Latest News – Page 458

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    Contract signed for new Antioquia port

    2016-12-21T08:03:00Z

    Colombia has awarded a contract to build a new multipurpose port in the Bay of Urabá.

  • Strategic alliance: The collaboration will accommodate the need of the shipping alliances Photo: Baycrest/Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.5
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    Strategic alliance for HK operators

    2016-12-20T16:12:00Z

    COSCO Shipping Ports Limited and Hutchison Port Holdings Trust have entered into a formal collaboration for the co-management and operation of 16 berths across Terminals 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 at Kwai Tsing in Hong Kong.

  • King Abdullah Port’s annual throughput rose to 1.27m teu last year
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    King Abdullah on course for 4m teu capacity

    2016-12-20T14:51:00Z

    King Abdullah Port expects infrastructure works for Berth 5 and Berth 6 to be finished in the next few weeks.

  • Batteries can be charged with surplus green power Photo: HHLA/Thies Rätzke
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    Energy transition project

    2016-12-20T09:27:00Z

    Charging batteries for transport vehicles when surplus green power is available within the network is technically possible and economically sensible.

  • Truck project: The CEC grant will allow the port to expand FRATIS by adding 100 more trucks to the ongoing demo
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    LA cash-rich for green equipment

    2016-12-19T16:48:00Z

    The Port of Angeles has secured a US$5.8 million state grant to purchase and test a new fleet of 25 zero and near-zero emission yard tractors at the Everport marine container terminal.

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    Davao port privatisation scrapped

    2016-12-19T16:23:00Z

    The planned Davao Sasa Port modernisation project is set to be dropped by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).

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    UK BPA calls for ‘port zoning’ strategy

    2016-12-19T15:09:00Z

    The British Port Association (BPA) has called on ministers to introduce ‘port zoning’ in and around UK harbour areas to support jobs and trade post-Brexit.

  • Clemence Cheng and Volodymyr Omelyan have signed an MoU to develop container terminal facilities at Chornomorsk.
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    Hutchison signs Chornomorsk MoU

    2016-12-19T15:09:00Z

    Hutchison Ports has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ukraine government for the development of Chornomorsk Port on the Black Sea.

  • LNG cooperation on green energy for Scandinavian maritime industry
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    Danish LNG cooperation

    2016-12-19T10:46:00Z

    Nature Energy is set to join other corporations working on an advanced LNG liquefaction plant project at the Port of Frederikshavn.

  • Happy new year from everyone here at GreenPort
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    Wishing you a prosperous 2017

    2016-12-19T10:27:00Z

    GreenPort would like to wish all of our readers season''s greetings and a very healthy and prosperous 2017.

  • Peter Keller: “We look forward to working together with the aim of delivering significant business and environmental benefits to the shipping industry”
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    Total joins SEA\LNG

    2016-12-19T10:14:00Z

    Total, the international oil and gas giant, has joined SEA\LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition created to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel.

  • Kalmar has delivered new terminal tractors to Port of Tanjung Pelepas.
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    Kalmar to deliver 93 terminal tractors to PTP

    2016-12-15T17:43:00Z

    Kalmar has provided long-standing customer Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) with 93 terminal tractors for container handling.

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    MAFI delivers 33 terminal tractors to DCT Gdansk

    2016-12-15T17:43:00Z

    Germany-based tractor manufacturer MAFI Transport-Systeme has completed another delivery of 33 terminal tractors type T 230 F to DCT Gdansk in Poland.

  • The European Parliament has approved a new EU port regulation despite objection from the UK port industry.
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    European Parliament approves EU ports regulation

    2016-12-15T17:43:00Z

    Despite objection from the UK port industry, the European Parliament has approved a new regulation on EU ports, with an aim to make them more efficient and attractive to investors, and make the fees and funding that EU ports get from shipping lines and governments clearer.

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    Med ports unite to promote trade

    2016-12-15T15:06:00Z

    Ports from around the Mediterranean coast will form a specific organisation to promote the area’s role in global maritime trade.

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    Agunsa awarded Manta concession

    2016-12-15T12:39:00Z

    The 40-year concession to operate the Ecuadorian port of Manta has been awarded to Chile’s Agencias Universales S.A. (Agunsa).

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    Stevedoring trouble costs Valencia

    2016-12-15T12:39:00Z

    The president of Valencia Port Authority, Aurelio Martínez, said that problems with stevedoring and other port services have led to the port losing around 2% of its annual container traffic, equivalent to 80,000 boxes, this year.

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    Government considers new ICTSI ro-ro terminal

    2016-12-15T12:39:00Z

    ICTSI’s proposed $30m common-user barge and ro-ro terminal in Cavite, Philippines is being assessed by the country’s Department of Transportation (DoT).

  • Trelleborg's fender selection tool intends to help specifiers and suppliers.
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    Trelleborg launches fender selection tool

    2016-12-15T12:39:00Z

    Trelleborg’s marine systems operation has launched a new online Fender Selection Tool, which promises to digitise the fender selection process and save consultants time when carrying out complex manual calculations.

  • Jill Seymour: “This proposal for market access to port services and financial transparency does nothing for ports in the United Kingdom”
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    UKIP tells EU "hands off" British ports

    2016-12-14T16:36:00Z

    The latest attempts by the European Union to regulate British ports are a perfect illustration of why the UK voted for Brexit, says the UK Independence Party’s Transport spokesman.