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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) have established a joint venture (JV) to develop a way of transporting containers at high speed through a tube to and…

5th December 2018

European port backs high-speed container plan

5th December 2018

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

OceanWise has improved the integration of its environmental data storage and publishing solution ‘Port-Log’ by adding an Application Programming Interface (API).

30th November 2018

API added to environmental data solution

30th November 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

To enable the ports and maritime industry to move beyond planning for Brexit and start taking action, the UK government could be clearer about EU exit scenarios and the likely consequences of…

28th November 2018

Brexit “planning is not enough”

28th November 2018

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The New South Wales (NSW) Legislative Councils Public Works Committee has commenced an inquiry into the impact of Port of Newcastle sale arrangements on public works expenditure in New South Wales.

27th November 2018

Australian port sale impact inquiry begins

27th November 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Commission (EC) has concluded that reductions in compensation payments granted by the state-owned Port of Antwerp to two container terminal operators were on market terms and did not involve state…

26th November 2018

European port cleared of concession mishandling

26th November 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A £600,000 flood wall to protect homes and businesses in Blyth from tidal flooding has been completed by the Environment Agency and Port of Blyth.

14th November 2018

Blyth completes flood wall

14th November 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The first LNG fuelling station in Spains state port system has been opened at the Port of Barcelona to promote the use of natural gas as an alternative fuel for land transport…

13th November 2018

Barcelona LNG fuelling station opens

13th November 2018

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

RAM Spreaders is focusing on moving more containers with fewer journeys to help ports reduce their carbon footprint by being more energy efficient.

8th November 2018

Energy efficient container moving

8th November 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Congested roads, infrastructure deficiencies, poor rail transport, legal problems and high tax pressure are all shortcomings identified by Alejandro López, the intermodal logistics manager of the Hamburg Süd shipping line, in Argentina…

7th November 2018

Hamburg Süd lists Argentinian ports shortcomings

7th November 2018

ASIA

ASIA

Development of a port in Davao City in the Philippines has been discussed in light of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to the city in late October.

7th November 2018

Davao port development still under discussion

7th November 2018

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has slammed stevedores charging truck and train firms unreasonably high fees for containers’ collection or delivery at the Port of Melbourne.

6th November 2018

ACCC blasts Melbourne stevedores

6th November 2018

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A new zero-emissions support vehicle has been purchased by the UK Port of Barrow to reduce the usage of diesel vans and lower the carbon footprint of operations.

6th November 2018

ABP electric vehicle will reduce emissions

6th November 2018

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Khalifa Bin Salman Port (KBSP) operator APM Terminals Bahrain’s BHD 11.8m decision to make an initial public offering (IPO) of 18,000,000 of its shares is a timely money making and investment opportunity,…

5th November 2018

APM Bahrain IPO is “chance for proceeds”

5th November 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Ports must share safety data and incidences, The Bristol Port Company chief executive David Brown has urged.

5th November 2018

Data sharing vital to advance port safety

5th November 2018

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

ABB Ports’ Björn Henriksson explains how knowledge is power when it comes to analysing the statistics behind the moves.

1st November 2018

Data’s shaping future terminal operations

1st November 2018

THE LAWYER

THE LAWYER

HFW’s Joseph Botham outlines the key considerations from a private company perspective when buying a port or a terminal.

1st November 2018

Balancing purchasing risks and rewards

1st November 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

New barge consolidation hubs are part of a unique action plan to improve efficiency at the Port of Antwerp. Felicity Landon reports.

1st November 2018

Antwerps plan: consolidate and communicate

1st November 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

Operations in the Port of Barcelona’s APM Terminals were cancelled and workers evacuated on Wednesday morning after a fire broke out when a crane collapsed due to a vessel strike.

1st November 2018

Barcelona ferry crash halts APM operations

1st November 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The latest UK Budget probably won’t affect British ports too much largely because it remains unclear if the news of increased road investments will directly benefit the links to ports themselves.

30th October 2018

British ports nonplussed by UK Budget

30th October 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Rotterdam has partnered with ABN AMRO and Samsung SDS to kick-start a container logistics blockchain pilot which aims to achieve a paperless integration of physical, administrative and financial distribution chains.

30th October 2018

Blockchain efficiency pilot for Rotterdam

30th October 2018