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PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Six new all electric rubber-tired gantry (E-RTGs) cranes have been installed at a southern US container terminal to cut operational emissions.

3rd May 2020

E-RTGs cut emissions at US terminal

3rd May 2020

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A German port management company has reduced C02 emissions by 70% over five years in line with its sustainability strategy.

1st May 2020

Major CO2 emissions reduction

1st May 2020

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

In the first of a two-part series, Matthew Wittemeier and Dr. Eva Savelsberg of INFORM GmbH outline strategic and emerging tech trends for 2020.

30th April 2020

SHAPING THE FUTURE

30th April 2020

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new express train from China has arrived at a German port terminal for the first time, bolstering Chinas Belt and Road Initiative.

30th April 2020

Express train links China to German port

30th April 2020

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An AUS$125m rail project at an Australian port is expected to improve port access and capacity while reducing congestion.

30th April 2020

AUS$125m rail port project to go ahead

30th April 2020

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

A new air quality control programme will see a number of ports in an Asian country classified as Emission Control Areas (ECA).

30th April 2020

Air quality control for Asian ports

30th April 2020

EUROPE

EUROPE

Major redevelopment construction works costing GB£3m have begun at a UK port to improve accessibility and capability.

29th April 2020

GB£3m UK redevelopment project begins

29th April 2020

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has concluded an agreement to supply a Canadian terminal operator with a suite of Kalmar SmartPort process automation solutions for its cargo-handling equipment fleet.

29th April 2020

Kalmar supplies Canadian terminal operator

29th April 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A Spanish port authority is carrying out a feasibility study on the supply of LNG to ferries using truck to ship bunkering.

29th April 2020

Spanish port explores LNG bunkering

29th April 2020

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Belgium based dredging giant Jan De Nuls latest Ultra-Low Emission vessel (ULEv) has arrived in home waters to commence green maintenance dredging at Flemish ports.

28th April 2020

Low emissions dredger for Flemish ports

28th April 2020

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: I hate to mention the C word – coronavirus – (again) but it does prompt thinking about what happens post the virus?, writes Mike Mundy.

28th April 2020

THAT ‘C’ WORD AGAIN AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?

28th April 2020

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

COMMENT: The second big hit is now manifest – falling demand in Europe, the US and elsewhere, writes Mike Mundy.

28th April 2020

Second quarter: no let up yet

28th April 2020

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

11 port development projects with over US$1.4bn of investment are currently underway in Iran.

27th April 2020

11 port projects underway in Iran

27th April 2020

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

New research says that methanol is now available in 100 ports globally which could help with its potential uptake as an alternative fuel.

27th April 2020

Research says ports embracing methanol

27th April 2020

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

COMMENT: No one saw this coming, writes Charles Haine. Apart from the UK Government’s own National Risk Register of 2017, which placed an influenza pandemic equal fourth, alongside severe weather (but much…

27th April 2020

COVID-19 AND THE BLUE ECONOMY

27th April 2020

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

A Chinese port has opened a fully enclosed bulk cargo warehouse designed to contain dust pollution.

27th April 2020

Dust-suppressing bulk warehouse opens

27th April 2020

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The developers of an Australian LNG terminal have been given approval to increase its capacity.

27th April 2020

Capacity increase approval for LNG terminal

27th April 2020

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

20 port authorities have signed a declaration to keep ports open to seaborne trade during the COVID-19 pandemic.

27th April 2020

20 port authorities vow to remain operational

27th April 2020

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Today’s ‘normal’ is a new normal – one dominated by COVID-19 which is progressively reaching into the lives of business worldwide with the international ports sector and supply chain as a whole…

25th April 2020

COVID-19: IMPACT AND ADVICE

25th April 2020

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

The gradual impact of blank sailings by the world’s major container shipping alliances is beginning to be felt by ports, a new report has found.

25th April 2020

Ports feeling impact of blank sailings

25th April 2020