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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

It doesn’t always make sense to automate and the feasibility of automation depends on available investment and previous technology and equipment choices, the president of Tideworks Technology has said.

27th July 2018

Automation not always inevitable

27th July 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The British Ports Association chief executive has closed UK Maritime Safety Week with a call to shut a regulatory loophole that permits non-professional mariners to pilot leisure craft under the influence of…

15th July 2018

BPA: Close ‘drink-pilot’ yachtie loophole

15th July 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Antwerp are hosting an international ‘Hackathon’ in an effort to spur technology-based innovation in the port and maritime environment.

12th July 2018

Hackathon to foster technology innovation

12th July 2018

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and the Marine Department of Malaysia have conducted a joint chemical spill exercise to test the Joint Emergency Response Plan or chemical spill incidents in…

12th July 2018

Asia ports perfect chemical spill response

12th July 2018

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A battery powered electric ferry has won an award at the Electric and Hybrid Marine World Expo for Propulsion System of the Year.

10th July 2018

Battery electric ferry wins hybrid ship award

10th July 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

In Spain, the Gobierno Vasco (Basque Government) has approved maritime transport and ports legislation that will establish a management model for 15 ports that fall under its competence.

9th July 2018

Basque region introduces ports legislation

9th July 2018

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Investment bank Rothschild has been appointed by Adani to sell a stake in its Port of Abbot Point port operations in Australias Queensland.

6th July 2018

Adani ready to sell Abbot Point stake

6th July 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

There is practically “a religious divide” among container industry leaders as to whether the fundamental driver of value in the sector for the next quarter of a century is going to be…

5th July 2018

Crystal ball-gazing for TT Club and McKinsey

5th July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Artificial intelligence (AI) is still not what we would consider really intelligent behaviour and companies should think carefully about whether it will benefit them before investing, a technology expert has stressed.

26th June 2018

Exercise caution with AI

26th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Money spent by port authorities on catering for big ships is being taken from the capital available for projects, claims the associate vice president and director of US maritime planning at WSP.

25th June 2018

Big ships delaying US port projects

25th June 2018

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

COMMENT: ‘Ports and biodiversity’ – an oxymoron, or a concept that needs to be embraced properly by our maritime community, asks Charles Haine.

21st June 2018

Blurred stakeholder lines no excuse

21st June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

It’s all about the money, says the European Sea Ports Organisation. Felicity Landon reports

21st June 2018

Europe’s ports seek more attention

21st June 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Angolan government wants to terminate Caioporto’s concession contract to operate the Caio deep-water port in Cabinda.

20th June 2018

Angola to end Caioporto concession

20th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

Belgium’s Antwerp Port Authority and software startup T-Mining have developed a solution to transfer documents with blockchain technology and automate (through “‘Smart Contracts’”) the document-flow.

20th June 2018

Antwerp moves further down blockchain path

20th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Energy monitoring is becoming increasingly important in container terminal management as terminals look to automation, the global vice president of sales, ports & terminals at Identec Solutions has said.

18th June 2018

Energy monitoring is part of automation

18th June 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The University of Hamburg has won the 2018 Port Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (PEMA) Student Challenge to find a sustainable, practical and commercially viable solution to reducing container terminal CO2 emissions.

15th June 2018

Hamburg University wins PEMA Challenge

15th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The chief operating officer of APM Terminals (APMT), Keith Svendsen, has identified growing competition, diminishing returns and container growth and consolidation in the liner customer base as “the reality” for terminal operators.

14th June 2018

APMT COO highlights new operator reality

14th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

56% of voters in Port Strategy’s (PS) TOC Europe Twitter environment poll said that the environment is quite important in their business plans.

11th June 2018

Environment is final PS TOC Twitter poll

11th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

50% of port professionals believe that less than 25% of global container ports will be semi or fully automated by 2025, Port Strategy’s (PS) first Twitter poll on automation shows.

8th June 2018

Automation will be slow process, poll shows

8th June 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil’s National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq) put back until June 4 public consultation of six proposed new terminal operations at ports in the state of Pará. Five of these will be at…

8th June 2018

Antaq lengthens Pará concessions consultation

8th June 2018