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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

UK seas may finally get the protection they need, with indications by Gordon Brown that a Marine Bill will be included in the Queen’s Speech later this year, which sets out future…

1st June 2008

Green light for UK Marine Bill?

1st June 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Earthrace, the world’s “fastest and greenest” powerboat started its round-the-world race at the end of April, in an attempt to break the world record and promote the use of sustainable fuels.

31st May 2008

Earthrace Eco powerboat

31st May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Operator PD Ports and UK supermarket chain Tesco have announced plans to bring 800 new jobs to Teesside, through the development of a state-of-the-art import centre.

30th May 2008

Tesco brand takes on port

30th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A proposal is being considered by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that could see a 50% increase in the cost of diesel at the pump.

30th May 2008

Diesel prices “could rise by 50%”

30th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

242 participants from all over the world gathered in Copenhagen 23-25 April for the 29th International Bunker Conference. Upcoming emissions regulations are one the biggest challenges facing the shipping and marine fuels…

29th May 2008

MARPOL Annex VI discussed in the International Bunker Conference

29th May 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The challenge of neutralising undeclared dangerous cargoes passing through ports today is greater than ever, as Stuart Pearcey reports

28th May 2008

Playing dirty: extra danger in any cargo

28th May 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Hidden within a perfectly innocent cargo, adirty bomb is created by combining radioactive nuclear waste material andconventional explosives.

28th May 2008

Down and dirty

28th May 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Portek chairman Larry Lam and executive director Ooi Boon Hoe examine the cascade effect in container shipping and the future implications for regional and feeder ports

28th May 2008

Portek article

28th May 2008

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

· MPX (mid panamax) - 2,000 teu-3,500 teu · LPX (large panamax) - 3,500 teu-4,500 teu · PPX (post panamax) - 4,500 teu-6,000 teu · LPPX (large post panamax) - 6,000 teu-8,000…

28th May 2008

Containership cascade

28th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Tauranga boss Mark Cairns talks candidly to Dave MacIntyre about why he believes there is a pressing need for an overhaul in New Zealand port ownership.

28th May 2008

Time for change

28th May 2008

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is a company thathas a reputation for introducing modern container handling expertiseinto nations that have previously been bereft of this asset and thelatest chapter regarding its…

28th May 2008

PS PAGE

28th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Russian Black Sea port of Yuzhny is to make all payments to foreign shipowners, consignors and consignees in euros. Existing payments are made in dollars, which are generating considerable losses.

28th May 2008

Yuzhny ditches the dollar

28th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Irelands Department of the Environment has issued a special protection order increasing the area it protects in Dublin Bay by 30%.

28th May 2008

Dublin expansion challenges environmental protected area

28th May 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Poti seaport in Georgia has issued an international tender for dredging work in its approach channel. The 1.6 km channel is to be deepened to 12.5 metres.

28th May 2008

Poti to dredge channel

28th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Lajes Logí

28th May 2008

Manaus terminal project

28th May 2008

ASIA

ASIA

China Container Industry Association has predicted that world demand for containers could drop by 10% to 20% if another economic crisis emerges this year.

28th May 2008

Economic crisis could scupper 2008 box growth

28th May 2008

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

On 8 April 2008 the Environment Committee of the European Parliament adopted in second reading again the amendment on the proposal for a Waste Framework Directive which foresees exclusion of nonhazardous sediments.

28th May 2008

Clean sediments and the EU Waste Directive

28th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Western Australian port developer James Point has committed to stage two of its plan to build a container terminal at Kwinana, as an alternative port to Fremantle.

27th May 2008

Plan for Fremantle alternative powers ahead

27th May 2008

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Liebherr has finalised a contract with the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand for the supply of a super post panamax container crane, which will have a lift height of 36.2m and an…

27th May 2008

Liebherr NZ return

27th May 2008

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A weak dollar and increasing water levels on the Paraguay River have resulted in its ports becoming increasingly congested in recent months.

27th May 2008

Paraguay ports clogged

27th May 2008