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EUROPE

EUROPE

An UK-based company been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £13,000 following the death of a concrete worker at a dockside apron-upgrade project at the Port of Felixstowe.

28th May 2019

Firm fined after worker killed at Felixstowe

28th May 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

GT USA Wilmington has ordered 16 low-emission terminal tractors from Terberg Tractors Americas to use at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware, US.

28th May 2019

Low-emission tractors for Wilmington

28th May 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

ESPO have prepared a memorandum emphasising the role port managing bodies can play as facilitators of the port ecosystem.

24th May 2019

Ports play a key role in decarbonisation

24th May 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

An air pollution-monitoring smart container with solar panels to determine how much power a container can generate during any given journey will leave the Port of Rotterdam for the first leg of…

24th May 2019

Air pollution monitoring container sets sail

24th May 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

A world where artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced to the point where we can compare it to a human and judge it by its actions accordingly is the scene set in the…

23rd May 2019

2038: Humans vs. automation

23rd May 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

An investigation has begun to assess interest in the LNG terminal project at the Port of Wilhelmshaven in a so-called ‘open season’ process.

23rd May 2019

‘Open season’ for Wilhelmshaven begins

23rd May 2019

ASIA

ASIA

The US-China trade war will likely see port handling charges decline, resulting in a reduction of revenue and profit margins for China Merchants Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Holdings and Shanghai International Port,…

23rd May 2019

China port operators to feel tariff fallout

23rd May 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US$225m will be available for US port infrastructure improvements through the FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations bill.

23rd May 2019

US$225m for US port infrastructure

23rd May 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

EnergyAustralia has signed a preliminary agreement to access gas supply from Australian Industrial Energy’s (AIE) LNG import terminal project at Port Kembla.

23rd May 2019

Port Kembla LNG terminal secures supply deal

23rd May 2019

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

A new study on transport infrastructure charging, due this summer, tackles the thorny question ofhow to allocate the costs of pollution in European ports. ESPOs Isabelle Ryckbost considers its implications

22nd May 2019

Should the user/polluter pay?

22nd May 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

APM Terminals West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) in Onne Port, Nigeria has invested in two new Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes (MHCs) to boost its cargo handling efficiency, improve service delivery…

22nd May 2019

Liebherr MHCs boost Nigerian terminal

22nd May 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A new destination has been added to the range of intermodal rail connections available from the UK’s Port of Felixstowe to help reduce freight road traffic and air pollution.

22nd May 2019

UK port expands rail service

22nd May 2019

ASIA

ASIA

The governments of Japan, India and Sri Lanka have agreed to jointly develop the Port of Colombo to increase the ports container volume and enhance marine transportation in and around South Asia.

21st May 2019

Japan, India and Sri Lanka to develop Colombo

21st May 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Offshore wind could provide 30% of Britain”s electricity generation by 2030 and the UK’s Port of Tyne believes its location combined with recent investment means it is well placed to support this…

20th May 2019

Tyne poised for offshore wind

20th May 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ports and shipping need to collaborate better to ‘sell’ a career in maritime to an increasingly-disinterested employment pool.

20th May 2019

Sell a career in maritime, not ports

20th May 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK shipping minister Nusrat Ghani has responded to criticism of the government’s inability to focus on anything other than Brexit, to the detriment of the sector.

20th May 2019

Shipping minister: Ports still front and centre

20th May 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

A new industry working group on open loop scrubbers has found that impact on sediment quality is the main concern for UK ports and enclosed waterways.

20th May 2019

Sediment unease over scrubbers

20th May 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Continental will debut its new radial port tyre portfolio at this years TOC Europe in Rotterdam, developed to meet the demands of vehicles used in terminal operations.

17th May 2019

Continental showcases new range at TOC Europe

17th May 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

An industrial incident involving a top loader container handler at a Port of Los Angeles container terminal has resulted in the death of a worker and seriously injured a second worker.

16th May 2019

Dock worker killed in LA terminal accident

16th May 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Increased tariffs on bilateral US-China goods trade may result in decreased traffic at certain US ports, but medium-term revenues of ports will be partly insulated from volume declines by contractual minimums, a…

16th May 2019

Fitch: US ports shielded from tariff

16th May 2019

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Osprey nesting platforms on port navigation aids in Port Hedland’s inner harbour have been increased from three to five as part of a project by Australia’s Pilbara Ports Authority to replace ageing…

16th May 2019

Ospreys get new homes in Port Hedland

16th May 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Hunterston Port and Resource Centre (PARC) could be redeveloped for use as an LNG terminal, combined cycle gas turbine power station or train-manufacturing plant, Peel Ports has revealed.

16th May 2019

Peel reveals Hunterston development options

16th May 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The worlds first LNG-powered crane vessel has begun its first project carrying out maintenance work in the Port of Rotterdam.

15th May 2019

First LNG crane vessel begins first port job

15th May 2019