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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

On any given weekday, nearly 800 trucks roll through the gates of the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6, loaded with containers either arriving from or bound for Oregon’s international trade partners.

30th May 2009

Portland rolls out air quality information to truckers

30th May 2009

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A field study for a new port in the Gulf of Aqaba on the southern tip of Jordan has been completed.

30th May 2009

Jordan port study

30th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Port of Seattle Commissioners approved a plan today that protects jobs, supports local truckers and maritime cargo customers, and reduces diesel emissions.

29th May 2009

Seattle Port Commissioners approve clean air package

29th May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

The original bidding deadline of April 30 established by the Indian port of Jawaharlal Nehru for its proposed fourth container terminal is now been extended to June 1.

29th May 2009

Schedule slips for fourth JN box terminal

29th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Western Mediterranean ports must cooperate with emerging ports on the opposite side of the Mediterranean for the greater good of the region, an Italian port executive has advised.

28th May 2009

Call for greater cohesion between Med ports

28th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

$55m contract has been awarded to a local company for the construction of a 113ha container terminal in North Charleston.

28th May 2009

New box terminal for Charleston

28th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A security panel at the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) conference taking place in Genoa this week cautioned against ports committing now to installations to meet so-called 100% scanning legislation…

28th May 2009

Dont rush to meet 100% scanning legislation

28th May 2009

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new cable has just been released that will help ports that are prone to extremely low temperatures.

28th May 2009

Cabling that copes with permafrost

28th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The ‘Faunabescherming’ (society for the protection of wildlife) has withdrawn its objection to the construction permit for Maasvlakte 2 and the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to take a number of measures…

27th May 2009

‘Faunabescherming’ and Port of Rotterdam Authority sign agreement

27th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Following the three previous conferences in Pittsburgh, Brussels and Louisville, the 4th smart rivers ’21 conference, organised by the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses in Austria (PIANC Austria) and Austria Tech…

26th May 2009

smart rivers ‘21 heads for Vienna

26th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

AssociatedBritish Ports operation at Immingham on the Humber, which handles200,000 teu every year, has taken advantage of DGPS to make itscontainer terminal work harder; to move more cargo in less time; and…

26th May 2009

Differential GPS improves return on investment for Humber port

26th May 2009

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Itamazes me in this day and age - and this economic climate - that the UK governmentis still persisting in its drive to drag backdated rates from the nations portbusinesses.

26th May 2009

Fully charged

26th May 2009

ASIA

ASIA

June sees the opening of the tender process for Pakistans port optimisation project.

26th May 2009

Pakistan project opens to tenders

26th May 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Federal Government has allocated A$339m (US254m) over the next four years towards the development of common user facilities at the deepwater port at Oakajee. Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has…

26th May 2009

Oakajee funds commitment

26th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Forget expansion, focus resources on better box placement on dock, advises Stuart Pearcey

25th May 2009

Total recall: thinking outside the boxes

25th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Trucks serving the Port of Charleston are getting cleaner and greener through a new program that reduces truck emissions while saving companies big bucks on their fuel bill.

24th May 2009

SC Ports, Trucking Community Launch Partnership to Reduce Emissions

24th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

This year the company Auxema- Stemmann is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Originally founded as Auxema in 1967, after two years the formed a partnership with the German company August Stemmann (1912), incorporating…

23rd May 2009

40 years for Auxema-Stemmann

23rd May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

PureBallast, Alfa Laval’s chemical-free system for ballast water treatment developed in cooperation with Wallenius Water, will be installed aboard two new bitumen tankers for Nynas, a word-leading supplier of specialty petroleum products.

23rd May 2009

PureBallast for petroleum tankers

23rd May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Celebrating the maritime industry’s continued efforts to reduce diesel emissions in the Puget Sound region, the Port of Tacoma Commission recently applauded the voluntary environmental stewardship of ocean carriers and authorized a…

23rd May 2009

Reducing diesel emissions: Tacoma applauds ocean carriers

23rd May 2009

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

DP World has become the first Australian terminal operator to gain the international standard ISO 28000:2007 certification in supply chain security management at all of its Australian container terminals. The certification covers…

23rd May 2009

DPW nets ISO first

23rd May 2009