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WORLD

WORLD

StocExpo Europe set to celebrate 15 years of industry success in March 2019

4th February 2019

Worlds Biggest Tank Terminal Event Returns to Rotterdam

4th February 2019

AFRICA

AFRICA

A DP World construction port manager has been shot in Somalia’s Bosaso Port, according to media reports.

4th February 2019

DP World manager shot dead

4th February 2019

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A water and weather application being trialled as part of the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s new Internet of Things (IoT) platform is anticipated to improve operational safety and efficiency.

4th February 2019

Rotterdam trials water and weather app

4th February 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Vessel operations at GCT Vanterm at the Port of Vancouver are expected to fully resume by February 4 following the collapse of a GCT Vanterm Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC) ship-to-shore…

1st February 2019

GCT limps back from crane collapse

1st February 2019

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Ecoslops and the Suez Canal Economic Zone have formed an agreement to establish a collection, reception and treatment unit for maritime oil waste in Egypt’s Port Said to help tackle ship pollution.

1st February 2019

Port Said to tackle oil waste

1st February 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A new report has found that the US market for waterborne freight was worth more than $16bn in 2018.

31st January 2019

US waterborne freight worth over US$16bn

31st January 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd’s (MOL) LNG-fuelled tugboat ‘Ishin’ has bunkered LNG fuel in Japan’s Sakai Senboku Port for the first time in what is also the first bunkering of LNG as a…

31st January 2019

First LNG bunkered at Sakai Senboku

31st January 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Alongside the Jamaican government’s ban on plastic bags and straws from 1 January, Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) has recycled over 100,000 plastic bottles in over seven months.

31st January 2019

KFTL hits mass recycling drive milestone

31st January 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Dave MacIntyre discusses how a focus on risk-management has paid dividends.

31st January 2019

Port of Tauranga’s investment strategy pays off

31st January 2019

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Navis’ Andy Barrons expects increased tech spend and a brighter future for the industry in 2019

31st January 2019

Pockets of optimism for 2019

31st January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Alex Hughes explains why 2018 will be one that Latin America’s largest port will not want to remember

31st January 2019

A year to forget for Santos

31st January 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Felicity Landon considers the progress and promise of 5G technology for ports

31st January 2019

Making a connected port a reality

31st January 2019

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Ports can help in the drive to turn waste into wealth, reports Felicity Landon

31st January 2019

Giving trash a second life

31st January 2019

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Alex Hughes investigates the options for dismantling when a crane has reached the end of its useful life

31st January 2019

Final curtain call for outdated cranes

31st January 2019

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: With relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia now back in positive mode - after a 20-year dispute - the Eritrean ports of Assab, in the south of the country, and Massawa in…

31st January 2019

Eritrea must look at its options

31st January 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

What’s in it for ports when they choose to optimise the design of their buildings, askes Stevie Knight

31st January 2019

More than a pretty façade

31st January 2019

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Ports are prepared to overspend on surveillance to ensure they have covered every eventuality, finds Martin Rushmere

31st January 2019

Throwing money at security challenges

31st January 2019

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

COMMENT: Last year, we saw so many stories about the lost opportunities for real leadership in politics, energy and climate change, that many will have missed the flurry of activity in extra…

31st January 2019

Reality check on climate timeline

31st January 2019

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Industry is taking notice of hydrogens potential as a squeaky-clean fuel. Stevie Knight reports

31st January 2019

Writing the hydrogen rulebook

31st January 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Dave MacIntyre examines how a government review might bring the country’s ports closer.

31st January 2019

Pulling New Zealand’s port family together

31st January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

COSCO SHIPPING Ports’ 60% acquisition of Chancay Terminal in Peru, South America is a natural move in line with China’s economic strategy, a ports expert has said.

30th January 2019

Chancay fits China investment strategy

30th January 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Containerships’ first LNG-fuelled container vessel has undergone its first LNG bunkering by Shell’s Cardissa at the Port of Rotterdam.

30th January 2019

First bunkering for new Containerships ship

30th January 2019

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

Solent Stevedores has invested GB£1m into 33 electric counter balance forklift trucks from STILL Materials Handling to help reduce emissions at the Port of Southampton ahead of the 2019 cruise season.

30th January 2019

Electric trucks drive down cruise footprint

30th January 2019