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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Shipowners, shipyards, manufacturers and ports have joined forces to investigate the feasibility of methanol as a sustainable alternative transport fuel in the maritime sector.

22nd February 2019

Ports support Methanol research project

22nd February 2019

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A project to deepen the Port of Hueneme’s harbour will incorporate wharf-stabilising pilings made from recycled plastic bottles.

22nd February 2019

Plastic bottles aid Hueneme harbour project

22nd February 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Kalmar will supply the first emissions-free electric forklift trucks in Latin America to Rio Estiba in Uruguay’s Port of Nueva Palmira.

21st February 2019

First electric forklifts for Latin America

21st February 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Throughput of LNG as bunker fuel in the Port of Rotterdam during 2018 increased from 1,500t to 9,500t.

21st February 2019

LNG throughput up at Rotterdam

21st February 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Five of Chile’s publicly-owned but privately-managed ports reported losses in 2018. Arica, Iquique, Coquimbo, Valparaíso and Chacabuco all posted lower figures last year than they did in 2017.

21st February 2019

Chilean ports post mixed-volume figures

21st February 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Peru, it will be the ports sector that receives most infrastructure investment in 2019.

21st February 2019

Major investment boon for Peru’s ports

21st February 2019

ASIA

ASIA

Zhejiang Seaport Group has signed a strategic agreement with Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) to jointly develop the Yangshan Port area.

20th February 2019

New partnership to develop Yangshan Port

20th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Forth Ports’ Port of Tilbury has received development consent from the UK Secretary of State for Transport to build a new GB£200m port terminal to include a new rail and road connection,…

20th February 2019

New London port terminal approved

20th February 2019

WORLD

WORLD

The new ecomat Controller from the ecomat series from ifm electronic has two independent, powerful 32-bit PLCs. One of them is certified as safety controller (SIL2 / Pl d) with CAN open…

20th February 2019

Standard and Safety Controller now in one unit.

20th February 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Marine LNG Zeebrugge has signed a deal to supply LNG to Norwegian energy group Equinor’s four crude shuttle tankers in the Port of Rotterdam.

20th February 2019

Gas4Sea partners and Equinor bunkering deal

20th February 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Cargotec’s profitability took a hit in 2018 due to “exceptional challenges” in its supply chain and delivery, but the company will focus on key drivers including digitalisation going forward, the company’s chief…

19th February 2019

Digitalisation to drive Cargotec forward

19th February 2019

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A Wärtsilä-made propeller cap that delivers average fuel savings of 2% has been listed in the discount-providing vessel quieting category of the 2019 Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s EcoAction Program for its ability…

19th February 2019

Vancouver backs noise-reducing propeller cap

19th February 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Environmental objections have been raised to the DP World-backed Posorja deepwater port project in Ecuador.

18th February 2019

Posorja port environmental objections

18th February 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Argentina’s Terminal Zárate has completed arrangements for a deal with crane simulator and training system provider GlobalSim for two new crane simulators to train operators in the area.

18th February 2019

Zárate secures GlobalSim simulators

18th February 2019

WORLD

WORLD

2 x IMO Tier III-compliant 12V175D MM engines to power harbour pusher tug

18th February 2019

MAN 175D Selected for First IMO Tier IIICompliant Harbour Tug Designed for Operation in Mediterranean

18th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Greece’s biggest port, the Port of Piraeus, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Italian ports of Venice and Chioggia in order to strengthen cargo flows.

18th February 2019

Piraeus and Italian ports seal deal

18th February 2019

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Mental health issues are not being properly addressed in ports — that’s the message from ex-workers and specialists in an exclusive Port Strategy (PS) feature.

18th February 2019

Shocking gap in mental health awareness in ports

18th February 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new KPMG report has added fuel to a long running dispute over port development in New South Wales (NSW) by finding that container investment at the Port of Newcastle is the…

18th February 2019

KPMG pans Newcastle development plan

18th February 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The circular economy will strengthen the competitive position of the Port of Rotterdam, strengthen the supply of raw materials and is vital to help realise the Paris Climate Agreement, the Port of…

18th February 2019

Rotterdam fires up circular economy

18th February 2019

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Councillors from the UK port cities of Southampton, Liverpool and Bristol have attended the Clean Air Summit to ask for greater legal powers to combat air pollution in ports, as well as…

15th February 2019

UK port cities call for pollution power

15th February 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Container terminals managed by DP World Australia are set for delays and increased turnaround times as stevedores with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) prepare to strike.

15th February 2019

DP World Australia faces strike action

15th February 2019

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Green energy is now being produced at ABP’s Port of Goole after a successful GB£1m rooftop solar initiative aimed at furthering the port’s environmental sustainability.

15th February 2019

Goole reaps rewards of solar installation

15th February 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The new regulation establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment (EMSWe) will help simplify administration and enable supply chain efficiency, said the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO).

14th February 2019

EMSWe helps supply chain efficiency

14th February 2019