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COMMENT: Port Strategy hears that the world’s number threecontainer line, CMA CGM, is interested in exploiting port and transport corridor opportunities in Djibouti, the primary gateway for Ethiopian cargo.

21st January 2019

Door open for CMA CGM in Djibouti?

21st January 2019

ASIA

ASIA

China Merchants Group has issued RMB10bn ($1.47bn) worth of bonds to fund the development of the ports under Liaoning Port Group in China.

21st January 2019

China Merchants eyes three-port growth plan

21st January 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has doubled its green tariff discount to boost tidal Thames air quality and later this year will launch the UKs first hybrid pilot cutter to cut…

21st January 2019

PLA doubles green tariff discount

21st January 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Konecranes will supply South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) with three Konecranes RTGs equipped with hybrid power packs designed for eco-efficient operation and uncompromised performance.

18th January 2019

South Carolina improves its eco rating

18th January 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes will supply South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) with three Konecranes RTGs equipped with hybrid power packs designed for eco-efficient operation and uncompromised performance.

18th January 2019

South Carolina improves its eco rating

18th January 2019

ASIA

ASIA

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered Maersk and DP World to withdraw customer advisories which it says could hamper growth at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

18th January 2019

Terminal operators under fire at Indian port

18th January 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Uniper SE and Titan LNG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a plan to develop a user-friendly technical interface and commercial products for small-scale LNG players from the Wilhelmshaven Floating…

18th January 2019

MOU to support Wilhelmshaven FRSU

18th January 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A port transportation innovation contest will see entrants submit original project ideas to encourage more environmental and safe production.

18th January 2019

Eco angle for port innovation contest

18th January 2019

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

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…

18th January 2019

Plea for better green incentives from ports

18th January 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Record high levels of inbound laden containers were experienced on both US coasts in October, but BIMCO has warned uncertainty lies ahead due to US-China trade relations.

17th January 2019

Robust US container trade faces uncertainty

17th January 2019

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Ships are now required to report their energy consumption data of their last voyage when entering and leaving Chinese ports.

17th January 2019

Chinese ports require energy consumption data

17th January 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Kiel is investing more than €30m in port expansion and environmental protection with projects including onshore power.

17th January 2019

Kiel cash boost funds shore power

17th January 2019

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya could lose the Port of Mombasa to the Chinese government if the government-owned Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) defaults on a substantial payment owned to Exim Bank of China.

17th January 2019

China funding puts ports at risk

17th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Union leader Hugo Moyano is attempting to scuttle a government plan to create a single container terminal concession at the Port of Buenos Aires as of 2020, replacing five existing concessions.

16th January 2019

Unions intervene in Buenos Aires dispute

16th January 2019

ASIA

ASIA

PSA International boosted volumes by 9.1% year-on-year in 2018 on the back of “slow but steady” growth in global container trade volumes.

16th January 2019

Major operator celebrates surging volumes

16th January 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Global port operator Yilport is backing a Port Innovation Contest to encourage solutions to the current challenges facing the industry.

16th January 2019

Yilport supports innovation contest

16th January 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A container terminal at the Port of Newcastle could provide a A$6bn (US$4.1bn) boost to the New South Wales economy as well as significantly reducing truck trips through Sydney by 2050, according…

16th January 2019

Newcastle box terminal benefits

16th January 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

NSW Ports is forecasting a growth in containers through its port gateways from 2.4m teu to between 7.5m and 8.4m teu per year by 2045.

16th January 2019

NSW to more than triple volumes by 2045

16th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

José Di Bella, chief executive of the Brazilian Association of Port Terminals, has stated that centralised decision-making in the country’s ports sector is deterring investment.

16th January 2019

Legislation preventing investment in Brazilian ports

16th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The governor of São Paulo State, João Doria, is to ask Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, to privatise the Port of Santos. He has labelled the current facility as inefficient and costly.

16th January 2019

São Paulo governor wants Santos privatised

16th January 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A hydrogen-generating plant is to be built by Ports of Auckland (PoAL) to power hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles as part of the port’s programme to become a zero-emissions business by 2040.

16th January 2019

Auckland announces hydrogen project

16th January 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports of Auckland (PoAL) and the National Road Carriers’ Association (NRC) have announced a joint commitment to drive significant changes within Auckland’s overheated supply chain.

16th January 2019

Auckland to revamp supply chain

16th January 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The UK Government has said it will publish guidelines to advise ports on how to develop effective and targeted Air Quality Strategies by spring, with ports required to have their own strategies…

15th January 2019

December deadline for air quality strategy

15th January 2019