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VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

COMMENT: Should it come as a surprise to learn that only six or so of 25 of the UK’s minor and major ports have undertaken “significant high-level and practical planning” for Brexit?…

29th January 2019

The UKs great planning dilemma

29th January 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Rotterdam has warned customers and maritime stakeholders to be alert to fake copies of its website set up to trick users into disclosing confidential information or paying fraudulent invoices.

29th January 2019

Rotterdam warns of website copycat fraud

29th January 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK government has confirmed that smart port developments are a key part of future maritime strategy and will be led by industry with government support.

28th January 2019

UK port targets set in ‘Maritime 2050’ report

28th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The National Ports Administration of Uruguay (ANP) has invited “expressions of interest for a project to build and operate Punta Sayago Logistics Port. Interested parties can lodge their interest from March 1,…

28th January 2019

Expressions of interest for new Uruguay port

28th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

2018 was not a good year for container traffic at the Chilean Port of Valparaíso, which registered a 15.9% drop in throughput. For the year, traffic amounted to 903,313 teu.

28th January 2019

Valparaíso reels from strike blows

28th January 2019

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: The recent announcement of a new container storage system, which according to the developers can triple terminal capacity, is interesting news, writes Peter de Langen.

28th January 2019

A rethink on container storage

28th January 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The first two energy saving, low emissions straddle carriers with hybrid engines are now operating at the Port of Hamburg’s HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) and are expected to use at least…

28th January 2019

First hybrid straddle carriers at Hamburg

28th January 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ExxonMobil Gas Marketing Europe Limited will provide a substantial share of regasification capacity in Uniper’s FSRU (Floating Storage and Regasification) project at the Port of Wilhelmshaven.

28th January 2019

ExxonMobil joins Wilhelmshaven FSRU project

28th January 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The Port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates has become the latest port to ban the use of open-loop scrubbers from 2020 over environmental concerns.

25th January 2019

Fujairah latest to ban open-loop scrubbers

25th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited will establish its first greenfield subsidiary in South America by acquiring 60% stake in Terminales Portuarios Chancay S.A. (Chancay Terminal) from Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. for US$225m, with…

25th January 2019

COSCO moves in on South American port

25th January 2019

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Port of Newcastle has become the first port in Australasia to be granted membership of the International EcoPorts network after committing to meeting its global environmental and sustainability standards.

25th January 2019

First Australasian port joins EcoPorts

25th January 2019

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

75% of all ships visiting the Port of Oakland in 2018 used shore power to help reduce emissions, up from 68% the year before and with usage reaching an all time high…

25th January 2019

Shore power use up 7% YoY at Oakland

25th January 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

In the next 5-15 years the UK government will aims for at least one major port in the UK to have zero-emissions across all its ship-side activity.

24th January 2019

UK sets eco targets in ‘Maritime 2050’ report

24th January 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Uncertainty over Brexit arrangements has made it difficult for ports to commit to investments that may help them prepare for changes, the British Ports Association (BPA) has said following the publication of…

24th January 2019

Ports handcuffed on planning for Brexit

24th January 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Sonatrach Group and China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) have signed a contract for the supply and construction of an LNG marine jetty and marine and port infrastructure located in the Port…

24th January 2019

LNG infrastructure planned for Algerian port

24th January 2019

ASIA

ASIA

Chinese companies are engaging in “predatory” behaviour by seizing assets of countries that default on loan agreements, the chairman of DP World has said.

23rd January 2019

DP World attacks “predatory” Chinese firms

23rd January 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has added two extra tracks and two new zero-emission electric rail gantry cranes to its rail terminal at the Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) at the Port…

23rd January 2019

Electric cranes boost eco German terminal

23rd January 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US ports are suffering delays to development projects in addition to the threat of loss of business as a result of the partial government shutdown, an American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)…

23rd January 2019

US ports feel pain of government shutdown

23rd January 2019

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Ports of Auckland (POAL) has been approved for part-funding for the purchase of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from the Government’s Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund (LEVCF) to further its plan to…

23rd January 2019

Funding for zero-emission hydrogen vehicles

23rd January 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A new LNG-focused collaboration agreement will facilitate the advancement of port facilities in Italy and maritime transport systems based on new technologies.

22nd January 2019

Italy’s LNG sector boosted by new partnership

22nd January 2019

GPCA

GPCA

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22nd January 2019

GPC America 2018 photo gallery

22nd January 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A €5m incentive scheme to promote projects and demonstrations that utilise low-carbon or zero-carbon fuels delivered in Rotterdam’s port area has been launched by the Port of Rotterdam Authority.

21st January 2019

€5m CO2 reduction incentive scheme launched

21st January 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Incentives from ports need to be better when it comes to environmental improvement, it was argued at a roundtable centred on ports’ role in decarbonising the maritime transport sector at the 2018…

21st January 2019

Plea for better green incentives from ports

21st January 2019