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MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

A Middle East port operator is to house its digital solutions in a solar-panelled steel and aluminium smart container powered by clean energy.

17th September 2020

Smart container to cut emissions by half

17th September 2020

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

Anne-Marie Causer talks to Patrick Verhoeven, managing director, International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) to find out where business is headed post-pandemic

16th September 2020

Laying the groundwork for post-pandemic port business

16th September 2020

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Hamburg is realising the potential for highly efficient inland waterway traffic, explains Gerald Hirt, managing director, HVCC Hamburg Vessel Coordination Center

16th September 2020

Optimising inland shipping at Hamburg

16th September 2020

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

In this Q&A, GreenPort talks to Christy Wang, general manager of Ørsted in Taiwan about its new Port of Taichung windfarm O&M base

16th September 2020

A Taiwan centre for renewables excellence

16th September 2020

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A groundbreaking fairway deepening project at the Port of Gothenburg has received full funding from the city council.

16th September 2020

Fairway deepening at Gothenberg

16th September 2020

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

A new advanced track and trace service for container customers will offer real-time updates on the precise location of goods as they are transported by rail, road and sea, to improve efficiency,…

15th September 2020

Track and trace container service launches

15th September 2020

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A UK startup company is developing a new service that will model and map air pollution for UK harbours and ports.

15th September 2020

Air pollution service in development

15th September 2020

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The first shore power operation in Estonia has taken place following a €3.5m shore power investment to cut air pollution and reduce noise.

14th September 2020

First shore power operation in Estonia

14th September 2020

ASIA

ASIA

Tuas Port is being developed as the next generation container port in Singapore. Gordon Feller assesses what the project will include.

14th September 2020

THE NEW SINGAPORE RISES

14th September 2020

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

A new cruise passenger terminal in Spain will centre around sustainability, accessibility and digitalisation.

14th September 2020

A sustainable commitment to cruise

14th September 2020

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

New analysis on infrastructure and pension fund investment in container terminals has found this has plateaued but opportunities for growth remain with a change in the approach to investment.

14th September 2020

Change of approach to investment needed

14th September 2020

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

A fire that followed two devastating explosions at the Port of Beirut has resulted in massive financial loss.

14th September 2020

Major losses from fire at Port of Beirut

14th September 2020

EUROPE

EUROPE

Financing has been secured for a project that aims to deepen the fairway at a Swedish port to enable it to accommodate fully loaded mega-ships.

11th September 2020

Green light for mega-ships at Swedish port

11th September 2020

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A circular economy cleantech company focused on regenerating oil residues has signed up to the United Nations (UN) Global Compact Sustainable Ocean Principles.

10th September 2020

Cleantech firm backs UN ocean initiative

10th September 2020

AFRICA

AFRICA

A new container terminal at a Namibian port is now fully operational, according to a report by the African Development Bank (ADB).

9th September 2020

New Namibian terminal 100% operational

9th September 2020

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Fuel efficiency and reduced environmental impact has been demonstrated in Sweden using sideloaders with lower tare weights.

9th September 2020

Fuel savings with lightweight sideloaders

9th September 2020

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

John Bensalhia investigates the latest developments and innovations in the sidelifter sector.

8th September 2020

SIDELIFTER EFFECTS

8th September 2020

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A demonstration project for the commercialisation of high-power hydrogen fuel cell (FC) vessels to enable zero-emission operations will be carried out by a group of Japanese companies.

8th September 2020

Zero-emission hydrogen vessel project

8th September 2020

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The COVID-19 pandemic is focusing minds on the digital world. Felicity Landon reports.

7th September 2020

FOCUSING DIGITAL MINDS

7th September 2020

ASIA

ASIA

An expansion plan at an Indian port will see its facilities upgraded to handle bigger ships and annual container capacity increased 1.35 to 1.6m TEUs.

7th September 2020

€80m expansion plan for Indian port

7th September 2020

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

US$4.5bn has been secured to expand a ports and terminals investment platform in existing and new geographies.

4th September 2020

US$4.5bn to expand ports investment platform

4th September 2020

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

GB£6m of funding has been secured to deliver an offshore energy Operations and Maintenance (O&M) campus at a UK port.

4th September 2020

Offshore energy funding for UK port

4th September 2020

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Writing exclusively for Port Strategy, Dr. Nils Kemme of Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) discussesproven solutions to keeping port vehicle traffic moving and the role of simulation in this.

3rd September 2020

OPTIMISING PORT VEHICLE TRAFFIC

3rd September 2020