All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 703

  • Record year: Turnover at Belfast rose by 30% in 2013 to £50.3m
    News

    Record year boosts Belfast’s future

    2014-06-05T10:35:00Z

    Ireland’s Belfast harbour is committing more than £60m to capital expenditure projects following a record financial year during 2013.

  • Criminal parts: ports can easily become unwittingly facilitators of crime. Credit: Brandon Anderson
    News

    Mexico: lessons from organised crime

    2014-06-05T09:58:00Z

    COMMENT: The Mexican Pacific Coast port of Lazaro Cardenas highlights the negative impact of organised crime.

  • Mobile LNG tank system developed by FSG for its new SeaRoad ro-ro contract
    News

    Oz gas-fuelled ro-ro order for FSG

    2014-06-04T16:26:00Z

    German shipbuilder Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has announced a contract with Australian shipping company SeaRoad for a 181m long ro-ro newbuild to be fuelled by LNG.

  • Marco Plujim: “A poorly planned terminal or the management of passing ships can have dire consequences on safety the environment and result in financial loss”
    News

    The need for effective port planning

    2014-06-04T12:39:00Z

    Bechtel, the international engineering and construction specialist, has unveiled ground-breaking port research to help improve the safety of shipping ports when it comes to wash.

  • This year, the ESPO Award on Societal Integration of Ports is focussing on ‘Innovative environmental projects’
    News

    Are you the next ESPO Award winner?

    2014-06-03T15:14:00Z

    The 6th European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Award on Societal Integration of Ports from the will be addressing innovative port projects that lead to environmental improvement for the benefit of the wider port and local community.

  • News

    Dredging war in the Bahamas

    2014-06-03T14:53:00Z

    Dredging work has resumed for Resorts World Bimini’s (RWB) major resort development in the Bahamas following a ruling by the Bahamas Supreme Court.

  • Tricky: The decision to scan containers at US ports looks likely to be delayed again
    News

    US climbdown on container scanning?

    2014-06-03T13:40:00Z

    Few in the industry are surprised to hear that the US may have delayed new rules requiring all cargo containers entering the country to be security scanned prior to departure.

  • News

    SFL acquires Kamsarmax carriers

    2014-06-03T10:47:00Z

    Bermuda-based Ship Finance International Limited (SFL) is to acquire two 82,000 tonne Kamsarmax dry-bulk carriers, as well as long-term charters to a state-owned Chinese charterer.

  • The ECO Exhaust Gas Cleaning system will now be fitted to over 70 Carnival vessels
    News

    Investing in scrubbers

    2014-06-02T17:14:00Z

    Carnival Corporation & plc, one of the world''s largest cruise companies, plans to significantly increase installation of its exhaust gas cleaning technology to more than 70 of its vessels.

  • News

    Respect goes both ways

    2014-06-02T13:16:00Z

    Senior management need to become fully involved for continuous improvement to be accepted and implemented by staff, says Tom Szwajkos, a consultant with US-based TR Pallen & Associates. “Also, if you have union personnel, you must get them involved as part of the continuous improvement team.”

  • Making a move: DP World Southampton improved handling from 21 to 27.6 moves per hour in four years. Credit: Nige Brown
    News

    Carry on improving

    2014-05-30T10:00:00Z

    Continuous improvement success depends on discipline, measurement and engagement. Felicity Landon reports

  • Low base: Cai Mep is running at 30% capacity due to the failed promises of the Vietnamese government. CRedit: APM Terminals
    News

    Vietnam needs to deliver on its promises

    2014-05-29T13:09:00Z

    COMMENT: The coordinating hand of government is an essential ingredient in infrastructure investment to generate a win: win for the investor and the host country concerned.

  • "Regenerative power has to be seen as variable and something which you cannot rely on," Jürgen Moser, Siemens
    News

    Are renewables a viable alternative for ports?

    2014-05-29T10:00:00Z

    Ports looking to upgrade their power supply might be tempted by heavily hyped green alternatives, but should they jump feet first into these murky waters?

  • Volumising: AGCT has raised Rijeka overall terminal capacity to 450,000 teu per year
    News

    Rijeka's AGCT nears completion

    2014-05-29T06:46:00Z

    The installation of a new mooring buoy in mid-June will see the completion of new deepwater quay arrangements at the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) in Rijeka, Croatia.

  • Mr. Avi Hasson, the Chief Scientist of Israel and Inna Braverman Co-Founder of Eco Wave Power in the Mixiii Award Ceremony
    News

    Eco Wave Power awarded for innovation

    2014-05-28T17:10:00Z

    Israel’s Eco Wave Power (EWP) has won an innovation award after competing against 60 other young stat-up companies as part of the ‘WOW’ competition.

  • “K” Line Receives the Port of Long Beach Environmental Excellence Award
    News

    Green award in Long Beach

    2014-05-28T17:00:00Z

    Japanese carrier, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd (K Line), has received an Environmental Excellence Award from the Port of Long Beach for reducing its environmental impact at the port.

  • New chapter: APMT says its investment at the Port of Namibe will provide the local market with the needed infrastructure
    News

    APMT begins new Angolan chapter

    2014-05-28T15:56:00Z

    Sociedade Gestora de Terminais (Sogester), an APM Terminals joint venture, is opening up Angola’s southern gateway with a 20-year concession at the Port of Namibe.

  • News

    Napier weighed in for SOLAS

    2014-05-28T11:08:00Z

    An in-house export container weighing system developed by the Port of Napier sees it leading the New Zealand ports industry in preparation for pending changes to SOLAS Chapter VI.

  • Growth: Mexican expansion will begin at the port of Veracruz
    News

    Mexico to double capacity within six years

    2014-05-28T11:08:00Z

    Port infrastructure in Mexico is going to double in capacity over the next six years, according to Ricardo Martínez of the Ports and Merchant Marine.

  • Concern: John Mullen warns on the pitfalls on large scale port sell-offs
    News

    Asciano boss cautions on privatisation downsides

    2014-05-28T11:08:00Z

    While the privatisation of Australia''s ports gathers pace, the head of ports operator Asciano fears the Australian economy may be suffering some damage.