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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

As part of its environmental and safety strategy, Contship has introduced the “Green Lane” at its La Spezia container terminal. The company explains why this has been established and how it will…

7th April 2009

Contship takes the Green Lane

7th April 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Green Marine announces the return of its environmental conference on green technologies and innovation in marine transportation.

7th April 2009

Green Marine Conference

7th April 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

When Harwich Haven Authority was looking to replace its 27-year-oldsurvey vessel, a starting point was recognising that, because of thevaried nature of the survey work involved, one launch could not totallyfulfil the…

6th April 2009

Egret design

6th April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Nova Scotia has dropped a proposed joint Port of Halifax and Canadian National Railway (CN) gateway project on the back of high costs.

6th April 2009

Nova Scotia ditches Halifax gateway plan

6th April 2009

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Following its successful 2008 event in Shanghai, where over 800 key executives attended, TOC Asia is returning to China for 2009. Over 70 companies will be presenting their latest developments during the…

6th April 2009

TOC Asia 2009 – Shenzhen

6th April 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Softening cargo volumes have seen Ports of Auckland reduce road deliveries and delivery times at its Bledisloe and Fergusson container terminals.

5th April 2009

Auckland shortens cargo windows

5th April 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

A new port development in Mwambani Bay, Tanzania, threatens to damage a species of prehistoric fish, according to an assessment by a local environmental group.

4th April 2009

Project threatens ancient fish

4th April 2009

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

To invest or not to invest? Answer, first do your homework well, constantly monitor the market, appraise the competition and if you decide to go for it then seek the maximum return…

4th April 2009

To invest or…?

4th April 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Reports suggest that Port Klang terminal operator Northport is considering delaying the upgrade of one of its harbour areas, because of current financial worries. This decision is not necessarily supported by the…

3rd April 2009

Northport to slow investment?

3rd April 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

FFCA California convenes23-25 March 2009 with top speakers on the economy, energy and the environment to discuss current headline topics on funding, green jobs, low emission technologies, and air quality.

3rd April 2009

Faster Freight

3rd April 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Tallinn partnered a seminar on onshore energy supply, organised by the Baltic Ports Organization held in Tallinn on 14th January 2009 and attended by port representatives, international organisations, shipping…

3rd April 2009

Onshore Energy Supply Conference – Tallinn

3rd April 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hydrographic surveying is definitely best left to the experts, says William Heaps, chairman of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS).

2nd April 2009

Leave it to the experts

2nd April 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

A strike by freight forwarders in the Nigerian port of Lagos cost the country an estimated $27m during its first three days. So serious was the dispute that the federal minister of…

2nd April 2009

Nigerian forwarders strike

2nd April 2009

ASIA

ASIA

Philippines darling International Container Terminal Services Inc bucked the start of the economic downturn to produce strong 2008 year-end figures.

2nd April 2009

Firm financials from ICTSI

2nd April 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

There are to be 60 redundancies at Southampton docks, with even more of the contracted workforce going in response to the severe decline in UK containerised volumes, says the terminal operator, DP…

2nd April 2009

Redundancies at Southampton docks

2nd April 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dramatic drops in traffic at Valencia at the end of 2008 have continued into 2009, leaving some 400 dockworkers with practically no work to do.

2nd April 2009

Declining work for Spanish dock workers

2nd April 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Effective hydrographic surveying demands a great deal more than simply buying in the latest equipment or calling in outside contractors, as Felicity Landon explains

1st April 2009

A clear understanding

1st April 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigerias Sifax group, which is involved in port concessions and in the management of bonded warehouses, has revealed it is in discussions with DP World regarding the construction of a modern port…

1st April 2009

New Lagos deep water port planned

1st April 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Mutual insurer the TT Club has reported what it terms satisfactory financial results for 2008 amid market conditions which have drastically reined back earnings elsewhere in the insurance industry.

1st April 2009

TT Club slips into deficit

1st April 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Amsterdams Ceres Paragon terminal has changed its name to Amsterdam Container Terminals (ACT) effective immediately. The name change follows a share-swapping agreement, signed in December 2008, when Hutchison Port Holdings became the…

1st April 2009

Ceres identity shift

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Manta port authority APM is analysing a number of alternatives to continue the development of the port, APM president Lucí a Ferná ndez has said amid press reports suggesting Chinese, Spanish and…

1st April 2009

Manta

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US container ports on both coasts are acutely suffering from major downturns in traffic.

1st April 2009

Traffic downturn widespread across US

1st April 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports America beat off the competition to win a 50-year concession for five container terminals at the US Port of Oakland.

1st April 2009

Oakland concession granted

1st April 2009