All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 846

  • Container trade in the eastern Baltic is still on the up
    News

    Container port market outlook

    2012-07-02T14:04:00Z

    A new study from Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC), part of Royal HaskoningDHV, indicates a positive outlook for the containerport market up until 2025, despite short term uncertainty.

  • Hybrid car carrier Emerald Ace
    News

    World's first hybrid car carrier completed

    2012-07-02T14:02:00Z

    Last week, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced the completion of the Emerald Ace, the world''s first newly built hybrid car carrier that combines solar power panels with a diesel engine.

  • Dirt and dust shouldn't affect the proper functioning of biometric equipment
    News

    Working in all conditions

    2012-07-02T10:30:00Z

    One of the advantages of hand geometry for port security is that it accurately identifies the user even if his or her hand is dirty, wet or injured, or even if the device is damp, dusty or dirty.

  • Three new RTGs are bound for the CSX transportation network
    News

    Konecranes benefit from US rail focus

    2012-06-29T11:00:00Z

    Konecranes is playing its part in helping North America to get more intermodal. It has just received its first order from CSX Intermodal Terminals for three rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to help improve cargo flow from rail to truck.

  • Hand and fingerprint biometrics can be used to secure ports
    News

    Celebrating uniqueness

    2012-06-29T10:30:00Z

    Hand and finger print recognition can be a cost effective security solution, explains Alex Hughes

  • Lagos’ financial district in Victoria Island needs a new home due to erosion
    News

    Land reclamation benefits in Nigeria

    2012-06-28T18:51:00Z

    Positive environmental benefits of a massive land reclamation project will see a ‘new Manhattan’ emerge on Nigeria’s coastline, according to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) produced by marine consultants, Royal Haskoning.

  • Batten down the hatches - it's going to be a tough 12 months
    News

    Time to batten down the hatches

    2012-06-28T11:14:00Z

    The good news is that Greece is not dropping out of the Eurozone immediately as the conservatives have managed to create a government, the first in over 200 days.

  • POLB's Green Port Gateway Project
    News

    US grants help improve rail infrastructure

    2012-06-28T11:04:00Z

    Port freight projects across the US have been awarded US$79m in TIGER IV infrastructure grants with a heavy emphasis on funding green intermodality aiming to get freight off the roads by improving rail infrastructure.

  • The chain of carbon custody for port equipment needs to be properly considered
    News

    Cradle to grave

    2012-06-28T10:30:00Z

    The industry should get ahead of the curve on equipment carbon calculations, explains Carly Fields

  • Delegates at Gas Fuelled Ships 2011
    News

    Gas Fuelled Ships programme announced

    2012-06-27T16:50:00Z

    The provisional programme has been released for the Gas Fuelled Ships Conference 2012, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, which will take place from 12-14 September in Bergen, Norway.

  • News

    Protect yourself against 'nasty surprises'

    2012-06-27T10:30:00Z

    For the port or terminal operator, the risk of potential claims can make exercising a lien more trouble than it is worth.

  • The LNG powered 'KV Barentshav'. Photo: Port of Hamburg
    News

    Hamburg works on LNG feasibility

    2012-06-27T10:08:00Z

    The Port of Hamburg has welcomed its first LNG ship - the Norwegian Coastguard''s ''KV Barentshav''.

  • News

    US grants help improve rail infrastructure

    2012-06-26T18:19:00Z

    Port freight projects across the US have been awarded US$79m in TIGER IV infrastructure grants with a heavy emphasis on funding green intermodality aiming to get freight off the roads by improving rail infrastructure.

  • The LNG powered 'KV Barentshav'. Photo: Port of Hamburg
    News

    Hamburg works on LNG feasibility

    2012-06-26T15:08:00Z

    The Port of Hamburg has welcomed its first LNG ship, the Norwegian Coastguard''s KV Barentshav, to mark the “LNG – the Norwegian Experience” conference organised by the German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce, Innovation Norway and the classification society DNV Germany.

  • News

    Peru to unveil new port development plan

    2012-06-26T10:30:00Z

    Peru''s Ministry of Transport is to shortly publish a new National Port Development Plan, which aims to modernise services and infrastructure to bring them up to levels necessary to allow the country to compete internationally.

  • Placing a lien on goods to claw back unpaid debts can be a good solution
    News

    Advantage liens

    2012-06-26T10:30:00Z

    Security against non-payment of debts is worth considering, advises HFW''s Matthew Wilmshurst

  • The major players in the container industry want to make box transport safer
    News

    Addressing the container weight issue

    2012-06-26T09:54:00Z

    Misdeclared container weights are a recurring safety problem on shore, on ships, and on roadways – but now the main players in the container industry have grouped together to finally try to tackle the issue.

  • Mr Koji Sekimizu, secretary general, IMO. Photo: IMO
    News

    IMO renews commitment to sustainability

    2012-06-25T18:42:00Z

    The IMO has publicly renewed its commitment to sustainable development in the maritime industry this week and given feedback on its input to the Rio+20 conference held recently in Brazil.

  • News

    Santos fines container terminals

    2012-06-25T10:30:00Z

    The Brazilian Ministry of Employment has fined the Santos Brazil and Libra Terminais container terminals for using unregistered labour when working vessels in the port of Santos.

  • Costs for shipping lines in Algeciras are 50% more expensive than at Tanger-Med. Credit: Laura Fernandez
    News

    Algeciras weighs up development potential

    2012-06-25T10:30:00Z

    Hanjin-owned Total Terminal International Algeciras handled 650,000 teu last year and could reach 1m teu in 2012. However, no decision has yet been reached as to whether to proceed with a Phase B development of the terminal.