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ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The biggest LNG terminal in the Nordics has been opened in Röyttä harbour, Tornio to meet the growing demand for the fuel and increase security of supply in the Northern Nordics.

26th June 2019

Biggest LNG terminal in Nordics opens

26th June 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

German LNG Terminal GmbH, the joint venture behind the LNG terminal project in Brunsbuettel, north Germany, will start the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) prequalification process this month.

26th June 2019

Brunsbuettel LNG project EPC process begins

26th June 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The formal launch of the Buenos Aires port tender for a single company to develop and operate one large container terminal facility is underway but not without controversy dogging its footsteps.

24th June 2019

Buenos Aires contentious concession cocktail

24th June 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A pioneer of automation and simulation has demonstrated new solutions designed to assist port terminals in monitoring, measuring, and boosting production at TOC Europe 2019.

24th June 2019

Automation tools for operational efficiency

24th June 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

APM Terminals said it welcomes a decision by the Los Angeles Harbor Commission to deny a International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) appeal against a permit application for it to carry out…

20th June 2019

APM Terminals automation permit approved

20th June 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

ABP South Wales has rescued a swarm of bees and rehomed them in the Port of Cardiff’s apiary as part of its commitment to biodiversity.

10th June 2019

ABP rescues bees in Cardiff

10th June 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Chilean port company Empresa Portuaria Valparaíso (EPV) is determined to continue with a project to build Terminal 2 (T2) at Valparaíso to allow it to compete with San Antonio.

6th June 2019

EPV to push ahead with new T2 tender

6th June 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

The chairman of the British Ports Association (BPA) has called for ports industry concerns about contamination from open loop scrubbers to be addressed.

6th June 2019

BPA urges grown-up scrubbers conversation

6th June 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Several Associated British Ports (ABP) employees will be leaving the organisation following its decision to reorganise its divisions.

5th June 2019

ABP sheds staff with reorganisation

5th June 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The benefits go both ways when ports focus on community engagement, reports Felicity Landon

5th June 2019

Building and sustaining community connections

5th June 2019

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Carly Fields hears that a global economic recovery is far from assured in 2019

5th June 2019

Dark clouds persist on economic horizon

5th June 2019

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: US President Donald Trump announced, in a tweet, that he would raise the 10% tariff on $200bn of Chinese imported goods to 25% and that an additional $325bn of imports would…

5th June 2019

Heading for the rocks

5th June 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested more than GB£120,000 in a new fleet of electric vans to be deployed at its East Anglian Ports of Lowestoft, Ipswich and King’s Lynn.

5th June 2019

ABP ports invest in electric vehicles

5th June 2019

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

COMMENT: The force is strong at the moment. The push for immediate action on climate risks from David Attenborough, the BBC, youth protests and Greta Thunberg (calling out politicians for procrastination) is…

3rd June 2019

Barrelling down to net-zero

3rd June 2019

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Cargotec’s Dr Tero Hottinen explains why ports need a finger of the pulse of disruptive technology

3rd June 2019

Be part of disruption or be disrupted

3rd June 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

NextDecade Corporation has signed two contracts with Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of its planned Rio Grande LNG export terminal at the Port of Brownsville…

30th May 2019

EPC contracts for Rio Grande LNG terminal

30th May 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Overwhelming focus on the negative impacts of Brexit on UK and EU ports has eclipsed positive outcomes of the ongoing process of Britain’s departure from the European Union.

20th May 2019

Benefits outweigh downsides of Brexit

20th May 2019

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Anacortes is the fifth port in the State of Washington to become a Green Marine participant and the 22nd United States port to do so, equalling the number of…

17th May 2019

Anacortes joins Green Marine programme

17th May 2019

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Royal HaskoningDHV’s (RHDHV) Bob Post explains how to address one of the biggest barriers to automation of brownfield terminals

13th May 2019

Be ‘people smart’ when automating

13th May 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina’s Ministry of Transport has approved the specifications of an international public tender to operate the renewed Port of Buenos Aires for the next 50 years.

9th May 2019

Buenos Aires $760m tender imminent

9th May 2019