the hurdles being placed at the door of so many portoperators.

15th May 2009

Financing woes yet to bite French ports

15th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Representatives of 13 European port authorities met in Rotterdam on 20-21 April for the kick-off meeting of the “People around Ports” project. Initiated by the Port of Rotterdam, this co-operative project aims…

14th May 2009

Kick-off meeting “People around Ports” project

14th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Le Havre is to invest ¢ 900m ($1.2bn)-¢ 1bn ($1.3bn) to double container traffic by 2015. In 2007-2013, the ¢ 624m ($823.6m) already pledged will be strengthened by an…

14th May 2009

Le Havre aims to double throughput

14th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Algeciras Port has felt the sting of a 14.5% drop in traffic during the first quarter of 2009, the biggest fall being in solid bulks.

14th May 2009

Algeciras Port shows up negatives

14th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Total tonnage at the Port of Prince Rupert has slumped by nearly a quarter year-on-year, according to official figures.

14th May 2009

Coal lets down Prince Rupert

14th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port throughput in Latin American and the Caribbean is expected to see a significant drop this year in the wake of the global financial crisis, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and…

14th May 2009

ECLAC

14th May 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two post-Panamax cranes were delivered by Liebherr to the United Arab Emirates in a ready to go state recently - despite high seas which meant the delivery barge had to take shelter…

14th May 2009

Cranes sail into port upright

14th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

PIANC 2009 Resolution on Climate Change During its Annual General Assembly in Helsinki at the end of May, PIANC prepared the following 2009 Resolution: “With the impact of Climate Change now being…

13th May 2009

PIANC 2009 Resolution on Climate Change

13th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Jakartas key port is taking a leaf out of Rotterdams books on management, as Mike King discovers

13th May 2009

Jakarta port profile

13th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Kalmar has won a five-year equipment servicing and maintenance contract from Durres Port Authority (DPA) in Albania. Part of the ports drive to a landlord model, DPA said the partnership with Cargotecs…

13th May 2009

Durres plumps for Kalmar

13th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on carbon emissions from shipping and its promotion of a more robust methodology to determine the UK’s share of…

12th May 2009

FTA urges caution over shipping emissions report

12th May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Many of South East Asias key ports are taking advantage of the sliding box sector to focus attention on non-containerised cargo.

12th May 2009

A chance for non-container cargoes to shine

12th May 2009

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Public-private partnerships (PPP) are back in the news. In March, ata time when reports of slower trade growth continued to mount, reportsof two fresh US port privatisations (one agreed upon, one at…

12th May 2009

New Yorker April Opinion

12th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseilles Fos has set out its goals through to 2013 in line with sweeping reforms to the French port industry introduced last July.

12th May 2009

Marseilles sets four-year path

12th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Brazils National Agency for Waterborne Transport (Antaq) has confirmed that demand is sufficient for the national government to expand Santos Port.

12th May 2009

Santos expansion confirmed as viable

12th May 2009