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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

With Uber-style booking apps taking shape for trucking, how long before ports get the Uber treatment, asks Felicity Landon

29th February 2016

An app a day

29th February 2016

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

It’s not often the terminal operating sector is presented with the opportunity to acquire a brand new terminal operating site, where all the hard work has been done in terms of infrastructure…

28th February 2016

Big future ahead

28th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Technology provider, Navis, part of Cargotec Corporation, has announced that Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH (HPC) has signed on as Navis’s newest implementation service partner, to assist with the worldwide rollout and optimisation…

24th February 2016

Hamburg latest Navis solutions partner

24th February 2016

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Submissions are still invited for the GreenPort Cruise Conference and GreenPort Congress which will be hosted by Venice Port Authority, but abstracts must be received on 26 February 2016 latest.

23rd February 2016

Abstract submission deadline reminder – 26 February 2016

23rd February 2016

GPCA

GPCA

Submissions are still invited for the GreenPort Cruise Conference and GreenPort Congress which will be hosted by Venice Port Authority, but abstracts must be received on 26 February 2016 latest.

23rd February 2016

Abstract submission deadline reminder – 26 February 2016

23rd February 2016

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

APM Terminals Mumbai is now providing shipping lines with the required Export Form 13 for export containers entering the terminal by truck electronically.

18th February 2016

APM Terminals Mumbai goes paperless

18th February 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

German transportation specialist, Hapag-Lloyd, will become the first shipping company to use an innovative, cloud-based stowage-planning software developed by US supplier XVELA.

18th February 2016

Hapag-Lloyd signs up for XVELA pilot

18th February 2016

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Danish Ports is the national association of commercial ports in Denmark.

16th February 2016

Danish Ports Association

16th February 2016

GPC

GPC

Official Supporting Publication

16th February 2016

GreenPort

16th February 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Australian freight logistics company, Asciano, has formally rejected a takeover offer by Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Inc. after it failed to match a higher bid from Asciano’s rival Qube Holdings Ltd.

16th February 2016

Asciano dumps Brookfield for Qube

16th February 2016

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

HAROPA has announced that 2015 was a year of positive growth and has promised that there are new developments taking place in 2016.

12th February 2016

HAROPA ports celebrate 2.4% throughput growth

12th February 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has announced that its increased investment capital in 2015 generated $4.2bn in revenue, a profit of $645m on the year before.

11th February 2016

APM Terminals drives portfolio growth

11th February 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A one day workshop focussing on ‘new marine energy’ will be on offer at the Next Generation Marine Power & Propulsion Conference in Southampton.

11th February 2016

Green workshop at Next Generation Conference

11th February 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Kitack Lim, IMO secretary-general, and Violeta Bulc, the European transport commissioner, have had their first meeting since Mr Lim’s appointment.

10th February 2016

European Commission backs IMO

10th February 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A scheme that measures the environmental friendliness of ships is proving beneficial in the battle against climate change, according to the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH).

10th February 2016

Environmental Ship Index still going strong

10th February 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Baleària has signed a contract with LaNaval shipyard to construct a new eco-friendly smart ferry which will be powered by LNG and solar power.

9th February 2016

Baleària orders new LNG-fuelled ferry

9th February 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Antwerp Port Authority and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have signed a partnership agreement which aims to bring growth and investment opportunities for both.

8th February 2016

Antwerp cements Belt and Road involvement

8th February 2016

ASIA

ASIA

The Bolloré Group has been chosen by the authorities of East Timor to build and operate the deepwater port at Dili under a 30 year-term public-private partnership agreement.

2nd February 2016

Bolloré Group wins Dili concession

2nd February 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

ABP has confirmed it will invest £5m in a purpose-built Marine Control Centre at the Port of Grimsby.

29th January 2016

ABP invests in Grimsby control centre

29th January 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Final shipboard tests of Damen’s InvaSave technology have commenced on board of the 800 teu container vessel, Henrike Schepers.

28th January 2016

Damens InvaSave en route for type approval

28th January 2016