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  • Gustavo Miller
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    Shore power challenge remains implementation

    2018-06-20T12:12:00Z

    The implementation of shore power is one of the main challenges for ports tackling emissions at berth and in surrounding anchorages.

  • Gustavo Miller
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    Low ROI holding back shore power growth

    2018-06-19T16:48:00Z

    The implementation of shore power is one of the main challenges for ports tackling emissions at berth and in surrounding anchorages, an engineering expert has stressed.

  • Singapore is improving its LNG infrastructure with a new bunkering vessel courtesy of Keppel
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    SE Asia LNG bunker vessel will aid growth

    2018-06-19T08:32:00Z

    A new contract will see South East Asia’s first LNG bunkering vessel built to support a growth in demand for refuelling at the Port of Singapore.

  • Australia’s Port Kembla has been earmarked for an LNG import terminal Photo: NSW Ports
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    Port Kembla earmarked for LNG import terminal

    2018-06-19T08:29:00Z

    An Australian industrial consortium has earmarked Australia’s Port Kembla as the site to create a competitive LNG gas supply for local industry by 2020.

  • Satu Kaivonen
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    Unified environmental voice needed

    2018-06-18T16:47:00Z

    Ports are moving in the right direction to decrease emissions but there is a lack of global research on how ports are handling impact management, an environmental specialist has stressed.

  • Report author Mace claim that supercharged free ports can offer substantial financial benefits. Credit: Mace
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    ‘Supercharged’ free ports mooted for UK

    2018-06-18T16:40:00Z

    The British Ports Association (BPA) has welcomed “the renewed focus on the role that ports play in regional and national UK economies” in a Mace report calling for free ports to be combined with Enterprise Zones to create ‘Supercharged Free Ports’.

  • News

    ESPO seeks funding definition expansion

    2018-06-18T16:07:00Z

    The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for the next Connecting Europe Facility (CEF II) but has called for the definition of the “‘cross-border’ element” to include projects’ cross-border impact and “the maritime dimension”.

  • The OneTerminal contract will cover the world’s first fully-automated intermodal terminal. Credit: Kalmar
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    Navis and Kalmar celebrate intermodal first

    2018-06-18T16:07:00Z

    Cargotec companies Navis and Kalmar have won the contract to provide a fully-automated intermodal terminal solution for Australian import and export logistics services firm Qube’s Moorebank Logistics Park (MLP) in south-western Sydney.

  • Identec CTAS reefer monitoring
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    Energy monitoring is part of automation

    2018-06-18T15:17:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Rotterdam, Hamburg agree “unprecedented” collaboration

    2018-06-18T14:45:00Z

    The ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg have started undertaking “unprecedented levels of collaboration”, the two facilities revealed at TOC Europe 2018.

  • The London Gateway project has the potential to reduce the port's carbon footprint Photo: Cargotec
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    London Gateway talks up FastCharge pilot success

    2018-06-18T14:45:00Z

    DP World London Gateway and lifting equipment company Kalmar have marked the successful service introduction of an electrically-powered Kalmar FastCharge shuttle carrier as part of a joint pilot venture set to run for around six to 12 months.

  • News

    SCPA returns to Konecranes for RTGs

    2018-06-18T14:45:00Z

    The Wando Welch Terminal in the Port of Charleston and Inland Port Greer, both in the US, are set to gain 26 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Finnish lifting equipment company Konecranes.

  • From left: Mika Mahlberg, executive vice president at Konecranes Port Solutions; Griff Lynch, executive director at the GPA; Panu Routila, president and chief executive at Konecranes; and Jimmy Allgood, chairman of the GPA's Board of Directors P...
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    Savannah set for 10 new Konecranes RTGs

    2018-06-18T14:45:00Z

    The Port of Savannah''s Garden City Terminal is to gain 10 new Konecranes rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes after the Georgia Ports Authority''s (GPA) Board of Directors gave the green light to the purchase.

  • MOU signing
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    MoU aims to speed up sustainability

    2018-06-18T11:08:00Z

    A new MoU wants to ensure faster testing and implementation of sustainable innovation by appointing representatives of key equipment, technology and financial services providers at ports.

  • Port 2050
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    UKMPG launches ‘Digital Dragons' Den’ contest

    2018-06-18T10:00:00Z

    The UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has launched a ‘Digital Dragons Den’ contest to connect innovators in the digital space with major investors and operators in the UK ports sector.

  • Mobile OCR
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    Truck scanning reduces idle time

    2018-06-15T16:45:00Z

    A new truck scanning project at Barge Terminal Tilburg aims to provide terminals with more data to enable better control of supply chains, faster turnaround times and less waste of time and fuel.

  • PEMA winning team
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    Hamburg University wins PEMA Challenge

    2018-06-15T15:02:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Weaker ports risk abandonment in digital sprint

    2018-06-15T14:38:00Z

    Weaker or smaller ports that are unable to keep up with digitalisation and infrastructure demands could be abandoned by shipping lines, delegates at an International Maritime Organization special event on ports heard.

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    Call for greater port co-ordination and co-operation

    2018-06-15T14:38:00Z

    Shipping lines, ports and other operators in the maritime sector have been urged towards greater co-ordination and co-operation in dealing with the challenges ahead at a special event on ports hosted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London.

  • Liebherr's new log handler has an extended reach. Credit: Liebherr
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    Liebherr reackstacker offers improve performance

    2018-06-15T14:29:00Z

    Swiss-headquartered port equipment manufacturer Liebherr unveiled two new reachstacker models at TOC Europe 2018 in Rotterdam.