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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Kuifeend + Grote Kreek nature conservation area lies within the Antwerp North railway marshalling yard, right in the middle of the port of Antwerp.

20th June 2010

Kuifeend nature conservation area

20th June 2010

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Richard Sadler, CEO of Lloyd’s Register, analyses the effect of biofuels on the shipping industry.

20th June 2010

Ready for biofuels?

20th June 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics cut its green house gas emissions by 32% last year. The company also cut its sulphur dioxide emissions (SO2) emissions by 135,000 tonnes in a nine year period from…

18th June 2010

WWL: 32%cut in greenhouse gas emissions

18th June 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Shipping specialists Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has unveiled a futuristic, zero-emissions, marine terminal powered by the sun and the wind

18th June 2010

Introducing: The “clean, green, terminal of the future”

18th June 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

French port equipment manufacturer Gaussin recently presented the ATT terminal trailer to the market. Now, however, the company has made the next logical step and launched the AMTS – multi-trailer system. Alex…

18th June 2010

Gaussin introduces Container Terminal Multi-trailer

18th June 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

While the majority of PDS on the market adopt some sort of global positioning satellite technology, the system marketed by Germany’s Symeo uses local wireless technology to counter problems associated with some…

18th June 2010

Local positioning overcomes global problems

18th June 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The GreenPort Logistics conference in Stockholm earlier this year focused on the challenges of carbon reduction in the transport chain

17th June 2010

Towards a carbon-reduced logistics chain

17th June 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Terminal operators are investing in state-of-the-art position detection systems to streamline box management, writes Patrik Wheater

17th June 2010

Finding lost boxes

17th June 2010

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The logistic chain must not just focus on environmental protection, but increasingly it must work towards becoming a “sustainable business”. The newly established ECO SLC initiative is aimed at assisting organisations with…

16th June 2010

Logistic Chain Management: from environmental protection to sustainable business

16th June 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A recent spate of takeover bids for the UKs Forth Ports has come to an end, with would-be suitor Northstream withdrawing a last-ditch attempt to secure the interest of Forth’s board with…

16th June 2010

No more bids for Forth Ports – for now

16th June 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Mobile has said that remaining open to commercial traffic even in the face of the Deepwater Horizon disaster is a necessity, given the economic trials caused by the oil…

16th June 2010

Mobiles pledge to stay open, despite spill

16th June 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) has acquired a 25% stake in Belgium’s multi-user Zeebrugge box terminal from APM Terminals (APMT), for €27.16m ($33.7m).

16th June 2010

Zeebrugge terminal share goes to SIPG

16th June 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Plans to build and operate a new port complex in Costa Ricas eastern Limón province have attracted a $950m price tag, port authority president Allan Hidalgo has said.

16th June 2010

Limons $950m price tag

16th June 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

El Salvadors La Union port opened on May 31, after receiving the ship and port facility security code (ISPS code) approval required to begin operations, an official from maritime ports authority AMP…

16th June 2010

La Union opens for business

16th June 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

An unprecedented coalition of organisations have joined forces to back a global e-petition demanding concrete action “to end the piracy that is putting lives at risk and threatening world trade”.

16th June 2010

E-petition to end piracy

16th June 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Port of Onnes West Africa Container terminal (WACT) has recorded container volume growth of 18% through May 2010, compared with the same period in 2009, as West Africa and other economically…

16th June 2010

Nigeria climbs Onne up

16th June 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The UK could undoubtedly be more competitive if employers offered their employees more incentives, according to the MacLeod Report under its title ‘Engaging for Success’. Produced by independent reviewers David MacLeod and…

16th June 2010

Top tips for an effective incentive scheme

16th June 2010

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Across the insurance market, the tide is beginning to turn as the money begins to burn.

16th June 2010

Early catastrophes sound warning bells

16th June 2010

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

sustainable future undertaken by the St. Lawrence – Great Lakes maritime industry in both Canada and the U.S., published the individual results attained by the 44 companies participating in the program.

15th June 2010

Green Marine Environmental Results

15th June 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Like a snowball rolling downhill, gathering snow and pace along the way, Finland is moving fast towards a ‘no-smoking’ culture.

15th June 2010

Finns find hard cash motivational

15th June 2010