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ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Royal Boskalis Westminster will carry out EUR100m dredging activities for the development of the first large-scale LNG export facility in Kitimat Canada.

8th October 2018

Boskalis dredging to help develop LNG Canada

8th October 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

Brexit could present Foyle Port, located in Northern Ireland in the UK, with robust opportunities, the facility’s chief executive has said.

4th October 2018

Brexit could offer port perks

4th October 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

An immediate concern for the Port of Buenos Aires is to secure container handling capacity, considering the 2019 expiration of concessions of the three container terminals.

3rd October 2018

Buenos Aires must secure capacity

3rd October 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) will be testing automated and autonomous trucks to help increase efficiency, decrease fuel consumption and enhance general traffic flow.

2nd October 2018

Hamburg tests autonomous trucks

2nd October 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Canadas four main container ports are going through a strong period of growth, writes Alex Hughes

1st October 2018

Box growth buoys Canadian hubs

1st October 2018

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Wire rope monitoring needs to be stepped up, warn lifting specialists.

1st October 2018

Avoiding catastrophic crane failure

1st October 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A cybersecurity attack at the Port of San Diego has disrupted IT systems and resulted in limited functionality.

27th September 2018

Cyberattack crashes San Diego systems

27th September 2018

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Intensification of fighting around Hodeidah in Yemen is choking the port which the aid operation and the commercial markets depend on, a UN relief chief has stated.

27th September 2018

Hodeidah fighting is choking port

27th September 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

Operations at the Port of Barcelona have remained unaffected by a cyber attack last week.

25th September 2018

Barcelona unaffected by cyber attack

25th September 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A new joint venture (JV) aims to utilise blockchain and super artificial intelligence to streamline digital supply chain services for the Asia-Pacific Model E-Port Network (APMEN), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperations online port…

25th September 2018

Blockchain to help China’s port clearance

25th September 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Royal Boskalis Westminster is working to reduce CO2 emissions by using sustainable biofuel on its latest renewable energy dredging project.

25th September 2018

Boskalis to use biofuel on dredging project

25th September 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

APM Terminals (APMT) is to seek international arbitration in respect of its disagreement with the government of Guatemala over its terminal APM Terminals Quetzal, or Terminal de Contenedores Quetzal.

24th September 2018

APMT loses patience in Guatemala

24th September 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A research project undertaken by three civil engineering students at Universidade Santa Cecília in Brazils Santos has suggested that introducing an automated container terminal at the Port of Santos is currently “impracticable”.

24th September 2018

Automated handling in Santos “impracticable”

24th September 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Antwerp has said operations have returned to normal following a strike by the Flemish Pilotage Service union which led to a backlog of vessels and container handling delays.

20th September 2018

Antwerp insists operations normal post-strike

20th September 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Associated British Ports (ABP) will be working with a digital logistics enabler to create one of Europe’s first detailed pilot programmes to use blockchain technology to improve port connectivity.

19th September 2018

Blockchain project to improve port efficiency

19th September 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

ABP will be working with a digital logistics enabler on one of Europe’s first detailed pilot programmes using blockchain technology to improve port connectivity.

19th September 2018

Blockchain project to improve port efficiency

19th September 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ABS has been selected by FueLNG Pte Ltd to class Singapore’s first LNG bunker barge which is scheduled to begin construction in January 2019.

18th September 2018

ABS to class Singapore LNG bunker barge

18th September 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

According to Brazil’s national transport confederation Confederação Nacional do Transporte (CNT), the country needs investment of $410bn to resolve all existing transport problems as well as to modernise infrastructure.

12th September 2018

Brazil needs billions for transport problems

12th September 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A delegation of the Spanish stevedores’ owners association Anesco has met Ornella Chacón, president of the national ports authority Puertos del Estado, to stress the need to expedite the necessary regulatory environment…

12th September 2018

Anesco lobbies Spanish government

12th September 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) has thrown its weight behind a new initiative focused on recruiting more women into the maritime sector.

12th September 2018

ABP backs Women in Maritime Charter

12th September 2018