OK, so the ports sector is not necessarily going to welcome all new environmental regulation from Europe with open arms – but surely ports can at least draw comfort from knowing they are operating on a level (green) playing field with their...

Jakarta: Indonesia's state-owned terminal operator Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Pelindo III) has spent over €100m ($130m) to order container handling equipment from Konecranes.

Lima: APM Terminals have announced that the FCC-JJC Consortium, comprising Spain-based FCC Construction SA and Chile’s General Contractors JJC] will begin work on the first two phases of Callao terminal-Pier North, in Peru.

Houston: Braemar Engineering has launched a new venture which will oversee all aspects of the LNG supply chain, covering the pipelining, pre-treatment, liquefaction, land and/or sea transportation, importing and regasification of LNG.

Among maritime heroes in New York, Gordon Loebl, the US Coast Guard’s Captain of the Port, stands out. Captain Loebl oversaw successful efforts that enabled the port in New York / New Jersey to re-open several days after Hurricane Sandy tore...

Panama City: Panama Canal expansion is spurring Latin American port investment, port operators told the audience of the conference Panama Maritime XI. The expanded waterway, scheduled to begin operations in the first half of 2015, has led...

Fujiarah: Phase one of Gulf Petrochem’s Fujairah Oil Terminal, located in the port, is now operational with a storage capacity of 412,000 cu m. The first phase of the Fujairah Oil Terminal is able to handle Class III petroleum products such as...

Panama City: The port of Rotterdam expansion – Maasvlakte 2- will be completed by the end of this year with terminals operational in mid-2014.

Cartagena : SC Line is launching a new service linking Houston, Venezuela and Colombia. Called Gulftrade it will provide bi-weekly connections between Houston, Texas, Cartagena, Colombia and Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Dubai: Etihad Rail, developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network - has secured financing of $1.28bn (AED 4.7bn) for stage one of its railway project that could see freight shipments to ports by year end