All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 771
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NewsPort of Cork development plans
Ireland’s Port of Cork has outlined its plans for potential development in Ringaskiddy in a bid to develop commercially and “cater for future growth”, says Denis Healy, manager of engineering services at the port.
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NewsChinese terminal operators expand
As China’s throughput volume declines and economic growth slows, container terminal operators, COSCO Pacific and China Merchants Holding International (CMHI), are expanding to overseas markets.
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NewsNew waste collection at Antwerp
In a bid to improve barge waste collection, the Port of Antwerp has constructed a new waste collection facility for barges, the Lillo Park Service Quay.
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NewsShrinking pool of port talent
Successive years of hammering home the crewing ‘crisis’ message have firmly ingrained the matter on our minds: red alert, a dearth of qualified seafarers is about to bring the industry to its knees. However, that record has been re-played for at least the last two decades and the anticipated crisis ...
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NewsAlfa Laval launches PureBallast 3.0
This month, Sweden''s Alfa Laval is launching its third generation chemical-free system for ballast water treatment, PureBallast 3.0, which it says will help re-establish the company as a groundbreaker in ballast water treatment.
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NewsSeattle joins Green Marine Programme
The Port of Seattle has become the first US West Coast port to join the voluntary Green Marine environmental programme.
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NewsMSC sells part of terminal division
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has reached an agreement to sell 35% of its terminal division, Terminal Investment Limited SA (TIL), to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the independent infrastructure investment fund.
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NewsHong Kong dispute continues
The Hong Kong Shippers’ Council has advised members to arrange alternative shipping routes as demonstrations at Hongkong International Terminals’ (HIT) Kwai Tsing port entered into the seventh day on Thursday.
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NewsShowcasing the development of Indian ports
The first GreenPort South Asia Conference, organised by Mercator Media, took place in Mumbai from 20 to 21 March with as aim to be a catalyst in driving forward the green agenda in maritime ports and terminals across the South Asia region. A few weeks prior to the conference, GreenPort ...
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NewsGibraltar joins green award scheme
The Port of Gibraltar will award sustainable ships certified by the Green Award scheme with a 5% reduction in tonnage dues for certified vessels entering British Gibraltar Territorial Waters and calling at the port from 1 April 2013.
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NewsMarseille Fos promotes rail services
Simplified customs procedures have led to improved containerised rail services at the French cargo port, Marseille Fos, says the port''s director of development, Arnaud Renjard.
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NewsTrouble in Hong Kong
Port workers are back demonstrating over pay today at Hongkong International Terminals Ltd (HIT), part of the Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust), after a court ruling barred them from entering the city’s terminals yesterday.
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NewsEmco loading arms for Brazilian terminal
Global fluid handling equipment manufacturer, Emco Wheaton, has supplied global oil and gas company, Petrobras, with high pressure marine loading arms for its new Bahia Regasification Terminal (TRBA) in Brazil.
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NewsThe clash of two pilot regimes
Questions have been asked about how the draft UK Marine Navigation Bill (No.2) – currently under UK Parliament consultation – sits with existing international pilotage regulatory framework.
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NewsGreenPort South Asia papers
Did you miss Mercator Media''s first GreenPort South Asia conference? All papers and presentations from this year are now available to download online.
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NewsPlaying the pilot
HFW''s Joseph Botham explains why proposed UK pilotage changes have global influence
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NewsRolls-Royce power for ferry of the future
Rolls-Royce plc has signed a contract for the delivery of its highly efficient Azipull propulsion and control system for the ‘World’s First’ completely electric car ferry.
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NewsAPMT Maasvlakte II receives ARMGs
APM Terminals’ new Maasvlakte II facility at the Port of Rotterdam has received the first two of a total of 26 automated rail mounted gantry cranes (ARMGs), following the completion of civil construction.
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NewsGreen Port Gateway project begins
America’s Port of Long Beach has launched a US$84m project to remove a railroad bottleneck and build additional on-dock rail capacity to move cargo more efficiently and sustainably.
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NewsEC develops new 2030 policy framework
The European Commission (EC) has begun the development of a 2030 framework for EU climate change and energy policies with the adoption of a Green Paper to launch a public consultation on the content of the framework.
