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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Belgiums Phaeros is in the process of re-engineering its Harbour View portcommunity system.

13th November 2009

Phaeros

13th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Despite making significant inroads in environmental management, the majority of UK ports do not feel that they are doing enough, according to the Green Ports survey from Royal Haskoning.

13th November 2009

UK needs focus for greening of ports

13th November 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes has won an order to supply Egypts Port of Damietta with six rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and two empty container reachstackers.

13th November 2009

Konecranes supplies Damietta

13th November 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The shore power installation at Port Metro Vancouver, the home port of the Vancouver-Alaska cruise, is the result of a $9-million cooperative initiative between the Government of Canada, the British Columbia Ministry…

13th November 2009

Shore power for cruise ships in Vancouver

13th November 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

By sharing information in a highlyintegrated way, port community networks eliminate mountains ofpaperwork. Felicity Landon reports

12th November 2009

Port community milestone

12th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Ukranian Supreme Court has ruled that the agreement between the Russian National Container Company (NCC) and the state-run Commercial Sea Port of Illichivsk (SCPI) is void, effectively forcing NCCs Ukrainian subsidiary…

12th November 2009

Ukraine port accused of embezzeling by NCC

12th November 2009

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) recently announced the launch of its first direct feeder service for Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited. The new service will run directly from YICT to the factory…

12th November 2009

China new green feeder service

12th November 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

In a new “green port” collaboration, the Port of Long Beach and China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI), one of the world’s largest operators of seaport terminals, have signed a comprehensive environmental exchange…

12th November 2009

Port of Long Beachs Green Port tie up with China Merchants

12th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Every other tonne of cargomoved through the Flanders ports of Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend andZeebrugge is part of a short sea cargo - unless you look at Ostend,when the figure shoots up to…

11th November 2009

Flemish ports present single face to market

11th November 2009

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Sitting in the front row at Port Industry Day, held in New York in the auditorium aboard Intrepid, my head began to ache from the sheer complexity of solving infrastructure problems, on…

11th November 2009

Opinion Barry Parker New Yorker

11th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ukraines Yuzhny port authority has signed a deal confirming that it will register the berths built by Transinvestservice (TIS) in its port so that they can become operational - in return for…

11th November 2009

TIS dispute may resolve soon

11th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Ukrainian government has given the go-ahead for the expansion of Odessa, Yuzhny and Illichevsk into additional land areas.

11th November 2009

Ukraine forges ahead with port development

11th November 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A project to establish a minimum safety specification for quayside container cranes is being launched by TT Club, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) and ICHCA International - and the message is…

11th November 2009

Crane safety should not be optional

11th November 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec has delivered 20 Kalmar terminal tractors to the port of Rades in Tunisia, and has signed a deal to refurbish 13 straddle carriers later this year.

11th November 2009

Cargotec delivers

11th November 2009

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

A new GreenPort column designed to draw attention to the varied responsibilities of environment managers shaping port and terminal policy. This month, the spotlight falls on Charles Haine, Global Environmental Manager, DP…

11th November 2009

A week in the life of an Environment Manager

11th November 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A review of the fiscal year 2009 capital program implemented by the Tampa Port Authority shows the Port of Tampa’s commercial importance and economic impact as one of the region’s largest job…

11th November 2009

Job creation at the Port of Tampa

11th November 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Tampa Port Authority has announced that Separation Technologies LLC, the world’s largest beneficiator of fly ash, will begin a series of large export shipments of the cement supplement from the Port…

11th November 2009

Fly ash through Tampa

11th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

More than 420 companies have had financial support from the European Unions Marco Polo fund since its inception almost seven years ago - and rules for unlocking more of the ¢ 450m…

10th November 2009

Marco Polo grant qualification to get easier ne

10th November 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

10 November – Gottwald Port Technology GmbH has received an order from Grenland Havn for a new Mobile Harbour Crane.

10th November 2009

Gottwald secure order for Norways Greenland Port

10th November 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

For Europe and its shortsea ambitions, the future lies in the past, as Stuart Pearcey explains

9th November 2009

Shortsea: For Europe, the future lies in the past

9th November 2009