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AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Fremantle Ports has been upholding its corporate social responsibility by providing important funding to three local community programmes.

21st August 2020

Fremantle Ports funds community programmes

21st August 2020

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

DP World has taken another step in its supply chain strategy with the acquisition of several feeder businesses.

19th August 2020

DP World acquires feeder businesses

19th August 2020

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A new Just In Time (JIT) Arrival Guide aims to support low carbon shipping by providing both port and shipping sectors with practical guidance on how to facilitate Just In Time Arrivals.

18th August 2020

JIT Arrival Guide backs low carbon shipping

18th August 2020

EUROPE

EUROPE

A global independent infrastructure fund manager and a French shipping company will acquire a minority stake in a Spanish container terminal.

17th August 2020

Spanish container terminal stake sold

17th August 2020

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Indefinite strike action at a Canadian port is already impacting operations with an estimated 65,000 twenty-foot equivalent containers (TEUs) stuck on its docks.

17th August 2020

Ongoing strike action hits port productivity

17th August 2020

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Iain MacIntyre discusses the Zespri kiwifruit marketing cooperative supply strategy for deliveringover five billion pieces of kiwifruit in 2019-20 and progress made this year in spite of COVID-19.

14th August 2020

THE ZESPRI WAY

14th August 2020

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

COVID-19 is prompting a rethink of supply strategies. Increased transshipment activity is expectedbut, as Andrew Penfold confirms, margins will be slim and financing new capacity challenging.

14th August 2020

COVID-19: ANY CLEARER YET?

14th August 2020

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

Major investment has been confirmed for a new cruise terminal at a UK port that will incorporate solar power and shore power.

14th August 2020

Funding for green cruise terminal

14th August 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Plans are in place to develop an environmentally friendly container terminal in the south east of the US.

13th August 2020

Eco container terminal planned for US

13th August 2020

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Plans are in place to develop an environmentally friendly container terminal in the south east of the US.

13th August 2020

Eco container terminal planned for US

13th August 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Eesti Gaas has started bunkering LNG in a Finnish port with the successful completion of a truck to ship operation.

13th August 2020

Eesti Gaas begins bunkering at Finnish port

13th August 2020

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A US port operator has taken delivery of five new KoneCranes electric Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes to strengthen operational efficiency and increase overall productivity as part of a modernisation project.

12th August 2020

Electric RTGs aid modernisation project

12th August 2020

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A simple rule has been identified to allow operators to reduce fuel wastage and emissions caused by a build up of hull fouling.

11th August 2020

Optimising the anti fouling process

11th August 2020

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Following successful testing, the world’s first zero-emissions top handlers are now being used in daily operations at the Port of Los Angeles.

11th August 2020

Zero-emissions top handler test success

11th August 2020

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Development consent has been granted for a project that will enable Auckland to accommodate larger container ships.

11th August 2020

Auckland project facilitates larger ships

11th August 2020

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The industry’s first sit-down counterbalanced 15,500 to 19,000lb capacity lift truck with integrated 350-volt lithium-ion power has been launched.

10th August 2020

Emissions free lithium-ion lift truck launches

10th August 2020

EUROPE

EUROPE

Two of the UK’s largest port businesses have announced a joint bid for a freeport on the River Thames to attract new investment to the UK.

10th August 2020

Joint bid for Thames freeport

10th August 2020

EUROPE

EUROPE

A tender for the expansion of infrastructure at a Portuguese container terminal has been launched.

10th August 2020

Portuguese terminal tender launches

10th August 2020

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Damen has been awarded a contract by the Port of Antwerp to build two newbuild tugs with an emphasis on sustainability and efficiency.

7th August 2020

Cleaner tugs for the Port of Antwerp

7th August 2020

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Busan Port Authority is building a logistics warehouse at the Port of Rotterdam which should help make its freight forwarding operations more sustainable.

6th August 2020

Newbuild sustainable logistics warehouse

6th August 2020