Latest News – Page 704
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NewsDP World launches bio-straddle trial
DP World has launched a three month trial of Caltex B20 Bio-Diesel Fuel into eight new straddle carriers at its West Swanson Terminal in Melbourne.
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PSA ploughs S$3.5bn into automation
PSA Singapore Terminals is to invest S$3.5bn in automation and intelligent technologies in Phases 3 and 4 of its Pasir Panjang Terminal.
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Cargotec smartens up Brazilian terminals
Cargotec is to integrate its SmartLanes process automation solution for gate automation at the Brazilian container terminals Tecon Salvador and Tecon Rio Grande.
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NewsRain stops play in Argentina?
Port Strategy has learned that severe floods are affecting shore-based logistical support at a number of terminals at San Lorenzo-San Martín Port in Argentina.
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NewsMore misfortune for Oakland
There is more misfortune for the Port of Oakland this week following the suspension of two execs over an alleged strip club expense scandal - a port worker has been crushed to death while inspecting a crane.
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NewsDamen launches first hybrid tug
Damen Shipyards recently launched its first ever hybrid tug, the ASD Tug 2810 Hybrid, bound for Iskes Towage & Salvage.
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Navis ready to cater for automation surge
Software solutions specialist Navis is eyeing a sudden surge in automation projects, expecting a “steady flow” of projects to come on stream over the next few years.
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NewsMaintaining control
The ''if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ maintenance mentality needs a serious rethink, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre find out
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NewsSleepless nights on crane collisions
A nightmare scenario came true for port operators and insurers alike four years ago, in the form of a major accident in the UK involving both merchandised and land-based cranes.
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NewsLargest green spreader order for Bromma
Bromma has received its largest ever combined all electric STS and all electric yard crane spreader order from Long Beach Container Terminal LLC, subsidiary of Orient Overseas Container Line Limited.
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NewsSoftware for compliance and efficiency
Classification society ABS has released a new energy and environmental manager module for its NS5 Enterprise asset management software, in order to help owners and operators meet environmental and operational demands.
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NewsOakland execs suspended
Trouble over an alleged US $4,500 strip club expense going back to 2008 has resulted in the suspension of Oakland Port’s executive director Omar Benjamin as well as maritime director James Kwon.
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NewsRepurposing at Galveston terminal
A Galveston terminal in Texas has come up with a novel idea to improve its operations both economically and environmentally - it is ‘repurposing’ conveyor belts to use as spill containment liners.
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Box demand and capacity mismatch concerns
A mismatch between container terminal demand and capacity means there is an urgent need for growth in port development through to 2017, according to Drewry.
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NewsLook to a more automated future
APM Terminals'' Frank Tazelaar sees a future speckled with automated terminals, particularly in north-western Europe and the US.
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NewsA worldwide e-services platform to standardise and ease ship waste management
Ship Waste Agency, a French start-up created in 2010, has just launched a new groundbreaking solution to facilitate and ameliorate the ship waste management along with the participation of all the different maritime actors involved in this process, explains Sylvain Perrier, CEO of Ship Waste Agency.
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NewsImproving berthing operations
The UK’s Cirrus Logistics Ltd and the Marine Institute at Plymouth University have developed a survey to look at berthing operations in global terminals and ports in order to get an up to date picture on scheduling and iron out inefficiencies.
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NewsRepurposing at Galveston terminal
A Galveston terminal in Texas has come up with a novel idea to improve its operations both economically and environmentally - it is ‘repurposing’ conveyor belts to use as spill containment liners.
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Ennore to issue bonds and undertake IPO
India''s Ennore Port Ltd is to raise tax-free bonds worth $185m to fund expansion and infrastructure projects.
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Noatum reviews Valencia expansion project
Valencia Port Authority has given Noatum Ports permission to temporarily suspend work that it is undertaking on Muelle de Costa.
