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REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

IPSEM is a voluntary standard of practice and a certification scheme, developed by Bureau Veritas, for the management of safety and environmental protection in ports

13th June 2008

Safety and Environmental Management Certification

13th June 2008

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

As part of its ongoing focus on promoting resource efficiencies, the Port of Brisbane Corporation has introduced a new corporate motor vehicle fleet policy. The policy aims to increase fuel efficiency and…

13th June 2008

New Corporate Motor Vehicle Policy

13th June 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Leading shipping lines have criticised a lack of investment and supporting infrastructure in Vietnamese ports.

12th June 2008

Crippled infrastructure threatens Vietnam success

12th June 2008

ASIA

ASIA

Vietnamsfirst purpose-built container port is increasing its berthing space by a morethan a third.

12th June 2008

VICT boosts capacity

12th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Irish port of Corks plans for a new container terminal have beenconsidered at an oral hearing, at which the Port of Waterford was a keyobjector.

12th June 2008

Cork news story

12th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Contship Italia has emphasised its commitment to the port of Cagliari by rejecting speculation that it is to pull out of Cagliari International Container Terminal.

12th June 2008

Contship stands by CICT

12th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The new Logistics Institute at the UK University of Hull is to teach a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in logistics - with port operation a key area.

12th June 2008

Operations arena for institute

12th June 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The threat of spiralling infrastructure, equipment, and staffing costs has led the World Customs Organization (WCO) to criticise the blanket approach of the US 100% maritime scanning legislation.

12th June 2008

Ports to feel pinch of blanket US legislation

12th June 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Building its Canadian presence, crane manufacturer Liebherr has confirmed orders for rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes at two Montreal terminals.

12th June 2008

Montreal terminals both choose Liebherr

12th June 2008

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

In the March/April issue of GreenPort, the Port of Brisbane outlined its strategy of operating its port in a sustainable. In this issue, the Port explains how it is working to save…

12th June 2008

Introducing a Water and Energy Conservation Plan

12th June 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With cabs getting ever more sophisticated, crane workers are more akin to their office-based counterparts than ever before, as Alex Hughes discovers

11th June 2008

Crane Cabs

11th June 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

If you look backover the last 50 years, the introduction of software to monitor productivityhas definitely been one of the major advances in helping to improve it, saysAssociated British Ports Danny Carmichael.

11th June 2008

Productivity gains on the back of software introduction

11th June 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Martin Szakal beganworking in the UKsport industry 30 years ago, when activities on the dock were governed by theNational Dock Labour Scheme.

11th June 2008

Sea change in thinking on performance measures

11th June 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The introductionof software has been an invaluable tool and has dramatically transformed thecontainer handling industry, says International Container Terminal Services Incs Andy Andrews.

11th June 2008

Promoting better box handling

11th June 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Biometrics might be the next big security thing, but too must reliance on one solution must be avoided, warns Stuart Pearcey

11th June 2008

Fingerprints: Pointing to the complacency trap

11th June 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The predictions in George Orwells novel 1984 seemed far-fetched when it was published six decades ago - but seem to be edging ever-closer with the co-operation between five countries to develop the…

11th June 2008

Thats Orwell and good…

11th June 2008

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The Portof Halifax in Nova Scotia knows its workers like the backs of theirhands -  and proves it by allowing (or denying) 4,000 of them access tothe right work area by scanning…

11th June 2008

Doing it by hand in Halifax

11th June 2008

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

The designation of hands-on manager is not always a compliment; its sometimes used derisively to describe someone who somehow advancedfrom the docks (or other blue collar work) up the rungs of theexecutive…

11th June 2008

Opinion Piece- USA

11th June 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Port of Oslo Takes Action to Clean the Contaminated Parts of Oslo Fjord to Improve Navigation and Safe Vessel Traffic

11th June 2008

Dredging Helps to Clean Up the Oslo Fjord

11th June 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Shipping industry figures are querying Ports of Aucklands ability to fund a future port development plan or even a forecast NZ$15m (US$11.6m) dividend payment for the current financial year.

10th June 2008

Auckland port finances attacked

10th June 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Vladivostok Port has reported a net profit of $9.54m for 2007, 3.3 times better than the 2006 result. During the same period, revenue grew by 34% to $53.21m, while cargo throughput increased…

10th June 2008

Variance in fortunes for Russian ports

10th June 2008

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

After having awarded contracts worth $952m to build the initial phase of Khalifa Port, the government of Abu Dhabi has announced its intention to issue a new round of tenders covering additional…

10th June 2008

More contracts to come at Khalifa

10th June 2008

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A new emissions-free, 30-ton container hauler, aimed at cutting noise and air pollution, has been launched by the Port of Los Angeles

10th June 2008

Introducing: The 30 ton Electric Container Truck

10th June 2008