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28th September 2020

ESPO / EcoPorts

28th September 2020

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

An Australian terminal has lowered its power consumption and carbon emissions by installing LED lighting on its automated quay cranes.

28th September 2020

LED lighting lowers terminal emissions

28th September 2020

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

Transnet, the multi-division government-owned provider of port and rail services in South Africa,has been under fire recently with a whole range of customer led criticisms ranging from corruption toinappropriate pricing arriving at…

24th September 2020

TRANSNET: TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK

24th September 2020

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

As ports look for ways to cut their emissions, management teams are faced with a bewildering choice of low emissions technologies, and the risk of implementing a technology that mightbecome obsolete. Steve…

24th September 2020

LOW EMISSIONS STRATEGY

24th September 2020

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar will supply terminal tractors with a guaranteed maximum fuel consumption to a Turkish port operator.

24th September 2020

Kalmar fuel economic tractors aid efficiency

24th September 2020

EUROPE

EUROPE

Chris Grayling has been appointed as an adviser to a major global port operator.

23rd September 2020

Port operator hires controversial MP

23rd September 2020

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

A UK port has launched a new partnership with Norwegian cleantech company ECOsubsea to roll out a sustainable and environmentally friendly cleaning programme for cruise ship hulls.

23rd September 2020

Eco hull cleaning for cruise ships

23rd September 2020

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The largest port in Greece, Piraeus Port Authority, will host the 16th Greenport Congress from 20-22 October 2021.

22nd September 2020

Piraeus Port Authority: GreenPort Cruise & Congress Host Port 2021

22nd September 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Solar power will be implemented at an LNG terminal in Asia with the potential to cut an estimated 300t of carbon dioxide emissions, annually.

21st September 2020

Solar energy system for LNG terminal

21st September 2020

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Qatar’s Ministry of Transport and Communications has said that the initial operation of Hamad Port’s Container Terminal 2 (CT2) is set to begin in December.

21st September 2020

Operating plans unveiled at Hamad Port’s CT2

21st September 2020

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Five new all electric ferries are bound for Amsterdam which will secure significant emissions savings in the North Sea Canal.

21st September 2020

Electric ferries bound for Amsterdam

21st September 2020

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

A joint venture has seen the implementation of machine learning at HHLA’s Container Terminal Burchardkai to optimise import container yard positioning and reduce re-handling moves.

20th September 2020

PREDICTING THE OPTIMUM PATH

20th September 2020

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

COMMENT: One of the positive outcomes of COVID-19 is the entertainment we can derive from new terminology that has arisen during these five months. The lexicographer Susie Dent collectively termed these the…

20th September 2020

NAUTICAL TERMS & COVID-19

20th September 2020

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World will form a joint venture with a shipbuilding company in an effort to secure a tender for a major Israeli port.

18th September 2020

DP World makes play for Israeli port

18th September 2020

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

An innovative “vacuum cleaner” will be launched this month to remove plastic from a nature reserve in the Port of Antwerp.

18th September 2020

“Vacuum cleaner” removes port plastic

18th September 2020

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Research to understand the role marine habitats play in climate change mitigation has found they can lock up huge amounts of blue carbon every year.

18th September 2020

Marine habitats important for carbon capture

18th September 2020

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: The UK, after claiming that the EU had been holding back the development of UK’s ports, launched a UK Freeports initiative as a major instrument to shape the UK’s economic development…

18th September 2020

THE UK FREEPORTS INITIATIVE

18th September 2020

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: The saga at the port of Nouakchott, Mauritania, continues, underlining the point made in the last of issue of PS that negotiated port deals, as opposed to the letting of terminals…

18th September 2020

NOUAKCHOTT PRIVATE DEAL PAIN

18th September 2020

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

COMMENT: “Autonomy”, officially defined as “the right or condition of self-government” is today a widespread feature of port operations around the globe, writes Mike Mundy.

17th September 2020

“Something to reflect on…”

17th September 2020

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A new weekly rail shuttle service has commenced, providing Oslo and Norway with a rapid, dependable and climate-smart link to the largest port in Scandinavia.

17th September 2020

Rail link takes polluting trucks off roads

17th September 2020