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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Long Beach is set to receive a major grant which will fund a demonstration project for zero-emissions cargo-handling equipment.

7th March 2017

Zero emissions equipment grant

7th March 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Maersk and IBM are joining up in a new collaboration to use blockchain technology to help change the global, cross-border supply chain.

6th March 2017

Rotterdam partners Maersk in blockchain first

6th March 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

PSA International’s corporate venture capital arm PSA unboXed is sending out its second call for action for its incubator program, inviting start-ups and potential partners to propose technology solutions in support of…

6th March 2017

PSA unboXed launches second call for action

6th March 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Liebherr is delivering efficient electric cranes to Puerto Rico which will be used to load and discharge containerised cargo aboard Crowley’s two new LNG powered Con-Ro ships.

6th March 2017

Electric cranes for LNG ops

6th March 2017

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Shipping line tie-ups with Alibaba give insight of online partnerships to come, finds Martin Rushmere

6th March 2017

Alibabas port plan

6th March 2017

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: The term ‘physical internet’ has emerged in recent years as a metaphor for the future of freight transport. While the metaphor possibly obscures more than it enlightens, it nevertheless makes sense…

6th March 2017

Shipping and the physical internet

6th March 2017

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

COMMENT: The race is on to find a dance partner on the US East Coast to deal with the quick-stepping shipping lines, heavy-footed container ships and twirling alliances, writes Carly Fields.

6th March 2017

Fill your dance card

6th March 2017

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

New health and safety code brings rules for automation, human rights and gender.

6th March 2017

New health & safety angles for port operations

6th March 2017

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: We live in a new global reality where diplomacy is practiced via Twitter if we are to believe President Trump and the Lithuanian Prime Minister. This is, in my view, a very…

6th March 2017

Ultimate threat to trade

6th March 2017

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

What will happen at ports when global shipping has to switch to low sulphur fuel in 2020? Stevie Knight reports

6th March 2017

2020 vision

6th March 2017