Latest News – Page 295
-
NewsLetting the train take the strain in Virginia
AJ Keyes looks at Virginia’s recent port growth and awareness of the importance of intermodal rail as it operates in the highly competitive US East Coast region.
-
NewsPolish port’s plan is green at heart
A port authority in Poland has unveiled the biggest infrastructure programme it has ever undertaken, with environmental considerations and green energy at its heart.
-
NewsSmart business decisions at PANYNJ
It could be a very good year for New York/New Jersey, securing No.2 in North American container volume rankings, adding rail capacity and release of a new Masterplan, as AJ Keyes discovers.
-
NewsSAVANNAH SOWING FURTHER SEEDS FOR GROWTH
With strong year-on-year volume growth continuing into 2019, Georgia Ports Authority is pushing ahead with investment and expansion plans to support future container increases, as AJ Keyes discovers.
-
News€100m container terminal to boost China trade
Plans for a €100m trimodal container terminal at an inland port in Germany are expected to create the largest container terminal in the European hinterland and a “gateway hub” for trade with China.
-
NewsFirst foothold in US
PSA International, has secured its first terminal facility in the US, with Penn Terminals on the Delaware River. AJ Keyes looks at what this means to the Singapore-based company.
-
NewsThe cleaning of inland shipping
COMMENT: The first London conference dedicated to accelerating the uptake of disruptive and lower emissions’ propulsion technologies for inland shipping has been held at The Crystal by the Port of London Authority, writes Charles Haine.
-
News
Emerging competition between ‘Port innovation systems'
The recent news that the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, and the global freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel, will start a venture fund, to be based in Singapore and called Reefknot Investments, is the latest of various initiatives that have emerged over the recent years, writes Peter De Langen.
-
NewsPut on warm winter clothes
COMMENT: The Game of Thrones aficionados will fully understand the doomsday phrase that “winter is coming,” writes Ben Hackett
-
News
Time for a change
COMMENT: Isn’t it about time that political appointments at the top of port management bodies were stopped? asks Mike Mundy
-
NewsSustainable conferences
COMMENT: The conference season is upon us with a vengeance, after a summer lull, back-at-work shipping and port professionals are faced with tough choices of which events (often overlapping, or worse, simultaneous) to attend, writes Barry Parker.
-
NewsPioneering solar heat project launched
The first solar concentrator farm in the European process industry has been inaugurated in a port in Belgium.
-
NewsPioneering solar heat project launched
The first solar concentrator farm in the European process industry has been inaugurated in a port in Belgium.
-
NewsPort-created habitat rich with wildlife
A wildlife area created six years ago to offset losses of habitat from a development at a UK port has proved so successful it has been ranked by a top entomological consultant as of national importance for insects and other invertebrates.
-
News“Consolidation” driving latest China move
Strategic cooperation agreements signed by a Chinese-owned port operator reflect a growing effort to “consolidate Chinese resources and activities” rather than the Belt and Road Initiative, a port expert has said.
-
NewsIcebreaker to assist at Arctic LNG terminal
A 12MW diesel-electric port icebreaker will soon be operating at an Arctic LNG terminal to ensure smooth operations in challenging conditions.
-
NewsCall for technology innovation
The UK’s largest port operator is co-running a competition for UK technology businesses to provide innovative solutions to help provide energy saving, emissions reduction and efficiency boosting measures which can improve the sustainability of port operations.
-
NewsCall for technology innovation
The UK’s largest port operator is co-running a competition for UK technology businesses to provide innovative solutions to help provide energy saving, emissions reduction and efficiency boosting measures which can improve the sustainability of port operations.
-
NewsTwo European ports in merger talks
Two European port authorities are set to begin negotiations for a possible phased merger to strengthen their operations.
-
NewsSmall ports take big steps for sustainability
Small ports are taking big steps to tackle emissions and build operational environmental awareness with limited resources.
