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ASIA

ASIA

Coupled with reforms to cabotage law, a revamp of tariff rules is expected to spur Indian port investment.

6th August 2018

India’s headway on thorny reforms

6th August 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

“Vulnerable” US West Coast port proves that it can comeback from significant body blows in labour and operator losses. Martin Rushmere reports

6th August 2018

Port of Oakland comes out fighting

6th August 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Reporting on sustainability can help organisations work towards better practice. Michele Witthaus looks at trends in this type of disclosure by ports.

6th August 2018

Take sustainability accounting to next level

6th August 2018

CARGO SPOTLIGHT

CARGO SPOTLIGHT

COMMENT: In March 2017, DP World Australia (DPWA) was the first to introduce a steep increase in the infrastructure charge levied at their container terminals in Australia, writes the International Cargo Handling Coordination…

6th August 2018

Domino effect of infrastructure charges

6th August 2018

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Darktrace Industrial’s Andrew Tsonchev explains how artificial intelligence has an important role to play in keeping ports safe.

6th August 2018

Don’t rely on retrospection

6th August 2018

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: Lately, there has been much talk about the entry of new disruptors into ocean shipping, with Amazon most frequently referenced, writes Peter de Langen.

6th August 2018

Ships and terminals through Amazon’s eyes

6th August 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port Network Authority of the Ionian Sea (PNAIS) has expressed a first positive evaluation of Yilport Holding’s proposal to invest in and manage the container terminal of the Port of Taranto.

6th August 2018

Positive evaluation for Yilport’s Taranto proposal

6th August 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

CM Labs Simulations has released its new megamax STS training pack—the largest ship-to-shore (STS) crane ever simulated.

3rd August 2018

New ULCS-focused simulation training

3rd August 2018

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

GreenPort Congress 2018 will once again culminate with the port tour, a strong favourite with delegates year on year.

3rd August 2018

Limited places remain for the Port Tour

3rd August 2018

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Antonio Torregrosa joins the discussions on Cruise-port – city – commercial port relationships this October in Valencia.

3rd August 2018

Cruise: Valenciaport Foundation join the confirmed speakers at GreenPort Cruise 2018

3rd August 2018

WORLD

WORLD

Breakbulk Events & Media Supports Project Cargo Summit in Rotterdam

3rd August 2018

Breakbulk Events & Media Supports Project Cargo Summit in Rotterdam

3rd August 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Conversational analytics — “changing the paradigm from ‘point and click’ to actually speaking with applications that are providing analytics” — will be an application that will emerge in the port and terminal…

2nd August 2018

Conversational analytics to alter port paradigm

2nd August 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Automation provides the industry with lots of great products but there is tough competition for innovation opportunities compared to digitalisation, a technology specialist has said.

2nd August 2018

Port digitalisation open for innovation

2nd August 2018

AFRICA

AFRICA

An arbitral tribunal of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has ruled that the Government of Djibouti’s seizure of the Doraleh Container Terminal from DP World is illegal because the latter’s…

2nd August 2018

London court finds Doraleh seizure illegal

2nd August 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

After the recent oil spill disaster involving the Bow Jubail in the Port of Rotterdam, one piece of technology was instrumental in helping the authorities clean ship’s hulls which were fouled by…

2nd August 2018

Fleet Cleaner completes Rotterdam oil spill cleaning

2nd August 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

A power outage at Liverpool Port which caused delays and congestion for hauliers at Liverpool2 has seen a backlog of containers and gate times extended to 24 hours.

2nd August 2018

Liverpool power outage causes delays

2nd August 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Electric powertrains will solve global CO2 emissions challenges but terminals need to account for charging requirements, according to an electromobility expert.

2nd August 2018

Ports must plan for electric charging

2nd August 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The greatest opportunity today is the new way of thinking in horizontal transport, the managing director of AUCOS-Systems GmbH has stated.

2nd August 2018

Opportunities lie in horizontal transport

2nd August 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The entire ports and terminals sector needs to force standardisation and data-sharing: that’s the message from senior vice president for INFORM Software’s Logistics division Dr Eva Savelsberg.

1st August 2018

Ports needs to force standardisation

1st August 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

There are big opportunities for digitalisation and automation in the ports and terminals industry, for smaller as well as large terminals, a port expert has claimed.

1st August 2018

Port automation needs a wider focus

1st August 2018

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has awarded Rotterdam-based Maritime & Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) a contract to plan for the development of 11 ports in the country.

1st August 2018

Kenya plans 11 new ports

1st August 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Tariff and trade wars are a concern but the medium-term outlook for global container port demand growth is positive thanks to strong underlying economic momentum across the world’s major economies, according to…

1st August 2018

Trade wars unlikely to stop container growth

1st August 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Paris MOU, Tokyo MOU, Indian Ocean MOU and Black Sea MOU port state control (PSC) regimes will focus on the prevention of ship air pollution during forthcoming concentrated inspection campaigns (CICs).

1st August 2018

PSC collective focus on emission compliance

1st August 2018