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Shore power challenge remains implementation
The implementation of shore power is one of the main challenges for ports tackling emissions at berth and in surrounding anchorages.
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Low ROI holding back shore power growth
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.
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SE Asia LNG bunker vessel will aid growth
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.
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Port Kembla earmarked for LNG import terminal
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.
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Unified environmental voice needed
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.
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‘Supercharged’ free ports mooted for UK
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’.
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ESPO seeks funding definition expansion
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”.
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Navis and Kalmar celebrate intermodal first
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.
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Energy monitoring is part of automation
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.
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Rotterdam, Hamburg agree “unprecedented” collaboration
The ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg have started undertaking “unprecedented levels of collaboration”, the two facilities revealed at TOC Europe 2018.
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London Gateway talks up FastCharge pilot success
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.
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SCPA returns to Konecranes for RTGs
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.
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Savannah set for 10 new Konecranes RTGs
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.
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MoU aims to speed up sustainability
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.
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UKMPG launches ‘Digital Dragons' Den’ contest
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.
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Truck scanning reduces idle time
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.
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Hamburg University wins PEMA Challenge
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.
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Weaker ports risk abandonment in digital sprint
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
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.
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Liebherr reackstacker offers improve performance
Swiss-headquartered port equipment manufacturer Liebherr unveiled two new reachstacker models at TOC Europe 2018 in Rotterdam.