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ASIA

ASIA

The biggest challenge for a new terminal at Georgia’s Port of Poti will be ensuring there are feasible transport routes for delivering goods to key markets including central Asia, a finance expert…

10th May 2019

Poti faces cargo mobility challenges

10th May 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

DP World has acquired multipurpose marine terminal Fraser Surrey Docks in Vancouver from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, a fund managed by the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets division of Macquarie Group.

10th May 2019

More Macquarie port assets sold off

10th May 2019

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has funded an GB£80,000 network of air pollution monitors that will record the effect of emissions locally from cruise ships docking in Greenwich, London this summer.

10th May 2019

London ship emissions monitoring underway

10th May 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Kiel’s first shoreside power supply plant for ships has opened at the Norwegenkai ferry terminal to enable Color Line’s cruise-ferries to switch off their engines and continue operations with…

10th May 2019

Kiel provides emission-free power to ships

10th May 2019

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The provisional programme for GreenPort Cruise & Congress 2019 is out now! Hosted by the Port of Oslo, the 2019 European Green Capital, GreenPort Cruise & Congress will take place from 16-18…

10th May 2019

Provisional programme released!

10th May 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Canadian ports need dedicated police to help tackle crime including the increasing theft of vehicles which are being exported through ports, a new report has found.

9th May 2019

Port police demise creates crime window

9th May 2019

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of San Diego has been selected as ‘Recycler of the Year’ by the City of San Diego as part of the city’s 2019 Business Waste Reduction and Recycling awards programme.

9th May 2019

Port of San Diego receives recycling award

9th May 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The IMOs Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) will consider an EU proposal to start the discussion at international level on the discharges from open loop scrubbers, especially in sensitive and highly…

9th May 2019

Push for review of scrubbers at MEPC 74

9th May 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Ports Australia has adopted a policy platform focusing on the three main ways ports can help improve Australia’s future: building maritime skills, using Australia’s “blue highway” and “improving lives through connected ports”.

9th May 2019

Ports Australia policy overhaul

9th May 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Hutchison Ports’ BEST container terminal in the Port of Barcelona has received six new electric automated cranes from Konecranes to help reduce emissions and improve operational efficiency.

8th May 2019

Electric cranes for BEST container terminal

8th May 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The IMO Secretary General has stressed the importance of the combined role of shipping and ports in both world trade and sustainable development.

8th May 2019

Cooperation needed to tackle sustainability

8th May 2019

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

An ongoing empty container shortage plaguing New Zealands supply chain has led to a key stakeholder meeting being called to debate the challenges by Ports of Auckland (POAL).

7th May 2019

Auckland container shortage crisis talks

7th May 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

PSA International said it has finalised an agreement to acquire Halterm Container Terminal in Canada’s Port of Halifax and Penn Terminals in Pennsylvania, US from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners.

7th May 2019

PSA picks up Macquarie disposals

7th May 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Santa Fe-based Mundo Construcciones has been confirmed as the only bidder for the concession to operate a container and general cargo terminal at the Argentinian Port of Santa Fe.

7th May 2019

Just one bid for box terminal concession

7th May 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Peru, an updated Macroeconomic Projections 2019-2022 report prepared by the Ministry of Economy and Finance has revealed that three port projects are currently absorbing significant amounts of investment.

7th May 2019

Three major port projects underway in Peru

7th May 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Costa Rican Pacific ports institute, Instituto Costarricense de Puertos del Pacifico (INCOP), has claimed that the Port of Caldera has effectively reached a point of collapse, with few options open to…

7th May 2019

Costa Rican port faces operational collapse

7th May 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Peru, the regional governor of Ancash state, Juan Carlos Morillo Ulloa, has revealed that China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) is to invest more than $450m in an upgrade of the Port…

7th May 2019

China to invest $450m in Peru

7th May 2019

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

While the sky “isn’t falling in”, as one speaker put it, there was a definite air of negativity on the global economic outlook at TOC Asia’s conference in Singapore.

7th May 2019

The sky isnt falling in on cargo demand… yet

7th May 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A 20-year usage agreement made as part of Orient Overseas (International) Limiteds (OOIL) US$1.78bn sale of Long Beach Container Terminal to Macquarie Group subsidiary Olivia Holdings will ensure a continued benefit for…

5th May 2019

Long Beach usage agreement helps COSCO

5th May 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Australia’s New South Wales Government has awarded development consent to Australian Industrial Energy’s (AIE) LNG import terminal project at Port Kembla.

3rd May 2019

Port Kembla LNG terminal approved

3rd May 2019