Latest News – Page 618
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NewsNew flagship MHC for Liebherr
Liebherr Maritime Cranes is responding to customer needs for larger cargo handling solutions in order to efficiently complete future tasks with a new flagship mobile harbour crane.
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NewsCrane Executor app
Discharging and logging loaded containers just became easier, quicker and more efficient with a new app which passes handling confirmations to the shipping line during calls.
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NewsFaster, deeper, cheaper
Underwater, floating, sand-filled or rock-strengthened; breakwaters come in all shapes and sizes finds Felicity Landon
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NewsZeebrugge signs LNG transhipment agreement
The Port of Zeebrugge’s Fluxys LNG terminal will support year-round deliveries from the Yamal peninsula to Asian-Pacific markets as part of a new transhipment contract.
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Kalmar automates London Gateway
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to deliver 20 more automatic stacking cranes to DP World London Gateway, which is set for a third berth.
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NewsDamen EcoLiner project
Damen Shipyards first LNG-powered inland shipping tanker has just completed comprehensive tank testing of the new design at research institute MARIN, confirming the vessel''s efficiency.
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NewsJoining the US infrastructure dots
COMMENT: Sometimes policy disconnects need to be highlighted. At one extreme, the US West Coast docks have been near paralysed by an emerging infrastructure collapse, with the widely publicised labour difficulties bringing ports to their knees, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsQuickest to the draw
Authorities and the public are watching to see who will be the first to act on green issues, says Martin Rushmere
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NewsMorgan Stanley sells Montreal
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners has sold Montreal Gateway Terminals (MGT), the leading cargo container facility at Canada’s Port of Montreal, to a consortium that says it’s committed to promoting the port as an international hub.
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NewsPrioritising inland waterways
EU member states need to prioritise inland waterway projects as part of a sustainable transport policy because they have made too slow progress over the last 15 years.
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NewsGothenburg sniffs out sulphur emissions
As shipowners work hard to keep in line with the IMO’s new stringent regulations, emissions at the Port of Gothenburg have dramatically fallen by 80% since the beginning of the year.
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NewsTaking off the blindfold
TOS development remains a dark art for most terminals, but it needn’t be explains Stevie Knight
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NewsNew scrubber finance solution for shipowners
Wärtsilä is teaming up with Clean Marine Energy Europe Ltd (CME) to provide a funding solution to help shipowners comply with sulphur emissions legislation through the use of exhaust gas cleaning technology.
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NewsIndia dockers strike postponed
The proposed dock strike to take place in India this week has been postponed by a week pending talks, says the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
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NewsBusiness award for Mercator Media
Mercator Media Limited, publisher of Port Strategy and GreenPort magazine and organiser of the GreenPort Congress and Cruise conference, has won a business excellence award for international development.
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NewsBusiness award for Mercator Media
Mercator Media Limited, publisher of GreenPort magazine and organiser of the GreenPort Congress and Cruise conference, has won a business excellence award for international development.
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NewsRaising the bar for smaller harbours
Salcombe Harbour on the Devon coast of the UK has signed up to the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) EcoPort scheme proving that it’s not just large ports that can make a difference to their environmental footprint.
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NewsUS west coast battles cargo backlog
US west coast ports are working hard to clear months of backlogged cargo as a result of the extensive labour dispute, but it could be three months before there’s a clearing, and even longer before operations are back to ‘normal’.
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Pricing of transhipment by port authorities
COMMENT: How can pricing structures in ports be best explained; are they based on a specific historical trajectory in each port, or based on economic logic, asks Peter de Langen.
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NewsBreakthrough benefits
Nanotechnology is full of beguiling promise; should ports grab some of the gains? Felicity Landon reports
