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ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd (SLNG) has completed modifications to its secondary jetty at its terminal on Jurong Island and is able to receive and reload small liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships…

26th February 2019

SLNG terminal ready for small LNG ships

26th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Yilport is to invest €43.4m in upgrading the South Container Terminal at the Port of Leixões in Portugal, with work scheduled for completion by March 2021. Work will involve more stacking area…

26th February 2019

Yilport announces upgrades to Leixões

26th February 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Nine Konecranes Automated Rubber Tyre Gantry (ARTG) cranes have been supplied to Terminal Peti Kemas Semarang (TPKS) in Indonesia to boost its operational safety and efficiency and expand what is the world’s…

25th February 2019

First fleet of Konecranes ARTG cranes expanded

25th February 2019

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

APM Terminals Barcelona has increased its electrical capacity, which it estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by 600t per annum.

25th February 2019

Electric capacity boost cuts terminal’s C02

25th February 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Shipowners, shipyards, manufacturers and ports have joined forces to investigate the feasibility of methanol as a sustainable alternative transport fuel in the maritime sector.

22nd February 2019

Ports support Methanol research project

22nd February 2019

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A project to deepen the Port of Hueneme’s harbour will incorporate wharf-stabilising pilings made from recycled plastic bottles.

22nd February 2019

Plastic bottles aid Hueneme harbour project

22nd February 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Kalmar will supply the first emissions-free electric forklift trucks in Latin America to Rio Estiba in Uruguay’s Port of Nueva Palmira.

21st February 2019

First electric forklifts for Latin America

21st February 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Throughput of LNG as bunker fuel in the Port of Rotterdam during 2018 increased from 1,500t to 9,500t.

21st February 2019

LNG throughput up at Rotterdam

21st February 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Five of Chile’s publicly-owned but privately-managed ports reported losses in 2018. Arica, Iquique, Coquimbo, Valparaíso and Chacabuco all posted lower figures last year than they did in 2017.

21st February 2019

Chilean ports post mixed-volume figures

21st February 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Peru, it will be the ports sector that receives most infrastructure investment in 2019.

21st February 2019

Major investment boon for Peru’s ports

21st February 2019