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ASIA

ASIA

An MOU between Navis and Tianjin Port Group to accelerate technology innovation has already seen the organisations partner on several projects in China that involve a range of different automation solutions.

28th May 2019

MOU delivers automation progress

28th May 2019

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) should make a clear selection and give guidance on just three to four shipping fuel solutions that ports worldwide will need to offer, the UK Chamber of…

28th May 2019

Ports need clear fuel choices

28th May 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Allegations continue to build about the improper manner in which DP World was awarded the concession for the Posorja Deep Water Port Project in Ecuador.

28th May 2019

More criticism of Posorja concession award

28th May 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

An UK-based company been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £13,000 following the death of a concrete worker at a dockside apron-upgrade project at the Port of Felixstowe.

28th May 2019

Firm fined after worker killed at Felixstowe

28th May 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

GT USA Wilmington has ordered 16 low-emission terminal tractors from Terberg Tractors Americas to use at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware, US.

28th May 2019

Low-emission tractors for Wilmington

28th May 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

ESPO have prepared a memorandum emphasising the role port managing bodies can play as facilitators of the port ecosystem.

24th May 2019

Ports play a key role in decarbonisation

24th May 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

An air pollution-monitoring smart container with solar panels to determine how much power a container can generate during any given journey will leave the Port of Rotterdam for the first leg of…

24th May 2019

Air pollution monitoring container sets sail

24th May 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A world where artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced to the point where we can compare it to a human and judge it by its actions accordingly is the scene set in the…

23rd May 2019

2038: Humans vs. automation

23rd May 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

An investigation has begun to assess interest in the LNG terminal project at the Port of Wilhelmshaven in a so-called ‘open season’ process.

23rd May 2019

‘Open season’ for Wilhelmshaven begins

23rd May 2019

ASIA

ASIA

The US-China trade war will likely see port handling charges decline, resulting in a reduction of revenue and profit margins for China Merchants Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Holdings and Shanghai International Port,…

23rd May 2019

China port operators to feel tariff fallout

23rd May 2019