All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 795

  • Each AGV has a capacity of 70 tonnes
    News

    Terex vehicles for Long Beach

    2013-04-10T20:21:00Z

    US equipment company, Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received an order for 72 battery powered Terex Gottwald Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) from Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL).

  • The GREEN EFFORTS Workshop will be held on 16 April 2013 at the premises of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce
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    GREEN EFFORTS workshop on Greener Ports

    2013-04-09T22:30:00Z

    GREEN EFFORTS, the collaborative research project, which is co-funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, is organising a workshop on “Greener Ports – What to expect from technologies” on 16 April 2013 in Bremen.

  • The Port of San Diego fulfils its mission as an environmental steward, engaging in various efforts in water conservation
    News

    Port of San Diego Promotes Water Conservation Strategies and Pollution Prevention

    2013-04-09T21:30:00Z

    The Port of San Diego promotes sustainable water management on San Diego Bay Tidelands through a variety of initiatives, helping conserve one of California’s most valuable resources, says Alicia Glassco, Assistant Environmental Specialist at the Unified Port of San Diego.

  • The report looks at the changing trade patterns resulting from the upcoming Panama Canal expansion
    News

    North American ports capex or capsize?

    2013-04-09T21:28:00Z

    North American ports which don’t invest to upgrade their facilities ready for the upcoming Panama Canal expansion in 2015 “risk capsizing their economies”, says K C Conway, author of Colliers International’s third North American Port Analysis’ report.

  • Port of Antwerp
    News

    Port of Antwerp CEO invites participants to the 2013 GreenPort Congress

    2013-04-09T13:10:00Z

    Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO, Port of Antwerp and Marc Van Peel, Vice-Mayor of the City of Antwerp and President Antwerp Port Authority, look forward to welcoming this year''s delegates to Antwerp.

  • Port of Antwerp
    News

    Port of Antwerp CEO invites participants to the 2013 GreenPort Congress

    2013-04-09T13:10:00Z

    Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO, Port of Antwerp and Marc Van Peel, Vice-Mayor of the City of Antwerp and President Antwerp Port Authority, look forward to welcoming this year''s delegates to Antwerp.

  • SQT is located near the Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada
    News

    Squamish Terminals joins Green Marine

    2013-04-09T12:42:00Z

    Canadian deep water break bulk terminal, Squamish Terminals (SQT), has become the fifth new member on the West Coast of North America to join the Green Marine environmental programme.

  • 'Cape St George'
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    Severn sewage system for Oz patrol boats

    2013-04-09T10:12:00Z

    US based water disinfection system provider, Severn Trent De Nora’s Mariner Omnipure sewage treatment system has been selected for use onboard new patrol boats for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.

  • Training needs to instil as much port knowledge as possible
    News

    Live and learn

    2013-04-09T07:02:00Z

    Vocational qualifications are described as the ‘ideal tool’ for the ports industry. Felicity Landon reports

  • The semi-automated project is set to contribute 15% of the Emirates non-oil GDP within a generation
    News

    Fresh thinking

    2013-04-08T15:44:00Z

    Khalifa Port''s once in a generation development is taking shape

  • News

    Famine to feast

    2013-04-08T15:44:00Z

    Mike Mundy looks at the routes in the lucrative West African market

  • News

    OHL wins Valparaiso Terminal 2 concession

    2013-04-08T15:43:00Z

    The Spanish construction group OHL has put forward the most competitive bid in the tender to build and operate Terminal 2 at the Chilean port of Valparaiso.

  • News

    SmartPort wins over TTI

    2013-04-08T15:40:00Z

    Kalmar’s SmartPort process automation has found another admirer in the form of Total Terminals International at its Hanjin, Long Beach operation.

  • News

    RMG Middle East first for LCC

    2013-04-08T15:40:00Z

    Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Commercial Port has awarded a six-strong rail mounted gantry crane contract to Liebherr Container Cranes.

  • News

    Gaussin powers up Indonesia orders

    2013-04-08T15:39:00Z

    State-owned Pelindo III had turned to Gaussin Manugistique to equip its new Indonesian port terminal in Surabaya.

  • News

    Hiab researches control systems

    2013-04-08T15:39:00Z

    European Union funding of E1.4m has been agreed for a three-year research project on more sustainable load handling equipment.

  • The Port of Cork hopes the extension will help with cargo handling activities from Tivoli and CIty Quays
    News

    Port of Cork development plans

    2013-04-08T14:30:00Z

    Ireland’s Port of Cork has outlined its plans for potential development in Ringaskiddy in a bid to develop commercially and “cater for future growth”, says Denis Healy, manager of engineering services at the port.

  • China's throughput volume has declined due to slower economic growth. Photo: Oneloneclone
    News

    Chinese terminal operators expand

    2013-04-05T15:30:00Z

    As China’s throughput volume declines and economic growth slows, container terminal operators, COSCO Pacific and China Merchants Holding International (CMHI), are expanding to overseas markets.

  • The new barge waste collection facility in the Port of Antwerp
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    New waste collection at Antwerp

    2013-04-05T14:50:00Z

    In a bid to improve barge waste collection, the Port of Antwerp has constructed a new waste collection facility for barges, the Lillo Park Service Quay.

  • The supply of proven port executives is drying up. Credit: Off beat Mum
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    Shrinking pool of port talent

    2013-04-05T11:57:00Z

    Successive years of hammering home the crewing ‘crisis’ message have firmly ingrained the matter on our minds: red alert, a dearth of qualified seafarers is about to bring the industry to its knees. However, that record has been re-played for at least the last two decades and the anticipated crisis ...