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NewsFalmouth Harbour reveals future plans
Falmouth Harbour is inviting community input on a 20-year masterplan, including a new large vessel pontoon
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NewsSingapore tops global container ports
Singapore tops DNV’s new global container port ranking, followed by Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Busan and Rotterdam
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NewsBilbao’s hydrogen-powered terminal tractor
The port is hosting real-world testing of the H2TowTractor, which is equipped with a retrofit kit that can be easily installed on existing vehicles
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Electrifying ports: The critical next step
Carolyn Newsham, Siemens Financial Services UK, explores the urgent need to electrify ports, the challenges to overcome and the financing solutions
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NewsBelgium unites its ports on security
The Port 2 Port Security Platform is a European first designed to counter drug smuggling, cyber security breaches and drone misuse
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NewsWATCH: Singapore all set to offer methanol bunkering
Licences will be awarded to Global Energy Trading Pte Ltd, Golden Island Pte Ltd and PetroChina International (Singapore) Pte Ltd
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NewsLiebherr electric crane boosts efficiency
A Turkish port’s new electric LPS 420 crane is boosting efficiency, reliability and environmental performance
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NewsPort Esbjerg upgrades control room
The Port of Esbjerg’s upgraded control room centralises systems to improve coordination, safety and management of rising port activity
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NewsPoland’s changing port development approach
The recent announcement of the ‘Cape Pomerania’ development, a project involving a container terminal as well as additional port activities is interesting because its setting reflects the changing geopolitical landscape and how that leads to changing port development approaches.
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NewsGeo-Political Disruptions Lead To Short Term Decisions
The impact of tariffs and inward looking policies by the U.S. are a major cause of disruption to international trade and political relationships.
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NewsBackwards & forwards
The on again, off again, backwards, and forwards action on the tariff front, along with similar course shifts (at least temporarily) on fees tied to vessel ownership, continues.
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NewsIs it as simple as 1 + 1 = 2
Container ships are getting bigger, and ports are investing in deeper water, longer quays, and larger cranes. This is a common phrase regularly used across the container industry. But is the equation that simple?
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NewsIMO MEPC landmine
A switch away from a proven approach by IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee has brought division to its door. The route ahead to decarbonise shipping needs very careful management
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NewsRed Sea: caution is the watchword
The Houthis have announced that they have paused maritime attacks on Israel and lifted their so-called blockade on Israeli ports.
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NewsSecure container release
Dean Davison looks at the latest developments relating to container terminal box collections from specialists in maritime supply chain security, T-Mining
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NewsTapping driverless technology
Haskoning provides a route map of the dos and don’ts of adopting autonomous horizontal transport in container terminal operations
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NewsCPPI – Net zero framework: the case for refined approaches
The World Bank’s Container Port Performance Index 2020 to 2024: trends and lessons learnt is now in its fifth edition.
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NewsIAPH WPC 2025: Highlights
Seventy years on from its formation IAPH held the World Ports Conference 2025 in Kobe, Japan. The conference programme underlined IAPH’s emergence as the key representative body for the global ports industry
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NewsPNW investments progress
Ports in the PNW region of Seattle-Tacoma, Coos Bay, Vancouver (WA), Prince Rupert, and Vancouver (BC) each have plans to invest in their facilities. Dean Davison assesses these projects and the forward competitive position
