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OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Charges have been filed in the Auckland District Court this month in relation to the death of ocean swimmer Leslie Gelberger, who was thought to have been struck and killed by a…

24th July 2018

Auckland charged over swimmers death

24th July 2018

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Impediments to efficiency in Australia’s port network ultimately impact negatively on the cost of living for Australians and Australia’s competitiveness on the international stage, according to Ports Australia chief executive Mike Gallacher.

23rd July 2018

Real cost of port shortfalls in Australia

23rd July 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina, or Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), has issued a study it has undertaken into port investment in Latin America and the Caribbean up to…

23rd July 2018

Carib and Latin America investment shortfall

23rd July 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Guillermo Bouroncle, managing director of Peru’s national port authority, Autoridad Portuaria Nacional (APN), recently explained that national ports needed investment totalling $2.014bn.

23rd July 2018

Peruvian ports need $2bn of new investment

23rd July 2018

ASIA

ASIA

Coal-carrying vessels have increasingly been left idle off the coast of China as a result of thermal coal import restrictions at the country’s major ports, sources have said.

23rd July 2018

China’s import restrictions leave ships idle

23rd July 2018

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Would your port benefit from learning how to profit from green initiatives? The provisional programme for GreenPort Cruise & Congress has been finalised and is now available to view online.

23rd July 2018

Provisional programme released

23rd July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Automation and safety should be key areas of focus for ports if they want to improve efficiency, the president and chairman of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association has said.

23rd July 2018

Efficiency gains are in automation

23rd July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Efforts by ports to green operations are driving technology development but the whole maritime industry needs to work together to do more, the senior vice president of mobile equipment at Kalmar has…

23rd July 2018

More collaboration needed for green evolution

23rd July 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Germany’s Port of Kiel is investing in greener cargo handling equipment, environmental technology and initiating a modal shift from road to rail.

23rd July 2018

Kiel invests in greener cargo handling

23rd July 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Rotterdam is taking its preservation role seriously by helping conserve the Dutch honey bee and creating a new colony at the port.

23rd July 2018

Rotterdam works to conserve honey bees

23rd July 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A new AIM-listed investment platform aims to accelerate growth in IMO-compliant green technology service companies to minimise the marine industry’s environmental impact and help it meet the required standards for shipping.

20th July 2018

Investment platform promotes green tech

20th July 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Environmental Ship Index (ESI) is set to incorporate more work on CO2 in line with the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) legislative developments to boost its effectiveness.

18th July 2018

ESI to focus more on CO2

18th July 2018

AFRICA

AFRICA

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has issued a call for expression of interest for a consultant to carry out a feasibility study for a port PPP in Madagascar.

18th July 2018

Feasibility study for Madagascar port project

18th July 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

Container freight growth at the Port of Antwerp is raising concerns as the port nears its maximum container capacity.

17th July 2018

Container growth pushing Antwerp to limit

17th July 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Associated British Ports (ABP) has taken part in a sustainability project to improve fish migration from the Humber estuary which has helped salmon and other migratory fish reach new spawning grounds for…

17th July 2018

Fish sustainability project reaps rewards

17th July 2018

ASIA

ASIA

Malaysia’s Minister of Transport Anthony Loke has said that his country’s new government will undertake a study to determine the proposed $49.6bn Carey Island port project’s viability.

17th July 2018

Go-ahead for Carey Island feasibility study

17th July 2018

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal (KPCT) has commissioned five Electrical Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes (e-RTGs) with potential to cut more than 1400t of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions.

16th July 2018

e-RTGs to cut over 1400t of GHGs

16th July 2018

AFRICA

AFRICA

DP World has reiterated that its concession agreement for the Doraleh Container Terminal (DTC) remains in force, warning that the government’s seizure of the facility doesn’t give the right to any third…

12th July 2018

DP World fires up Doraleh dispute

12th July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Global terminal operators are cashing-in on “good opportunities” for port and terminal investment, according to WSP UK technical director Johan-Paul Verschuure.

12th July 2018

Global operators cash-in on port potential

12th July 2018

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland has joined a coalition to fight climate change in order to ramp up its efforts to tackle GHG emissions.

12th July 2018

Auckland steps up climate change efforts

12th July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Ports are moving in the right direction to decrease emissions but there is a lack of global research on how ports are handling impact management, an environmental specialist has stressed.

11th July 2018

Unified environmental voice needed

11th July 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the New York Shipping Association (NYSA) have announced a tentative agreement on a six-year local contract for the Port of New York and New Jersey.

11th July 2018

Labour deal almost struck for New York

11th July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Technology, organisation, people: that’s the magic triangle that needs to be balanced for successful port operations, according to ISL Applications chief executive Holger Schuett.

11th July 2018

Don’t let tech overshadow humans in ports

11th July 2018