World – Page 105

  • Port of Cork receiving the ISO 14001 Certification from Bureau Veritas
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    Cork achieves ISO 14001

    2009-11-16T17:09:00Z

    The Port of Cork Company has been awarded the international environmental standard ISO 14001 certification which acknowledges the Port’s positive commitment to the environment.

  • Harry Barnes-Dabban
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    West and Central African ports address the need for environmental management

    2009-11-16T16:11:00Z

    Harry Barnes-Dabban, Corporate Estates & Environment Manager for Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority, highlights the need for WACAF to prioritise their environmental challenges or risk becoming a dumping ground

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    Western Scheldt 2009 deadline

    2009-11-16T10:33:00Z

    Antwerp Port Authority welcomes the decision by the Dutch government to implement the treaty on the deepening the Scheldt estuary, hailing it as an important step.

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    Air emissions cut at Portland

    2009-11-16T10:21:00Z

    The Port of Portland, Oregon has, over the past year added shore-side power (cold-ironing) at three of its marine terminals.

  • PHA Chairman James T. Edmonds and Alan Clark,
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    Houston clean air funding

    2009-11-14T17:21:00Z

    A $9 million Smart Way Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) was awarded to the Houston- Galveston Area Council (HGAC), following the efforts of the Port of Houston Authority (PHA), H-GAC and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

  • CMA CGM Christophe Colomb
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    CMA CGM takes delivery of new 13,300 TEU vessel

    2009-11-14T09:31:00Z

    The CMA CGM Group is pleased to announce the delivery today, 10th of November, in South Korea, of the CMA CGM CHRISTOPHE COLOMB.

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    Shore power for cruise ships in Vancouver

    2009-11-13T10:01:00Z

    The shore power installation at Port Metro Vancouver, the home port of the Vancouver-Alaska cruise, is the result of a $9-million cooperative initiative between the Government of Canada, the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, BC Hydro and Port Metro Vancouver.

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    China' new green feeder service

    2009-11-12T09:42:00Z

    Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) recently announced the launch of its first direct feeder service for Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited. The new service will run directly from YICT to the factory of Nine Dragons Paper in Xibeisha, Dongguan.

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    Port of Long Beach's "Green Port" tie up with China Merchants

    2009-11-12T09:40:00Z

    In a new “green port” collaboration, the Port of Long Beach and China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI), one of the world’s largest operators of seaport terminals, have signed a comprehensive environmental exchange agreement to further “green” technologies and practices on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.

  • Charles Haine
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    A week in the life of an Environment Manager

    2009-11-11T11:04:00Z

    A new GreenPort column designed to draw attention to the varied responsibilities of environment managers shaping port and terminal policy. This month, the spotlight falls on Charles Haine, Global Environmental Manager, DP World. Charles has been with DP World, the Dubai-based international marine terminal operator, since May 2008. His challenges ...

  • Expansion phases 1 and 2 at the Port of Tampa, to increase storage area to 40 acres
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    Job creation at the Port of Tampa

    2009-11-11T10:17:00Z

    A review of the fiscal year 2009 capital program implemented by the Tampa Port Authority shows the Port of Tampa’s commercial importance and economic impact as one of the region’s largest job creators.

  • Fly ash is a powdered substance
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    Fly ash through Tampa

    2009-11-11T09:37:00Z

    The Tampa Port Authority has announced that Separation Technologies LLC, the world’s largest beneficiator of fly ash, will begin a series of large export shipments of the cement supplement from the Port of Tampa to Panama.

  • This Train is actually Green
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    Battery powered locomotive unveiled

    2009-11-10T14:36:00Z

    Norfolk Southern has unveiled the latest in alternative energy locomotive technology at its Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, PA.

  • G HMK 4406, variant of Model 4
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    Gottwald secure order for Norway's Greenland Port

    2009-11-10T09:29:00Z

    10 November – Gottwald Port Technology GmbH has received an order from Grenland Havn for a new Mobile Harbour Crane.

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    Gothenburg-Drammen rail link re-opens

    2009-11-09T09:46:00Z

    The Port of Gothenburg is expanding its range of rail shuttles by once again offering a shuttle service to Drammen in Norway.

  • Grosse Luneplate on the right bank of the Weser- central substitute site for the port
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    Environmental protection at Bremen Ports

    2009-11-09T09:29:00Z

    A new publication from the ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven explains the ongoing environmental protection that is being undertaken

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    Kotka joins EcoPorts network

    2009-11-06T17:01:00Z

    Kotka ecoport is a project launched by the Port of Kotka as part of the City of Kotka and its EkoKotka project. Kotka ecoport considers the environment in all operations of the port based on a life cycle approach, meaning that all stages from design and construction, to commissioning and ...

  • Jean-Pierre Lecomte, former president of the Port Authority of Le Havre,
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    New chairman for AIVP

    2009-11-04T14:59:00Z

    The Members of AIVP elected Jean-Pierre Lecomte, to the Chairmanship of AIVP, at their most recent General Assembly in the Icelandic port city of Reykjavik.

  • OPS High voltage connection principles
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    WPCI update and call for OPS website volunteers

    2009-11-03T16:42:00Z

    Fifty-five ports from all over the world have come together to form the World Ports Climate Initiative. Under the leadership of the IAPH they have committed to jointly reduce the threat of global climate change.

  • Port Botany
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    Port Botany container terminal “ticks the green boxes”

    2009-11-02T16:31:00Z

    Port Botany’s Container Terminal expansion has passed its compulsory first year environmental audit, exceeding all compliance requirements and winning an unqualified endorsement for a raft of environmental management initiatives.