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TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

As ports look for ways to cut their emissions, management teams are faced with a bewildering choice of low emissions technologies, and the risk of implementing a technology that mightbecome obsolete. Steve…

24th September 2020

LOW EMISSIONS STRATEGY

24th September 2020

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar will supply terminal tractors with a guaranteed maximum fuel consumption to a Turkish port operator.

24th September 2020

Kalmar fuel economic tractors aid efficiency

24th September 2020

EUROPE

EUROPE

Chris Grayling has been appointed as an adviser to a major global port operator.

23rd September 2020

Port operator hires controversial MP

23rd September 2020

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

A UK port has launched a new partnership with Norwegian cleantech company ECOsubsea to roll out a sustainable and environmentally friendly cleaning programme for cruise ship hulls.

23rd September 2020

Eco hull cleaning for cruise ships

23rd September 2020

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The largest port in Greece, Piraeus Port Authority, will host the 16th Greenport Congress from 20-22 October 2021.

22nd September 2020

Piraeus Port Authority: GreenPort Cruise & Congress Host Port 2021

22nd September 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Solar power will be implemented at an LNG terminal in Asia with the potential to cut an estimated 300t of carbon dioxide emissions, annually.

21st September 2020

Solar energy system for LNG terminal

21st September 2020

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Qatar’s Ministry of Transport and Communications has said that the initial operation of Hamad Port’s Container Terminal 2 (CT2) is set to begin in December.

21st September 2020

Operating plans unveiled at Hamad Port’s CT2

21st September 2020

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Five new all electric ferries are bound for Amsterdam which will secure significant emissions savings in the North Sea Canal.

21st September 2020

Electric ferries bound for Amsterdam

21st September 2020

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

A joint venture has seen the implementation of machine learning at HHLA’s Container Terminal Burchardkai to optimise import container yard positioning and reduce re-handling moves.

20th September 2020

PREDICTING THE OPTIMUM PATH

20th September 2020

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

COMMENT: One of the positive outcomes of COVID-19 is the entertainment we can derive from new terminology that has arisen during these five months. The lexicographer Susie Dent collectively termed these the…

20th September 2020

NAUTICAL TERMS & COVID-19

20th September 2020