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25th October 2019

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25th October 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Automation is changing the way terminals handle containers but automated box lashinghas only been partially successful, writes Alex Hughes

25th October 2019

Manufacturers struggle to automate lashing

25th October 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

West Mediterranean container ports are adding equipment and expanding terminalareas to continue to attract larger container ships, writes Alex Hughes.

25th October 2019

Velocity at Valencia and best at Barcelona

25th October 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Buenos Aires may soon have a new $1.9 billion container terminal in Puerto Nuevo, but will thisoccur just as carriers stop direct calls and start feedering from Montevideo or Brazil, asks Rob…

25th October 2019

Direct calls or a future of feedering for Buenos Aires?

25th October 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

South America’s biggest container volume port, Santos, is forging closer ties with Chinaand targeting profitability, as Rob Ward discovers.

25th October 2019

Kick starting Brazilian ports revolution

25th October 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The tender for the $1.9bn development of Puerto Nuevo has been delayed until 2 December, owing to shock results of the Primary Presidential elections in early August, as Rob Ward discovers.

24th October 2019

Delays to new $1.9bn Buenos Aires tender

24th October 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

AJ Keyes looks at Virginia’s recent port growth and awareness of the importance of intermodal railas it operates in the highly competitive US East Coast region.

24th October 2019

Letting the train take the strain in Virginia

24th October 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A port authority in Poland has unveiled the biggest infrastructure programme it has ever undertaken, with environmental considerations and green energy at its heart.

24th October 2019

Polish port’s plan is green at heart

24th October 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

It could be a very good year for New York/New Jersey, securing No.2 in North American containervolume rankings, adding rail capacity and release of a new Masterplan, as AJ Keyes discovers.

24th October 2019

Smart business decisions at PANYNJ

24th October 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

With strong year-on-year volume growth continuing into 2019, Georgia Ports Authority is pushing ahead with investment and expansion plans to support future container increases, as AJ Keyes discovers.

24th October 2019

SAVANNAH SOWING FURTHER SEEDS FOR GROWTH

24th October 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Plans for a €100m trimodal container terminal at an inland port in Germany are expected to create the largest container terminal in the European hinterland and a “gateway hub” for trade with…

24th October 2019

€100m container terminal to boost China trade

24th October 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

PSA International, has secured its first terminal facility in the US, with Penn Terminals on theDelaware River. AJ Keyes looks at what this means to the Singapore-based company.

23rd October 2019

First foothold in US

23rd October 2019

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

COMMENT: The first London conference dedicated to accelerating the uptake of disruptive and lower emissions’ propulsion technologies for inland shipping has been held at The Crystal by the Port of London Authority,…

23rd October 2019

The cleaning of inland shipping

23rd October 2019

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

The recent news that the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, and the global freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel, will start a venture fund, to be based in Singapore and called ReefknotInvestments, is…

23rd October 2019

Emerging competition between ‘Port innovation systems

23rd October 2019

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: The Game of Thrones aficionados will fully understand the doomsday phrase that “winter is coming,” writes Ben Hackett

23rd October 2019

Put on warm winter clothes

23rd October 2019

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: Isn’t it about time that political appointments at the top of port management bodies were stopped? asks Mike Mundy

23rd October 2019

Time for a change

23rd October 2019

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The first solar concentrator farm in the European process industry has been inaugurated in a port in Belgium.

23rd October 2019

Pioneering solar heat project launched

23rd October 2019

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The first solar concentrator farm in the European process industry has been inaugurated in a port in Belgium.

23rd October 2019

Pioneering solar heat project launched

23rd October 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A wildlife area created six years ago to offset losses of habitat from a development at a UK port has proved so successful it has been ranked by a top entomological consultant…

23rd October 2019

Port-created habitat rich with wildlife

23rd October 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The UK’s largest port operator is co-running a competition for UK technology businesses to provide innovative solutions to help provide energy saving, emissions reduction and efficiency boosting measures which can improve the…

21st October 2019

Call for technology innovation

21st October 2019