All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 936

  • Inland ports are beginning to fill the gaps in cross-border traffic
    News

    Inland ports co-operate on border issues

    2011-01-20T15:01:00Z

    Inland ports close to national borders could act as stepping stones to smooth out freight corridors, according to European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) president Roland Hoerner.

  • Alabama's bulk facility could find a niche market for liquid or 'special handling' cargo
    News

    Alabama concession call

    2011-01-20T15:01:00Z

    The Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA) is seeking an operator for its bulk facility at the Port of Mobile.

  • Coquimbo’s new shiploading system can be withdrawn from the key side and stowed
    News

    Flexible shiploader for Coquimbo

    2011-01-20T14:56:00Z

    A fully integrated but still completely mobile system has been installed at the Port of Coquimbo in Chile for loading copper concentrate at rates of up to 1,000 tonnes per hour.

  • News

    Real-time software for box operations

    2011-01-20T14:54:00Z

    Flagship, a part EU-funded maritime transport project, has successfully implemented a real-time optimisation system targeting congestion in container terminals.

  • News

    Appeal favours Illichivsk Port

    2011-01-20T14:49:00Z

    After a bitter wrangle lasting many years, the Odessa Court has upheld the termination of the concession agreement between Ukrtranscontainer (UTC) by the Port of Illichivsk on appeal.

  • News

    Imtech and VSTEP get together

    2011-01-20T14:47:00Z

    Imtech Marine & Offshore and VSTEP will be co-operating in a bid to deliver innovative maritime training simulators to the market.

  • "The inland port concept has caught the eye of developers across the US," Paul Bingham, Wilbur Smith Associates
    News

    Not a quick fix

    2011-01-20T10:00:00Z

    US inland ports need to satisfy strict criteria to be successful, says Paul Bingham, head of the economics division at transport consultants Wilbur Smith Associates.

  • Ports and terminals will continue to have a wide choice of insurers
    News

    Holding the aces

    2011-01-19T11:55:00Z

    In this era of inflation, there is one price that is largely immune from unpleasant shocks: insurance premiums for business risk.

  • Canada's Centreport is a prime example of the new trend of regional development
    News

    Casting the net

    2011-01-19T11:40:00Z

    Inland depots have taken on a life of their own in the search for ever-greater efficiency, discovers Martin Rushmere

  • Air pollution control projects at ports so far only impact a fraction of the total environmental footprint
    News

    Gas fuelled growth

    2011-01-19T10:00:00Z

    Many container ports around the world are using or evaluating the use of alternative power – but James Cannon and Jeffrey Seisler ask if are they are getting to grips with the biggest polluters...

  • The market for gas fuel, including fuel for bunkering, is growing
    News

    An expanding industry

    2011-01-19T07:15:00Z

    The market is expanding rapidly, for example, the latest Rolls-Royce natural gas marine engine is being installed in two LNG powered ships now under construction in India.

  • Conference

    Sponsorship

    2011-01-14T14:30:00Z

    The GreenPort Congress provides decision makers with a meeting place to both learn about and discuss the latest in sustainable environmental practice that will enable them to effectively implement these changes.

  • Conference

    Downloads

    2011-01-14T14:30:00Z

    The full set of conference papers are available here as PDFs to delegates and subscribers.

  • The GE38 on the test bed
    News

    Aeroderivative gas turbine looks for marine applications

    2011-01-13T10:27:00Z

    GE Aviation of the USA hopes that the modern technology and proven performance of its GE38 gas turbine will make it an attractive option for marine applications.

  • Will liner operators learn from the mistakes of the past?
    News

    Surviving 2010 not a panacea for 2011

    2011-01-12T20:47:00Z

    What a wonderful year 2010 was: the container shipping industry has survived and even those on the edge of oblivion managed to get pulled back.

  • China will soon be allowed to invest in Taiwan's ports, such as Kaohsiung
    News

    Green light for Chinese investment in Taiwanese ports

    2011-01-12T20:45:00Z

    Taiwan is to conditionally allow Chinese businesses to invest in build-operate-transfer projects at its ports from this year, according to government officials.

  • Floods in Queensland state look set to break record highwater levels of the 1970s
    News

    Floods force Brisbane port closure

    2011-01-12T20:45:00Z

    The Port of Brisbane remained closed to shipping today as flood waters brought Australia’s Queensland State to a virtual standstill.

  • Ports should schedule more regular maintenance checks
    News

    Delaying operational maintenance a risky strategy

    2011-01-12T20:44:00Z

    Adopting a ‘prevention rather than cure’ approach to operational maintenance will save ports time and money, according to Trelleborg Marine Systems.

  • The mud in the River Em has a high level of particulate matter – suspended in slime
    News

    Playing in the mud

    2011-01-12T10:00:00Z

    Answers aren’t always obvious. Take the Port of Emden, in Germany which was probably the first big study on what is called ‘fluid mud’.

  • Places like Lamu depend on their marine environment. Photo: Karl R Gjertsen.
    News

    Keeping the balance: development and protection in Africa

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    While ports are part of the logistics chain with a decisive role in the protection of the marine environment, port expansion or development always raises a balancing problem of priority between environmental and social-economic issues.