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EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has launched a five-point plan which aims to address how the UK government can play a role in making UK ports more competitive and successful.

20th November 2018

UKMPG launches growth plan for ports

20th November 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The global maritime industry is cautiously optimistic about the global business environment for world trade, but also concerned about challenges to industry recovery including the potential impact of trade tensions, cyber security…

19th November 2018

Ship growth optimism with trade concern

19th November 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A project which will promote the use of LNG as fuel in Spanish ports has been selected by the European Commission (EC) for funding.

19th November 2018

Project to promote LNG use in Spanish ports

19th November 2018

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Oil spill recovery work is taking place at Kamarajar Port following an incident on the 18 November which resulted in two tonnes of oil contaminating the waters around the port.

19th November 2018

Oil spill recovery underway at Indian port

19th November 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Titan LNG has successfully completed the first-ever LNG bunker delivery at Mukran Port in the Baltic Sea.

19th November 2018

First LNG bunker delivery at Mukran Port

19th November 2018

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Workforce diversity strategies for ports and terminals demand the same care and commitment as sales and marketing plans, according to a top Navis executive.

19th November 2018

Don’t underplay workforce diversity demands

19th November 2018

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is at it again, this time with a report that argues alliances between container shipping companies may have negative impacts on users and society…

19th November 2018

Upside to container line alliances

19th November 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

International trade tensions involving the US will make 2019 challenging but not unmanageable, the chairman of DP World has said.

19th November 2018

DPW: Tensions challenging, not unmanageable

19th November 2018

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested over GB£1m on a rooftop solar project at the UK’s Port of Goole to generate enough clean energy to power the port on solar alone during…

16th November 2018

GB£1m solar project at Port of Goole

16th November 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marine Terminals Limited (MTL) has confirmed a fatality at its Peel Ports Dublin South Bank Quay Container Terminal facility following an incident in which a landside container struck a man undertaking lashing…

16th November 2018

Man struck by Dublin container dies

16th November 2018