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ASIA

ASIA

APM terminals’ Asia Pacific operation has been in the thick of the recent industry upheavals, and while there are some positives signs of growth, the squeeze is still on.

15th March 2010

A value-for-money approach

15th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Bromma continues to win major new orders for its all-electric GreenLine spreaders, including very strong demand for its single lift all-electric yard units. Bromma has won orders for nearly 70 GreenLine spreaders…

14th March 2010

Over 70 GreenLine spreader orders for Bromma

14th March 2010

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Energy efficient marine equipment will contribute to an even more environmentally friendly mode of transport, says EMEC, the European Marine Equipment Council

14th March 2010

Green maritime technologies

14th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Norfolk Southern Corporation’s sustainability initiatives have earned the company recognition as one of 25 green supply chain partners named by Inbound Logistics magazine.

12th March 2010

Norfolk Southern a top ‘green’ company

12th March 2010

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Polarcus, a leading marine geophysical company, has announced that it is using Castrol Marine’s range of environmentally responsible lubricants. The company has teamed up with Castrol Marine, one of the leading global…

12th March 2010

Polarcus partners with Castrol to enhance green credentials

12th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Work on deepening the Western Scheldt will start in a few weeks, now that the Council of State in the Netherlands has given the go-ahead. According to Flemish minister of public works…

12th March 2010

Dutch go-ahead for Scheldt deepening

12th March 2010

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The latest United States budget has moved away from the aim of scanning 100% of US-bound container cargo at over 700 foreign ports.

11th March 2010

US abandons 100% scanning target

11th March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The battle for Forth Ports, owner of some of the UK’s largest facilities, is heating up with the company’s share price positively reflecting the strong interest.

11th March 2010

Forth bids spark expectations

11th March 2010

ASIA

ASIA

A port survey has shown that the total investment earmarked for expansion and renovation projects along the 2,838km navigable length of the Yangtze river now comes to around $4bn.

11th March 2010

Yangtze aims higher – and deeper

11th March 2010

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Global cabling systems group, Nexans, control systems specialist, Advanced Microwave Engineering (AME) and sensor solutions producer SICK, are to become members of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA), in a move that…

11th March 2010

Three new PEMA members

11th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

With its “Port and City Together” Project, the Port of Gijón, Spain, was the first winner of the ESPO Societal Integration award. GreenPort Journal interviews the President of the Port of Gijón,…

11th March 2010

Gijón: “Port and City Together”

11th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Simon Bennett, secretary, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), reviews the Copenhagen Conference and the implications for the global shipping industry

11th March 2010

Reducing shipping’s CO2 emissions: what next after Copenhagen?

11th March 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The previously intimate Shanghai and Hong Kong now seem like strangers, as Stevie Knight discovers

11th March 2010

Worlds apart

11th March 2010

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Port of Los Angeles is vying with neighbouring Long Beach in implementing a series of initiatives aimed at improving the port’s environmental performance. The port is entering into negotiations with Los Angeles…

10th March 2010

LA to assess fuel-cell trucks

10th March 2010

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

There are still some very strange things that go on in the ports sector – things that unless you have a vested interest don’t seem to add up at all.

10th March 2010

Dumb and dumber

10th March 2010

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

DNV Climate Change Services North America explores the growing pressure on ports to balance emission reductions initiatives with the need to maintain commercially competitive facilities and operating conditions

9th March 2010

A vision for Greenport operations

9th March 2010

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Department for Transport’s (DfT) long-awaited National Policy Statement for ports. The trade body believes that the draft statement should pave the way for…

9th March 2010

Trade body welcome UK ports statement

9th March 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

During the course of last summer, three technical committees composed of Green Marine participants held a series of meetings to discuss the addition of new issues to the Environmental Programme and the…

9th March 2010

Green Marine revises performance indicators

9th March 2010

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Long Beach’s transformation into an environmental leader among seaports began five years ago this month with approval of the Green Port Policy

9th March 2010

A port transformed: five years of the Green Port policy

9th March 2010

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Although the contract with the external services company at Naha isstill in its early days, NICTIs president Edgardo Q Abesamis says, to date, there have been no badexperiences; to the contrary, things…

9th March 2010

Preparation key to securing expert third party management

9th March 2010