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Cavotec, Schneider Electric and the Port of Bergen have hosted a shore side power event gathering together leading experts to discuss how the technology is playing an increasingly important role in reducing…

The hybrid Kotug Rotortugs ‘RT Ambition’ and ‘RT Evolution’ have towed the Cruise Ship ‘Viking Star’ into the Port of London up the River Thames, marking the port’s largest ever cruise call.

A new robot to deploy booms in the event of an oil spill is being used at the Port of Gothenburg to help ensure more rapid and safer clean-up operations.

Lighting is a key consideration when it comes to cutting pollution and saving power and cost at ports because energy consumption and costs can account for a large portion of a terminal’s…

Global engineering group, Cavotec, has secured over €10m in port equipment orders which includes two separate orders for its Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) systems from a European ship owner.

Australias Sealite has introduced a new five degree LED Sectored port entry light, which provides over 500,000cd of lighting power using only 30 watts of electrical consumption.

UK-based SEaB Energy is encouraging sustainable operations with its patented technology that turns waste into energy, and is looking to target the ports sector next.

What role do equipment manufacturers have in making ports emissions-free? Lorène Grandidier, vice chair of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) Environmental Committee and Strategic Marketing Manager at Schneider Electric, investigates.

Like it or not, shippers are coming under even more pressure to be cleaner both at sea and in port. In this article, Sigurd Jenssen, Director, Exhaust Gas Cleaning, Wärtsilä Environmental Solutions,…

Schneider Electric is keeping the focus firmly on the benefits of shore side power with a free seminar for both ship operators and ports being held this week in London, UK.

US-based lighting specialist, Resilient, is seeing an increase in demand from the ports sector as it looks for more ways to be ‘green’.

Construction at the UK’s Green Port Hull site on Alexandra Dock has been contracted to a joint venture between GRAHAM and Lagan Construction Group for a value of £100m.

Hyster has updated its Fortens range of LPG forklifts with a new engine, which it says offers higher performance, maximum fuel efficiency, low noise and low vibration.

Operations have started at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark, which the company says is the beginning of a new era for marine R&D.

The Port Equipment and Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has released a paper on the electrification of RTG cranes which will help to provide operators with information on technological alternatives.

“You may delay, but time will not”, Benjamin Franklin was once quoted as saying and this rings particularly true of the fast-approaching Emissions Control Area (ECA), 2015 0.1% sulphur limit deadline. The…

It seems oysters might become part of coastal defence engineers’ resources as they create three dimensional reefs which influence the current, erosion and sedimentation of coastal areas. Additionally, the oysters are a…

US based lighting manufacturer, Phoenix Products Company Inc, has been chosen by the Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) to outfit new cranes with its ModCom LED floodlights.