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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

New Zealand port company directors and shareholders need to take a wider view of the potential value and efficiencies that could be secured via combinations and mergers, according to South Port chairperson…

16th October 2008

NZ snippet articles (Nov 2008)

16th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UKsValuation Office Agency (VOA) came under fire in a heated parliamentarycommittee meeting in London yesterday for itscompletely unacceptable enforcement of backdated business rates on UK portoccupiers without adequate consultation.

16th October 2008

UK rating agency forced to explain backdated rates fiasco

16th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Drewry Shipping Consultants has provided a brief oasis of hope for container terminals in an otherwise parched industry in its annual global container terminal operators review.

16th October 2008

Container slowdown small help to capacity crunch

16th October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotecs spreader-mounted radiation detection system has been awarded the US Department of Homeland Security Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology Designation after achieving 100% accuracy with no false readings on 300 consecutive tests using a…

16th October 2008

Security spreader gets 100% mark

16th October 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Training drivers to use reachstackers more efficiently is just one way to cost effectively improve productivity, as Alex Hughes reports

15th October 2008

Reach stackers

15th October 2008

THE AUSTRALIAN

THE AUSTRALIAN

As Port Botanys third terminal expansion project moves into itsdredging phase, debate about the potential flow-on effects ofintroducing a third stevedore into the Sydney container scene has takensome interesting turns.

15th October 2008

Could a third stevedore reduce long-term competition in Sydney?

15th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Shipping terminals were recently invited by the Port of Long Beach to a workshop to learn more about how the Port is using ship to shore power.

15th October 2008

Long Beach hosts ship-to shore power workshop

15th October 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Associated British Ports (ABP), which received recommendations from the Carbon Trust, implementation of which resulted in an immediate 8% saving in energy consumption, has carried out extensive work to its water supply…

14th October 2008

A water solution to cut costs

14th October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

State Development and Investment Corporation subsidiary SDIC Communications plans to sell the 12.32% stake it holds in Nantong Port Group Company. The other two shareholders in the company have first refusal in…

14th October 2008

Nantong stake sold

14th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

In mid-October, the Port of Long Beach dedicated a new Clean Trucks Sales and Leasing office and handed over the keys to the first two big-rigs leased through the Port’s Clean Trucks…

14th October 2008

First clean trucks distributed to drivers

14th October 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Stephanie Knight finds that ship-to-shore crane manufacturers are already thinking beyond the standard 22 container outreach

13th October 2008

Size matters

13th October 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments will be held in Jacksonville, Florida, 2-5 February 2009. The Conference combines scientific and engineering advances with management frameworks and policies to achieve…

13th October 2008

Contaminated sediment remediation conference

13th October 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

TheQueensland government has promised residents of Mackay that the portwill not be used to export the regions large reserves of coal.Instead, the exports will be channelled via the existing coalspecialist ports of…

12th October 2008

Mackay coal pledge

12th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach held a second public hearing in October on a draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for a proposed Port administration building and maintenance facility complex. The new facility…

12th October 2008

EIR for “green” port building

12th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

As part of its policy to promote the quality of shipping in the port, Port Metro Vancouver has announced a reduction on port dues for sea-going vessels certified by the Green Award…

10th October 2008

Port Metro Vancouver joins Green Award

10th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Drewry Shipping Consultants latest container market review has painted a bleak picture of short term prospects for lines and ports.

10th October 2008

Underinvestment in developing world ports exacerbating container downturn

10th October 2008

ASIA

ASIA

The 3i Group is apparently considering investing up to $219m for a 26% stake in a southern Indian port operator, believed to be Krishnapatnam Port Company, which is developing a deepwater port…

10th October 2008

3i eyes south India

10th October 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

According to an International Transport Forum study published in May, ecodriving has become a key element of national strategies to reduce CO2 emissions in a number of countries.

9th October 2008

Ecodrive your way to energy savings

9th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenyas key port of Mombasa is winning the battle against port congestion after enforcing 24 hour operations.

9th October 2008

Mombasa tackles congestion head on

9th October 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Nearly 10,000 people attended the fourth annual Port of Long Beach Green Port Fest on 4 October. The Port hosted a daylong block-party for Long Beach residents, their families and friends, transforming…

8th October 2008

Thousands attend Long Beach Green Port Fest

8th October 2008

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Whatever happened in recent weeks at the Georgian port of Poti, it gave everyone in the formerly economically buzzing facility quite a fright. Russian troops swept into the Black Sea town to…

8th October 2008

Theinsurer James Brewer

8th October 2008

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Mitsui is supplying 11 hybrid transtainer units to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. These cranes feature diesel engines which vary the engine speed depending on load, and also have capacitors…

8th October 2008

Mitsui cranes for Asia

8th October 2008

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Considerable interest is being shown in environmental problems in Korea, which is now becoming a growing issue in Korea. ‘Green’ issues relating to harbour development, management and operation is becoming increasingly important.

7th October 2008

Korea focuses on ports and the environment

7th October 2008