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EUROPE

EUROPE

When Malta held the presidency of the European Union Council two years ago, the maritime sector was a declared priority. Felicity Landon gauges the position now.

6th January 2020

MALTA PRIORITISES BLUE ECONOMY AND MARITIME CLUSTER

6th January 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The first Semi-Ballastable Barge Transporter (SBBT) in the Mediterranean region is being built as part of a project involving six European ports.

3rd January 2020

First SBBT in Mediterranean

3rd January 2020

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Container handling supremacy has been a long-term fight in Chile but, as Rob Ward discovers, there may finally be one port set to win through.

3rd January 2020

SAN ANTONIO THE WINNER IN BATTLE OF CHILEAN PORTS

3rd January 2020

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

European short-sea and feeder ship operators are challenging efforts by a major transport authority to redefine container lashing as a cargo handling activity in order to bring it under the control of…

2nd January 2020

Dockers Clause extension legality challenged

2nd January 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The world’s largest bunker supply vessel (BSV) for LNG has received a German ports first licence to conduct LNG ship-to-ship bunkering operations.

20th December 2019

World’s largest BSV granted bunkering permit

20th December 2019

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have begun a five month trial to supply small sea-going vessels with electricity on Parkkade in the centre of Rotterdam.

18th December 2019

Shore power trial for coasters in Rotterdam

18th December 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A port in New Zealand will use limestone rock from a revetment wall to develop an artificial reef for marine life to use as a habitat.

17th December 2019

Limestone to be repurposed for habitat

17th December 2019

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Abu Dhabi Ports’ Khalifa Port is set for further expansion to boost its handling capacity from 5mn to 7.5mn teus.

16th December 2019

Khalifa Port set for expansion

16th December 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Volumes at a Lithuanian LNG terminal improved significantly in November, potentially reducing gas prices in the country.

16th December 2019

Lithuanian LNG volumes rise

16th December 2019

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

The US and China have negotiated a preliminary trade deal which will halt a new set of US tariffs on Chinese imports and could prevent further economic strain on US west coast…

16th December 2019

New deal signals end to trade war

16th December 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The rejuvenation of on-dock rail and rail shuttles is moving ahead in several Australian ports, but is not without its challenges.

12th December 2019

Port rail proposals move forward in Australia

12th December 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The New Zealand government has confirmed its next step in light of Cabinet’s position that freight operations in Auckland are no longer viable.

12th December 2019

NZ government closes in on Auckland

12th December 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The first simultaneous operation (SIMOPS) with LNG bunkering has taken place in the Port of Amsterdam.

12th December 2019

First SIMOPS operation with LNG at Amsterdam

12th December 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A Russian port is enhancing its green credentials by adding fully electric, autonomous vehicles to its fleet.

11th December 2019

Driverless vehicles help port go green

11th December 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Cargo volume dropped 3.5% in November at the Port of Long Beach as restrictive tariffs continued to affect the national supply chain.

11th December 2019

Trade war hits Californian port

11th December 2019

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: In drafting port policies and assessing the benefits of investments in port development, we often stress the link between better ports and export competitiveness, writes Peter de Langen.

10th December 2019

Ports and export competitiveness

10th December 2019

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: For many years, stakeholders in the U.S. ports business have been seeking to unlock some of the stranded money in the Harbor Maintenance trust Fund - some $9 billion sitting in…

10th December 2019

Get loud…to be heard

10th December 2019

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Another round of musical chairs appears to be underway in the Mediterranean transhipment business, writes Mike Mundy.

10th December 2019

MED’ TRANSHIPMENT MERRY GO ROUND…

10th December 2019

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Over 50 expert speakers from the world’s leading companies in the ports, terminals, renewable energy, shipping, fuels, technology and policy sectors presented at this year’s conference.

10th December 2019

You can still download the papers and presentations from GreenPort Cruise & Congress 2019

10th December 2019

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

COMMENT: Is there any real benefit in having a political appointee sitting at the top of a port authority? It is a system that has been around for years but in today’s…

10th December 2019

Political appointees – past their sell by date

10th December 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

A big UK port operator has confirmed it is in the “process of a major restructure” involving compulsory and voluntary redundancies.

9th December 2019

UK port operator in “major restructure”

9th December 2019

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

DP World Sokhna recently entered into a trilateral partnership to serve as the hub for all construction material imports needed to build the central business and financial district of Egypt’s new administrative…

9th December 2019

DP World Sokhna enters trilateral partnership

9th December 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A port corporation in Australia has denied it has breached competition law after the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) started legal action against it in its first case taken under the…

9th December 2019

Port corporation denies market power misuse

9th December 2019