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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Kalmar will supply 12 diesel-electric straddle carriers to Australian container terminal operator Patrick Terminals to help reduce the environmental impact of emissions at terminals in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

3rd April 2019

Eco machines for Australian terminal operator

3rd April 2019

ASIA

ASIA

The outgoing group chairman of PSA International has described 2018 as “beset by … headwinds” in a year which saw annual net profit down 2.3%.

2nd April 2019

Major port operator battles “headwinds”

2nd April 2019

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

COMMENT: Following a Complaint filed by Dr Carlos Figueroa, a well-known political activist and medical doctor in Ecuador, the country’s Attorney General has initiated an investigation into the award of the 50-year…

2nd April 2019

Posorja project under fire

2nd April 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Contship Italia and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) subsidiary Itaterminaux have executed a share purchase agreement for the sale of 50% of CSM Italia Gate, the company which owns 100% of Medcenter Container…

1st April 2019

Medcenter Container Terminal sale agreed

1st April 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Port of Rotterdam Authority has launched an application offering real-time insight into rail freight flows to improve planning efficiency for operations and anticipate schedule deviations more effectively.

1st April 2019

Rail freight app improves efficiency

1st April 2019

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: As this is being written, there are roughly 270 days until IMO 2020 — the day that tighter restrictions on sulphur content in marine fuels come into effect, writes Barry Parker

1st April 2019

Ports countdown to IMO 2020

1st April 2019

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

Sardinia is set to become an LNG hub. Massimo Deiana, chairman of the Sardinian Port AuthoritySystem, explains what this means for Cagliari and the island’s other cruise ports

1st April 2019

Cagliari set for alternative energy role

1st April 2019

ASIA

ASIA

Expansion of Port Klang in Malaysia using foreign and Chinese money is being encouraged, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke has said.

1st April 2019

Port Klang welcomes foreign investment

1st April 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A GB£12m upgrade to ABP Port of Southampton’s Ocean Cruise Terminal will include 2,000 roof-mounted solar panels to boost its status as the UK’s first carbon neutral cruise terminal and increase its…

29th March 2019

More solar power for Southampton

29th March 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseille Fos Port Authority and Quechen Silicon Chemical have signed a construction agreement for the Chinese company’s €105m project to build a plant on a 12-hectare site in the Fos industrial zone,…

29th March 2019

French port deal for Chinese silicon giant

29th March 2019