‘Gas as ship fuel’ was the topic of yesterday’s GL First Class Exchange Forum which highlighted GL’s approach towards the environmental concerns of the maritime industry. The forum addressed all aspects related to LNG as an alternative ship fuel. Read at Gas as ship fuel – a clean alternative to heavy fuel oil ...

The Manatee County Port Authority, USA, today approved a long-term $30 million agreement with Port Dolphin Energy LLC, providing Florida with a second major source of natural gas. Read at Florida ports sign $30 million LNG deal ...

BLTâ??s Mobicon mobile container handling system is designed to efficiently lift containers onto and off chassis and safely carry containers around sites – without the need for a container to be dedicated to a chassis at all. Read at Mobicon solves chassis problems for carriers ...

The two words â??Port Securityâ?? hold a much more sinister connotation than they did five years ago. True, ports throughout the world still look for illegal contraband, whether itâ??s in the form of illegal aliens or goods, but thereâ??s something else; something more threatening lurking in todayâ??s seaports. Read at Enhancing port security at the Port of Baltimore ...

Elecsys Corporation today announced the release of the WatchdogCP P2S-AC Cathodic Protection Test Station Monitoring System. Read at New remote test station monitor from Elecsys ...

Bosch Security Systems have announced the launch of the new AEGIS SuperLED, a high performance LED-based illuminator with rugged IP66 rated construction and new design. Read at Bosch introduces high-performance LED-based illuminator ...

In this week’s PTI Media Watch: Anxiety in Asia as an official body reports that strengthening the Chinese yuan could prove ‘disastrous’ for exporters; and Somali pirates tell their side to the Huffington Post. Read at Rise in yuan could be ‘disastrous’ / Somali pirates have their say ...

Around 99% of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. shareholders yesterday voted to approve the proposed merger with maritime company Smit Internationale N.V., at the company’s annual Etraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. Read at Boskalis shareholders approve Smit Internationale takeover ...

Haiti-based WIN Group and South Florida-based Sante Holding today announced they have agreed to re-develop Terminal Varreux, Port-Au-Prince, the largest privately-owned shipping terminal and port facility in Haiti. Read at Major Haiti shipping terminal to be redeveloped ...

Yingkou Port Group Corporation, China, has ordered eight Kalmar DRF450 reachstackers and one DCE80 empty container handler from Cargotec. Read at Cargotec wins an order from Yingkou Port Group for Kalmar port equipment ...

Container termainals at the Port of Oakland, USA, are using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology from Zebra Enterprise Solutions to comply with the Port’s ban on polluting trucks. Read at RFID Technology now in use at Port of Oakland ...

Major work starts today at DP World London Gateway, the UKâ??s new deep sea port and logistics park, situated 25 miles east of Central London on the River Thames. To mark the occasion, Shahid Malik MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government, is visiting the 1,500-acre site. Read at Major work begins at London Gateway Port ...

In this exclusive interview, Gildas Colleter, Executive Lead Coastal Engineer for Aurecon, talks to Construction IQ on the effects climate change have on coastal engineering and the difficulties coastal engineers face when adapting materials to a particular climate. Read at Battling against the rising tide: Exclusive interview with Aurecon’s Gildas Colleter ...

For the first time, all com­mer­cial ves­sels in and around EU waters will be able to be seen by author­i­ties in a sin­gle view, thanks to EMSAâ??s new Safe­SeaNet track­ing mod­ule STIRES. And, soon, the technology could be rolled out to cover the whole world. Read at EMSA casts its all-seeing-eye over EU waters ...

HITT expects to soon receive the final order from The Netherlands Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (RWS) for the design and delivery of a vessel traffic guidance and control system on the Noordzeekanaal (North Sea Canal) and surrounding waterways, including its 10 years maintenance. Read at New Vessel Traffic System for North Sea Canal, Netherlands ...

Cware has announced its CCTV Video Management Software (VMS) will now be accessible on mobile devices such as mobile phones and PDAs, through its new Mobile Module client software. Read at Cware CCTV Video Management Software now available on mobile devices ...

Cware has announced its CCTV Video Management Software (VMS) will now be accessible on mobile devices such as mobile phones and PDAs, through its new Mobile Module client software. Read at Cware CCTV Video Management Software now available on mobile devices ...

The Panama Canal expansion project is yielding some interesting ‘artifacts’. A number of railroad wheels and a dredge bucket, dating back to the early 20th century, were recently uncovered. Encountering this debris during dredging operations can dramatically impede progress, and equipment can be damaged running into these underground obstructions. Read at Magnetometers aid Panama Canal expansion ...

The Panama Canal expansion project is yielding some interesting ‘artifacts’. A number of railroad wheels and a dredge bucket, dating back to the early 20th century, were recently uncovered. Encountering this debris during dredging operations can dramatically impede progress, and equipment can be damaged running into these underground obstructions. Read at Magnetometers aid Panama Canal expansion ...

CDA Solutions Ltd have been awarded major contract to provide a large integrated CCTV and Access Control System for Cromarty Firth Port Authorityâ??s facility at Invergordon, Scotland. Read at CDA Solutions wins major port security contract at Cromarty Firth ...