All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 639

  • An artist's impression of the DP World Burnie international container port Photo: DP World Australia
    News

    DP World's Tasmanian port development in doubt

    2015-12-15T21:20:00Z

    DP World’s plans to develop a $20 million container terminal at Tasmania''s Port of Burnie are in jeopardy after the Senate voted down a proposed shipping bill to allow foreign vessels greater access to Australian ports.

  • FastCharge consists of electric powered shuttle or straddle carriers and fast charging stations
    News

    New FastCharge solution from Kalmar

    2015-12-15T21:19:00Z

    Kalmar has unveiled a new fast charging solution for electric powered shuttle and straddle carriers, the Kalmar FastCharge.

  • Terex Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour cranes are in demand in India
    News

    Terex cements Indian presence

    2015-12-15T21:15:00Z

    Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has delivered almost 40 diesel-electric Terex Gottwald harbour cranes to India.

  • ILWU guilty of serious federal labour law violations at Portland’s T6
    News

    ILWU guilty of labour violations

    2015-12-15T21:13:00Z

    The National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) has affirmed the decision of an administrative law judge that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and ILWU Local 8 violated federal labour law.

  • The Port Authority has released the 2016 proposed budget
    News

    PANYNJ lays out future spending plans

    2015-12-15T21:13:00Z

    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has released its proposed budget for 2016.

  • Doubled growth: Khalifa Port Container Terminal has doubled container volumes since 2012
    News

    Khalifa Port ready for expansion

    2015-12-15T21:12:00Z

    Port operator, Abu Dhabi Terminals says that Khalifa Port Container Terminal is ready for the next phase of expansion and that new equipment will be added in 2016 and 2017 to keep up with demand for services.

  • Port strategy: PLA’s vision is for the Thames to handle 60 to 80 million tonnes of cargo each year
    News

    London reveals 20 year vision

    2015-12-15T14:12:00Z

    The use of the Thames could be transformed to its benefit, according to the latest Thames Vision publication by the Port of London Authority (PLA), which sets out a plan to develop the Thames over the next 20 years.

  • Hueneme recently christened the first stage of its wharf 1 shore side power programme
    News

    Hueneme joins Green Marine

    2015-12-15T12:36:00Z

    California’s Port of Hueneme has signed on as a participant in Green Marine, the largest voluntary environmental programme for the maritime industry in North America.

  • Ecoslops has produced its first recycled marine fuel products at the Port of Sines
    News

    Recycling slops into marine fuels

    2015-12-15T12:36:00Z

    The Ecoslops refinery in the Port of Sines, Portugal, has commenced industrial production and delivered the first volume of recycled marine fuel products which comply with ISO 8217 standards, writes Alice Mason, GreenPort News Reporter.

  • The green cruise ship will aim to sail in 2020
    News

    'World's greenest' cruise ship

    2015-12-15T12:36:00Z

    The design for the ‘world’s greenest’ cruise ship was announced at COP21 in Paris and its maiden voyage is scheduled for 2020.

  • The port of Venice to fight greenhouse gases with its VOOPS
    News

    Innovative Offshore-Onshore Port system

    2015-12-15T12:34:00Z

    The Port of Venice is fighting back against global warming with its new offshore bunkering platform.

  • METS-1 is the first technology to be approved by CARB as an alternative to shore side power Photo: Clean Air Engineering-Maritime
    News

    Clean air technology in operation

    2015-12-15T12:34:00Z

    An innovative new diesel exhaust treatment system is in operation at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) having gained approval as an alternative to shore power in California.

  • News

    ESPO's position on COP21

    2015-12-15T12:34:00Z

    The European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) believes that the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21) was a historic milestone for enhancing global collective action and moving towards a low-carbon society.

  • The annual Harmoul beach clean-up is part of SOHAR’s Cleaner Greener community campaign
    News

    Cleaning up the neighbourhood

    2015-12-15T10:05:00Z

    Volunteers from SOHAR port and Freezone have joined together with school and college students to clean-up the local Harmoul Beach.

  • Twinning agreement: Antwerp and Guangzhou will work even more closely together going forward
    News

    Antwerp twins with Guangzhou

    2015-12-14T13:21:00Z

    The Port of Antwerp has twinned with the Chinese port of Guangzhou in an arrangement which will see both ports working even more closely together in a commercial capacity.

  • Peter Hinchcliffe: “I am sure IMO Member States will now proceed with new momentum to help the industry deliver ever greater CO2 reductions"
    News

    Where does COP21 leave shipping?

    2015-12-14T10:39:00Z

    Although the outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP21 has been received positively by the shipping industry, there is widespread concern over the absence of an explicit reference to shipping.

  • News

    Chennai port operations crippled by floods

    2015-12-11T16:22:00Z

    The city of Chennai, India has seen some of the heaviest and deadliest rainfalls in decades, with the flooding resulting in the death of more than 400 people.

  • “Decisions on the sector can’t be left to bankers and private equity funds," Torben Seebold, ETF Dockers’ Section
    News

    "Dark year" for dockers' safety

    2015-12-11T15:12:00Z

    The number of deaths and accidents at European ports has caused 2015 to be dubbed a ‘dark year’ for safety.

  • News

    ABB secures DP World project

    2015-12-11T14:43:00Z

    ABB will deliver automation and remote control solutions to the underway Terminal 4 in Dubai, which is operated by DP World.

  • BMT to assist Nicaragua Canal developers
    News

    BMT planning expertise

    2015-12-11T11:44:00Z

    BMT Asia Pacific and BMT ARGOSS have been appointed by Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group (HKND) to undertake a series of marine and port assessments for the Nicaragua Canal.