All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 569

  • News

    Call for Buenos Aires debate

    2017-01-06T14:47:00Z

    Maritime consultant Antonio Zuidwijk writes a letter to the Editor on the need for an open discussion on the future direction of the Port of Buenos Aires

  • Expensive lesson: Since it received the fine the Port of Haifa has now taken steps to clean up his act
    News

    Haifa stung by environmental fines

    2017-01-06T10:46:00Z

    Israel''s Ministry of Environmental Protection has fined the Port of Haifa 2.2 million shekels ($570,000) for violating air pollution regulations.

  • Ships berthed at 11 ports including Shanghai, must adhere to the 0.50% sulphur limit while berthed
    News

    China extends emissions curb

    2017-01-06T10:44:00Z

    China’s Ministry of Transport has expanded a 0.50% sulphur limit for ships operating within three domestic emission control areas (ECAs) to 11 ports.

  • Konecranes can now offer a much wider product and service range
    News

    Konecranes acquisition of Terex MHPS complete

    2017-01-05T16:01:00Z

    Konecranes has completed the acquisition of Terex Material Handling and Port Solutions (MHPS).

  • The ITF has offered a series of recommendations to develop Chile’s ports policies. Credit: Serpentus.
    News

    ITF finds Chilean port structure wanting

    2017-01-05T14:08:00Z

    The International Transport Forum’s (ITF) comprehensive ‘Ports Policy Review of Chile’ reveals that large gaps have opened up where regulation has not kept pace with reality.

  • Emissions curb: Ships berthed at 11 ports including Shanghai, must adhere to the 0.50% sulphur limit while berthed
    News

    China expands port emissions curb

    2017-01-05T13:10:00Z

    China’s Ministry of Transport has expanded a 0.50% sulphur limit for ships operating within three domestic emission control areas (ECAs) to 11 ports.

  • Ilo port concession will be issued in April, Peru's Transport and Communications Minister Martín Vizcarra has said. Credit: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.
    News

    Peru to attract more port investment

    2017-01-05T11:04:00Z

    In Peru, the Transport and Communications Minister, Martín Vizcarra, expects that a tender for the Ilo port terminal concession will be issued in April. It is currently undergoing final evaluation at the state-owned body ProInversión.

  • News

    Panama turnover down

    2017-01-05T10:57:00Z

    Panama’s Maritime Authority (AMP) has reported a $2m cut in revenue in 2016.

  • Quequén port will receive $200m worth of investments. Credit: Puertoquequen.
    News

    Major port investment in Argentina

    2017-01-05T10:57:00Z

    In Argentina, the ports of Quequén, Puerto Madryn, Comodoro Rivadavia and Ushuaia, as well as a new harbour at Ité Ibaté, will all receive state and private sector funding in 2017.

  • News

    Valparaíso to study La Ligua deepwater port

    2017-01-05T10:54:00Z

    Valparaíso Port Company (EPV) will shortly commence studies for a new deep water port at La Ligua.

  • APV has big plans to invest in Sagunto, Valencia and Gandia.
    News

    Valencia plans €233m investment

    2017-01-05T10:54:00Z

    The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has announced that it plans to invest more than €233m across three ports – Sagunto, Valencia and Gandia – over the next three years.

  • In 2017, the LNG hopper barge 'greenports' 1 will join the Bremenports fleet
    News

    Eco-friendly port operations

    2017-01-05T10:31:00Z

    Last year was a busy one for Bremenports with one of its core tasks being to identify solutions which lead to sustainable operations, including the use of LNG.

  • Expensive lesson: Since it received the fine the Port of Haifa has now taken steps to clean up his act
    News

    Haifa stung by environmental fines

    2017-01-04T15:40:00Z

    Israel''s Ministry of Environmental Protection has fined the Port of Haifa 2.2 million shekels ($570,000) for violating air pollution regulations.

  • MIRRAT has received the highest sustainability rating from the Green Building Council of Australia
    News

    Pioneering sustainability in logistics

    2017-01-04T13:07:00Z

    The logistics expert Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) owned Melbourne International RoRo and Automotive Terminal (MIRRAT) is testament to how it is working to reduce its environmental impact.

  • News

    Antwerp on track for record 2016 volumes

    2017-01-04T13:00:00Z

    The Port of Antwerp has ended 2016 with an expected record volume of more than 214m tonnes of freight handled.

  • Port of Oran has ordered seven Kalmar E-One2 RTGs, each with a 45-tonne capacity.
    News

    Oran orders seven SmartPort cranes

    2017-01-04T09:57:00Z

    Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order for seven rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes following a tender launched by the Algerian port procurement company Groupement D''Interêt Commun Des Entreprises Portuaires (GICEP).

  • Aerial picture of port expansion project Takoradi July 2016
    News

    Ghana opens Takoradi public tender

    2017-01-03T15:47:00Z

    Eligible parties are being invited to submit an Expression of Interest for the Concession of an integrated container and multipurpose terminal in the port of Takoradi, Ghana.

  • Rotterdam’s Gate LNG Terminal is doing its bit to help make LNG more commercially available Photo: Gate LNG Terminal
    News

    Tackling high LNG equipment costs

    2017-01-03T09:31:00Z

    LNG has a huge opportunity to become a key shipping fuel because of its environmental advantages and relatively stable price, but equipment costs and lack of LNG bunkering facilities are still weighing heavily on shipowners'' minds.

  • Brittany Ferries continues its commitment to reducing environment impact
    News

    LNG cruise ship

    2017-01-03T09:29:00Z

    Brittany Ferries has signed a letter of intent with the Flensburger Schiffbau shipyard to construct a new LNG powered ship.

  • News

    Clarksons lifts the lid on China’s throughput

    2016-12-28T14:11:00Z

    China’s economic growth has slowed in recent years, contributing to softer box throughput growth at mainland Chinese ports. But there has been a significant difference in trends in throughput between the country’s large and small container ports, according to Clarksons.