All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 483

  • Freight forwarding business Quality Freight UK (QF UK) has boosted its crane capability at its facility at Ellesmere Port in the north-west of England
    News

    Quality Freight UK acquires Fuchs crane

    2017-11-15T17:06:00Z

    Freight forwarding business Quality Freight UK (QF UK) has boosted its crane capability at its facility at Ellesmere Port in the north-west of England.

  • A feasibility study is expected to finish around the end of this year Photo: Victor Perez/flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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    Rotterdam investigates CO2 capture system

    2017-11-15T17:06:00Z

    The Port of Rotterdam Authority is exploring opportunities with Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie) and Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) to achieve a basic infrastructure to capture and transport carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Port of Rotterdam area.

  • Port of Portland
    News

    ICTSI "pleased" with ILWU violation ruling

    2017-11-15T16:59:00Z

    ICTSI Oregon is “pleased” following a court ruling that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) violated labour laws.

  • Peregrine Storrs-Fox: “While incidents often result from human error, their volume is determined by how well safety systems and procedures are implemented"
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    TT Club's four-step approach to safety

    2017-11-15T16:12:00Z

    Work place injuries still account for almost a third of insurance claims costs for ports and terminals according to TT Club analyses.

  • Guadeloupe Ports Caraïbes won the 2017 ESPO Award for bringing the port closer together with the community
    News

    Guadeloupe port scoops ESPO award

    2017-11-15T14:26:00Z

    Guadeloupe Ports Caraïbes has won the ESPO Award 2017 for its engagement with the city and wider community.

  • The feedback from this year's event was positive
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    Get in the know with GreenPort

    2017-11-15T13:53:00Z

    If you weren’t able to attend this year’s GreenPort Cruise and Congress you can still read up on the latest on environmental strategy by downloading the conference papers.

  • A screengrab from Ms Christian's video highlighting the people that help the port realise its targets
    News

    Port NOLA to implement Master Plan

    2017-11-15T09:13:00Z

    The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) is close to ushering in a Gateway Master Plan designed to provide infrastructure for the future to realise its potential with integrated transport solutions, its president and chief executive has said.

  • Attendees at the PORTOPIA Final Event
    News

    ESPO’s PORTOPIA project reaches conclusion

    2017-11-15T09:13:00Z

    The completion of the European Sea Ports Organisation’s (ESPO) PORTOPIA project has been marked by a conference attended by port representatives from across Europe.

  • Remote testing: DP World Yarimca is upgrading two of its Konecranes RTG cranes to test remote productivity
    News

    DP World tests the viability of remote operation

    2017-11-14T15:32:00Z

    DP World Yarimca is upgrading two of its Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes to test the possibilities of better productivity using remote operation.

  • Port of Jakarta
    News

    Port worker killed at ICTSI Jakarta terminal

    2017-11-14T08:15:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has expressed its commitment to compliance following a worker''s death at its Jakarta terminal.

  • News

    COSCO SHIPPING Ports obtains Zeebrugge controlling stake

    2017-11-13T19:14:00Z

    COSCO SHIPPING Ports, formerly known as COSCO Pacific, has finalised a deal to obtain a controlling share in container terminal APM Terminals (APMT) Zeebrugge.

  • The Saudi-led military coalition battling the Houthi movement in Yemen has allowed work to resume at the Port of Aden (pictured) Photo: NASA Johnson/flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0
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    Yemen’s Port of Aden reopens

    2017-11-13T19:14:00Z

    Two days after ordering a nationwide seaport closure, the Saudi-led military coalition battling the Houthi movement in Yemen has allowed work to resume at the Port of Aden, an official there said on Wednesday.

  • The Act was spurred on by June’s global NotPetya ransomware outbreak, which led to a shutdown of the biggest terminal at the Port of Los Angeles (pictured) Photo: joey zanotti/flickr/CC BY 2.0
    News

    US House passes port cybersecurity act

    2017-11-13T19:14:00Z

    The US House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee has passed legislation aimed at addressing cybersecurity concerns at the country’s ports.

  • The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor will receive $9.85m of funding as part of the country’s 2017 FASTLANE small project grants
    News

    Indiana-Burns wins $9.85m FASTLANE grant

    2017-11-13T19:14:00Z

    US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has confirmed that the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor will receive $9.85m of funding as part of the country’s 2017 FASTLANE small project grants.

  • In the trial, prosecutors argued that between September 2015 and March 2017, Mr Moe worked at the APM terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey for as few as eight hours a week while earning weekly wages of $9,300 (image is for illustrativ...
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    NY/NJ foreman falsely claimed $500,000 salary

    2017-11-13T19:14:00Z

    A general foreman and member of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) at APM Terminals (APMT) at the Port of New York and New Jersey has been found guilty of fraudulently claiming a salary of nearly $500,000 a year between September 2015 and March 2017 – despite not working for much ...

  • 'Ambition 1.5oC: Global Shipping’s Action Plan’ summit
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    Action plan facilitates CO2 reduction goal

    2017-11-13T17:28:00Z

    An action plan for the decarbonisation of international shipping has brought together key stakeholders to reduce CO2 50% by 2050.

  • Port Boulogne Calais has achieved Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certification
    News

    EcoPort certification for French port

    2017-11-13T16:27:00Z

    Port Boulogne Calais has achieved the industry''s only port sector specific environmental management standard.

  • Contract signing
    News

    Hutchison Ports to operate Ahmed Bin Rashid Port

    2017-11-13T16:05:00Z

    Hutchison Ports has secured a deal to operate Ahmed Bin Rashid Port in Umm Al Quwain (UAQ), United Arab Emirates (UAE).

  • The Portopia project has been called a milestone in the data digitalisation agenda of the European port sector
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    Data digitalisation project leads to sustainable results

    2017-11-13T15:54:00Z

    Project partners in a European data digitalisation project say that EU research and innovation projects can lead to sustainable results.

  • Growing demand: The new cranes will go into operation on loading mined bauxite onto oceangoing vessels
    News

    Konecranes wins repeat transhipment crane order

    2017-11-13T15:11:00Z

    Konecranes has won a repeat order for two floating cranes which will play a key role in helping one Guinea operator handle its increased offshore bulk activity.