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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Operators looking for relatively youthful second-handequipment in todays market may have to consider acquiring slightlyolder units, for which demand is less strong.

21st May 2009

2nd hand photos

21st May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute, a US group that promotes alternative fuel use, recently gave its “20/20 Vision Award” to Long Beach Harbor Commissioner Mario Cordero for his leadership role in implementing…

20th May 2009

Clean Fuels Group honours Long Beach Harbor Commissioner

20th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A lack of new sales has hit the supply of equipment to the second hand sector, as Alex Hughes explains

20th May 2009

2nd hand equipment

20th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rod Johnstone, the chief executive who  oversaw the investment of over £ 30 million in Shoreham Port in the last five years, is moving back up to Scotland, where he will be…

20th May 2009

Shoreham Port CEO leaves for Scottish role

20th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has unanimously approved an exhaustive environmental study of the Middle Harbor Redevelopment project, green-lighting a $750 million renovation to transform two aging Port of Long…

19th May 2009

Long Beach’s $750 million “greenest” redevelopment project approved

19th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Topping up chillers for air conditioning and refrigeration units with the refrigerant R22 will be illegal in the European Union by the end of the year and food and other perishable cargo…

19th May 2009

R22 just wont do!

19th May 2009

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Reform of port labour arrangements, and especially that thorny taskof downsizing, is invariably something that is the focus ofconsiderable controversy.

19th May 2009

PS PAGE

19th May 2009

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Continuing the Charleston maritime community’s “Pledge for Growth” environmental commitment, a local tug boat operator, Moran Charleston, is switching half its fleet to cleaner burning fuels. The fuel switch was made possible…

18th May 2009

Charleston tug boats switch to cleaner fuel

18th May 2009

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Ecoports Foundation continues its involvement within European research and development projects and initiatives aiming towards the development of new practicable tools for port environmental management.

18th May 2009

Ecoports projects news

18th May 2009

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Taking care of shore-side workers handling dangerous cargoes can be tough with mis-declaration and a lack of understanding rife, as Patrik Wheater explains

18th May 2009

Keeping dangerous cargoes safe (REVISED)

18th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

At the recent transport logistic 2009, via donau took the opportunity to present the Web platform of the Blue Pages. Accessible free of charge at www.blue-pages.at, it is an online directory of…

17th May 2009

via donau launches Blue Pages web platform for Danube transport service providers

17th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Eurogate may now officially call itself “Environmental partner of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg”. The Urban Planning and Environment Office bestow this title on companies that demonstrate voluntary and systematic…

16th May 2009

Eurogate becomes environmental partner of the City of Hamburg

16th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains Algeciras and Moroccos Tanger Med ports have combined thinking to optimise roll on/roll off traffic between the two. Since last November, a daily service with four sailings in both directions has…

16th May 2009

Algeciras and Tanger ro-ro team

16th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports Lowestoft base is to become the operations centre for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm which, when completed, will be the worlds largest offshore wind farm.

16th May 2009

Lowestofts windy business boost

16th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

On the thorny issue of finance, the Port of Marseilles has so farmanaged to avoid the hurdles being placed at the door of so many portoperators.

15th May 2009

Financing woes yet to bite French ports

15th May 2009

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Representatives of 13 European port authorities met in Rotterdam on 20-21 April for the kick-off meeting of the “People around Ports” project. Initiated by the Port of Rotterdam, this co-operative project aims…

14th May 2009

Kick-off meeting “People around Ports” project

14th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Le Havre is to invest ¢ 900m ($1.2bn)-¢ 1bn ($1.3bn) to double container traffic by 2015. In 2007-2013, the ¢ 624m ($823.6m) already pledged will be strengthened by an…

14th May 2009

Le Havre aims to double throughput

14th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Algeciras Port has felt the sting of a 14.5% drop in traffic during the first quarter of 2009, the biggest fall being in solid bulks.

14th May 2009

Algeciras Port shows up negatives

14th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Total tonnage at the Port of Prince Rupert has slumped by nearly a quarter year-on-year, according to official figures.

14th May 2009

Coal lets down Prince Rupert

14th May 2009

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port throughput in Latin American and the Caribbean is expected to see a significant drop this year in the wake of the global financial crisis, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and…

14th May 2009

ECLAC

14th May 2009