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EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

GAC Training & Service Solutions Limited (GTSS) is a new initiative that will provide innovative and cost saving training solutions for the LNG and tanker markets, as well as other commodity and…

2nd April 2010

Training provision goes further

2nd April 2010

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Finding foolproof perimeter solutions takes a joined up approach, as Stevie Knight explains

1st April 2010

Fenced in

1st April 2010

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

The proposed New Doha Port will have a five kilometre long access channel, alongside which will be located a number of large container terminals.

1st April 2010

Doha to be dotted with box terminals

1st April 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A comparable 35% reduction in interim profit to NZ$3.7m (US$2.6m) and a “mixed” Northern Hemisphere trade outlook despite positive Asian volume, has seen Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) reduce its full-year profit…

1st April 2010

Reduced LPC profit

1st April 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An announcement that Ports of Auckland is investigating outsourcing parts of its stevedoring operation to third-party contractors has drawn a “not this century” response from a stopwork meeting of about 150 Maritime…

1st April 2010

Union reacts to Auckland outsourcing

1st April 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

With a further order from Lebanon and a follow-up order from Qatar, Gottwald is strengthening its position in the Middle East.

1st April 2010

Eastern orders for Gottwald

1st April 2010

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

An updated Code of Safe Practice for the carriage of timber cargo on deck is now being prepared for submission to the IMO’s DSC sub-committee. Mike Compton* reviews the probable changes to…

31st March 2010

Timber deck cargo under the spotlight

31st March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The British Conservative Party has pledged to call a halt to the collection of backdated port business rates and carry out a review of the issue, if it wins the upcoming General…

31st March 2010

Tories pledge on UK backdated rates fiasco

31st March 2010

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Insurance, long considered a financial side issue, is moving closer to centre stage.

31st March 2010

Risk is the new black

31st March 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

For all the bells and whistles that autosteering offers, one thing it can’t do is work straight out the box. But that’s not to say that set up can’t be streamlined by…

31st March 2010

Plug and play still a way off

31st March 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Yilport Container Terminal and Port Operators Inc is implementing APS’ container automation solutions at its facility in Gebze (near Istanbul) in Turkey.

31st March 2010

Further automation for Yilport

31st March 2010

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The West African Port of Tema has been working on a project to manage air quality and reduce greenhouse gases. Harry Barnes-Dabban, Executive Co-ordinator, Ports Environmental Network-Africa (PENAf), reports

30th March 2010

Managing air quality and greenhouse gases

30th March 2010

ASIA

ASIA

JNPT is designing two additional terminals, including a fourth container terminal, priced at an estimated $1.5m.

30th March 2010

JNPT to open two more box terminals

30th March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Aggressive measures to improve fuel economy and introduce environmentally sustainable operating practices have led to APM Terminals’ lowering its CO2 emissions to 17.6 kg per teu, a reduction of 8% from 2008.

30th March 2010

Long journey to eco-efficiency says APM

30th March 2010

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New technology which aims to bring significant safety benefits to terminal and yards through the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has just been released.

30th March 2010

RFID tags could improve safety

30th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Intermodal has an important role to play in reducing the environmental impact of freight transport. But a level playing field is needed, writes Peter Wolters deputy secretary-general of the European Intermodal Association

29th March 2010

A wealth of golden opportunities

29th March 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The ability for anyone to check a tyre pressure without even taking their hands out of their pockets is now available from Nokian.

29th March 2010

LED keeps tyre pressures in sight

29th March 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

More than 42 companies have acquired the bidding rules for the $812m port concession being offered by Costa Rica in Limón province.

29th March 2010

Significant interest in Costa Rican port project

29th March 2010

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Ports around New Zealand went on alert as a tsunami raced across the Pacific with the speed of a jetliner following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake just off the Chile coast in late February.

28th March 2010

Reaction to Chile tsunami

28th March 2010

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Western Australia’s Oakajee deepwater port has lifted its planned initial capacity to 45m tonnes/annum on the back of “strong interest from regional iron ore miners”. The authority has also announced that it…

28th March 2010

Oakajee ups planned capacity

28th March 2010