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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Slower international trade and further structural changes to container shipping lines is making forecasting cargo volumes “challenging”, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust has said.

12th February 2019

Trade dip hurts cargo forecasting

12th February 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Croatia will co-finance a floating LNG terminal on the Island of Krk with a grant of €100m to help it increase its security of gas supply.

12th February 2019

Croatia to finance Krk LNG terminal

12th February 2019

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

US$2m has been allocated to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to replace up to 80 model year 2006 and older…

11th February 2019

US$2m for PANYNJ truck replacement

11th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Draught restrictions at the ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven has resulted in a shift of market shares away from them towards Rotterdam, Antwerp and Wilhelmshaven.

11th February 2019

Draught-restricted ports suffering

11th February 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Ecoslops has secured a financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for up to €18m to help develop projects including its micro-refinery unit in the Port of Antwerp.

11th February 2019

€18m financing for Ecoslops projects

11th February 2019

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Port operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) has said it will support multi-sectoral efforts to clean up Manila Bay.

8th February 2019

Port operator supports Manila Bay clean-up

8th February 2019

ASIA

ASIA

Philippines port operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) is considering developing more facilities alongside its international gateway ports in Manila and Batangas.

8th February 2019

Asian Terminal Inc. targets expansion

8th February 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Shoreham Port has appointed its first director of infrastructure & climate change, the first role of its kind for a UK port.

8th February 2019

First UK port climate change role

8th February 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

More than $300m in infrastructure improvements is being considered as part of a drive to grow international marine cargo to the Port of Seattle.

7th February 2019

Seattle in line for $300m investment

7th February 2019

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Port operator DP World handled 71.4m teu across its container terminals last year, with gross container volumes growing by 1.9% year-on-year on a reported basis and 2.9% on a like-for-like basis.

7th February 2019

Major operator boasts of volumes growth

7th February 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports made the cut for US President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address.

7th February 2019

Trump pays lip service to ports

7th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Leixões is undertaking a nine-month pilot programme aimed at modernising and boosting efficiency through the use of digital technology.

7th February 2019

Leixões embraces accelerator programme

7th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish mooring and tug providers voted to call strikes in ports if the go-ahead is given to allow vessels operating under flags of convenience to provide services.

7th February 2019

Spanish service providers make strike threat

7th February 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Konecranes has said its business has slowed down in the UK and it is confident the decision to scale back its UK operations in 2018 was the right move.

7th February 2019

Konecranes stands by its UK scale-back move

7th February 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Yamal LNG has shipped its ten millionth tonne of LNG from the Port of Sabetta since it commenced operations.

7th February 2019

Yamal LNG hits shipping milestone

7th February 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and Next Kraftwerke GmbH are investigating the extent to which industrially used mobile battery capacities can be connected to the German power grid to stabilise it…

7th February 2019

Mobile batteries to help electric stability

7th February 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Fluxys and Titan LNG have joined forces to build a bunkering pontoon to make LNG more widely available as shipping fuel in the Port of Antwerp and surrounding area.

6th February 2019

Bunkering pontoon to be built at Antwerp

6th February 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authority’s Big Berth/Big Ship programme will enable the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024.

6th February 2019

Savannah ups its vessel capacity

6th February 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A project to implement fuel cells and hydrogen technologies in ports, and that aims to make the Port of Valencia the first port in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy, has had its…

6th February 2019

Valencia’s hydrogen energy project progresses

6th February 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The West Australian Government is passing up the chance to open up Fremantle container operations to new competitors by narrowing the choice of tenderers to the current two operators, DP World and…

6th February 2019

Fremantle narrows tender selection to incumbents

6th February 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Melbourne’s Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) has become the latest Australian stevedore to apply an infrastructure surcharge, a move which has drawn criticism from industry.

6th February 2019

VICT latest to apply surcharge Down Under

6th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port operators and bodies are standing by their pledge to support trade movement as they responded with caution to the UKs Her Majestys Revenue and Customs (HMRC) declaration that EU imports will…

5th February 2019

Practicality remains priority for Brexit planning

5th February 2019

WORLD

WORLD

StocExpo Europe 2019 returns to the Ahoy in Rotterdam on 26-28 March, bringing with it the highly-anticipated and CPD-certified conference programme, which will be hosted on the show floor for the very…

4th February 2019

StocExpo Europe 2019 Conference Unveiled

4th February 2019