News

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

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Gleadell Agriculture Ltd has just taken delivery of a rubber-tyred mobile shiploader from B&W Mechanical Handling for its new grain loading facility currently being constructed at the Port of Great Yarmouth, on…

14th June 2010

Grain shiploader has advanced dust control features

14th June 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

People influence profitablity – but getting the best from them doesnt have to cost, writes Stuart Pearcey

14th June 2010

Shoot for the moon

14th June 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Ecotank self-propelled barges, originally conceived to provide a versatile and convenient method for collecting and disposing of sewage in marinas and small harbours, are finding other uses such as for clean-up of…

13th June 2010

Further expansion for Ecotank

13th June 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

At the end of last year Cargotec received an order for a Siwertell ST 940-D continuous ship unloader from the Ministry of Infrastructure (SEINFRA) in Ceará State, north-east Brazil. Fabricated in Sweden…

13th June 2010

Screw-type ship unloader preferred on environmental grounds

13th June 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

In March OMC International headquartered in Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, opened a new South American office located in Bogota, Colombia, with the aim of making the region’s ports and waterways more efficient and…

12th June 2010

Allowing vessels to sail deeper can provide environmental benefits

12th June 2010