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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US$225m will be available for US port infrastructure improvements through the FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations bill.

23rd May 2019

US$225m for US port infrastructure

23rd May 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

EnergyAustralia has signed a preliminary agreement to access gas supply from Australian Industrial Energy’s (AIE) LNG import terminal project at Port Kembla.

23rd May 2019

Port Kembla LNG terminal secures supply deal

23rd May 2019

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

A new study on transport infrastructure charging, due this summer, tackles the thorny question ofhow to allocate the costs of pollution in European ports. ESPOs Isabelle Ryckbost considers its implications

22nd May 2019

Should the user/polluter pay?

22nd May 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

APM Terminals West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) in Onne Port, Nigeria has invested in two new Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes (MHCs) to boost its cargo handling efficiency, improve service delivery…

22nd May 2019

Liebherr MHCs boost Nigerian terminal

22nd May 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A new destination has been added to the range of intermodal rail connections available from the UK’s Port of Felixstowe to help reduce freight road traffic and air pollution.

22nd May 2019

UK port expands rail service

22nd May 2019

ASIA

ASIA

The governments of Japan, India and Sri Lanka have agreed to jointly develop the Port of Colombo to increase the ports container volume and enhance marine transportation in and around South Asia.

21st May 2019

Japan, India and Sri Lanka to develop Colombo

21st May 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Offshore wind could provide 30% of Britain”s electricity generation by 2030 and the UK’s Port of Tyne believes its location combined with recent investment means it is well placed to support this…

20th May 2019

Tyne poised for offshore wind

20th May 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ports and shipping need to collaborate better to ‘sell’ a career in maritime to an increasingly-disinterested employment pool.

20th May 2019

Sell a career in maritime, not ports

20th May 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK shipping minister Nusrat Ghani has responded to criticism of the government’s inability to focus on anything other than Brexit, to the detriment of the sector.

20th May 2019

Shipping minister: Ports still front and centre

20th May 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

A new industry working group on open loop scrubbers has found that impact on sediment quality is the main concern for UK ports and enclosed waterways.

20th May 2019

Sediment unease over scrubbers

20th May 2019