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GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

Discussion was lively on the second day of GreenPort Congress in Valencia, as port representatives discussed incentive schemes, supply chain ethics, greening bids and more.

24th October 2018

High ambition meets business realities

24th October 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In 2020, a tender is to be issued at the Port of Buenos Aires that will see the existing five container terminal operators replaced by a single concessionaire. At present, three groups…

23rd October 2018

Buenos Aires concession overhaul

23rd October 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

After 15 days of crippling strikes at the Colombian Port of Buenaventura, Buenaventura Port Society’s Container Terminal (TCBUEN) has been forced to introduce a contingency plan to return working practices to normal,…

23rd October 2018

Buenaventura forced to adopt contingency plan

23rd October 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), the independent agency that reports to Brazil’s Ministry of Justice on competition issues, is to investigate Santos container terminal Brasil Terminal Portuário (BTP) for the…

23rd October 2018

BTP under investigation for anti-competitive behaviour

23rd October 2018

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Gulftainer could invest $3bn over the next half a decade, chief executive Peter Richards has revealed.

23rd October 2018

Gulftainer ready to splash the cash

23rd October 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdam has partnered with ABN AMRO and Samsung SDS to kick-start a container logistics blockchain pilot.

23rd October 2018

Blockchain-connector first for Rotterdam

23rd October 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

If ports kept ships more informed about berth availability prior to arrival they could adapt their sailing speed, save fuel and money and lower emissions, a new study has found.

22nd October 2018

Better arrivals management could cut CO2

22nd October 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Underinvestment and cautious investor sentiment towards greenfield projects is partly to blame for container terminal capacity expansion falling to not much more than 10% of existing capacity in the next five years,…

22nd October 2018

Greenfield caution harming capacity expansion

22nd October 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Prohibitively expensive shoreside power projects are restricting the widespread take-up of plug-in solutions at global ports.

22nd October 2018

Barrier to take-up of shoreside power

22nd October 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has sold its stake in the Aliaga Izmir container terminal in Turkey to its partner Socar but will continue to operate the terminal.

19th October 2018

APM sells Aliaga terminal stake

19th October 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Ballard Power Systems will provide fuel cell modules to power two zero-emissions terminal yard trucks at the Port of Los Angeles in a bid to prove the technology’s commercial viability in a…

18th October 2018

Ballard fuel cell modules to power LA trucks

18th October 2018

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Day one of GreenPort Congress featured sessions on policy, challenges ahead, cost and efficiency in terminals and lastly a workshop offering a chance for the audience to take a view on the…

18th October 2018

GreenPort Congress day one round-up: discussions, debates and dinner

18th October 2018

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

GreenPort Congress 2018 was opened by an expert panel of port professionals who shared their views on the key factors affecting sustainability measures in ports.

18th October 2018

GreenPort Congress 2018: opening session

18th October 2018

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The Welcome Reception for this year’s GreenPort Congress took place at the Edificio del Reloj on 16 October 2018 following another successful GreenPort Cruise.

16th October 2018

GreenPort 2018 Welcome Reception

16th October 2018

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

Valencia is working hard with the city to establish a sustainable framework for growing cruising numbers, a balance many cruise ports are also trying to achieve.

16th October 2018

Balancing priorities for sustainable cruise

16th October 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

chainPORT Hackathon winner Rombit has made waves in Antwerp with its solution to optimise often-inaccurate ship arrival times.

16th October 2018

Hackathon winner solves ETA irregularities

16th October 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Jordan’s Aqaba New Port will see all ship and goods movements, warehouse management and logistics fully digitised in a project with a contract volume worth millions of euros.

16th October 2018

Aqaba New Port set for digitisation

16th October 2018

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

The 2018 GreenPort Congress has opened for business with an opening talk by Michael McCarthy of Cruise Europe welcoming delegates to a day focused on green cruise.

16th October 2018

GreenPort Congress kicks off in Valencia

16th October 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

There are “exciting” operational and infrastructure opportunities in the US ports market, Badr Jafar, CEO of Crescent Enterprises and chairman of Gulftainer, has said

15th October 2018

Gulftainer eyes US port opportunities

15th October 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

BAE Systems is installing ABB´s new shore-to-ship power solution to energise high power consumption vessels in a pioneering project at a UK harbour.

10th October 2018

Greener grid for UK harbour

10th October 2018