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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Harbour commissioners for the US ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have approved measures to ensure that new trucks that are just going into drayage service meet “the cleanest engine standards”.

5th July 2018

LA and Long Beach approve clean truck regs

5th July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

New International Transport Forum (ITF) research into decarbonisation for shipping has revealed that almost-complete decarbonisation could be attained by 2035 if currently-available technologies are deployed to their maximum.

5th July 2018

ITF: Full decarbonisation by 2035 achievable

5th July 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Co-operation between logistics chain stakeholders is more crucial than ever, particularly with ships increasing in size and making demands of public infrastructure that cannot be constructed overnight, Federation of European Private Port…

5th July 2018

FEPORT: Logistics actors must work together

5th July 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The executive directors of the US ports of Long Beach and Oakland, located in California, have called for continued government support for maritime sector clean air efforts and infrastructure development.

5th July 2018

Californian ports plea for government help

5th July 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new spreader from ELME Spreader — ELME Spreader Model 817 INNOVATION — claims a unique mix of 16% reduced weight and boosted structural strength.

5th July 2018

Lightweight ELME spreader brings benefits

5th July 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Productivity improvement is behind growth in many network-critical terminals, with congestion a result of this, a presentation from Hamburg Süd’s global head of marine and terminal operations has claimed.

5th July 2018

Port productivity gains lagging cargo growth

5th July 2018

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

SSA Marine is to retrofit 13 of the US Port of Oakland’s diesel-powered cranes with diesel-electric hybrid engines to help clean up operations.

5th July 2018

Oakland goes hybrid for cleaner terminal ops

5th July 2018

WORLD

WORLD

Asia’s future energy needs on the agenda at Tank Storage Asia 2018:

5th July 2018

Asia’s future energy needs on the agenda at Tank Storage Asia 2018:

5th July 2018

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Konecranes has launched an innovative new concept to help its customers save fuel and reduce emissions, GreenPort spoke to Håkan Andersson Konecranes product manager to find out more

28th June 2018

Giving customers choice to reduce emissions

28th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The ports and terminals industry will never be state of the art, the commercial director and owner of TBA told Port Strategy (PS) at TOC Europe 2018.

28th June 2018

Ports: always another challenge to pursue, TBA

28th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

A vessel detained at Bulgaria’s Port of Burgas since November over an alleged unpaid mortgage has seen its owner face losses of US$20,000 per day with no end in sight to the…

28th June 2018

Fake mortgage detained vessel losing millions

28th June 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Trelleborg Marine Systems has been commissioned to supply a suite of LNG solutions to India’s first floating re-gasification unit (FSRU) LNG terminal.

28th June 2018

Trelleborg equips Indian floating LNG terminal

28th June 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Port of Rotterdam’s Gate Terminal is looking to increase LNG ship loading flow rate in order to lower port time for larger container vessels.

28th June 2018

Rotterdam looks to speed up LNG ship loading

28th June 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Brazil, the Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários (“National Waterway Transportation Agency”, or ANTAQ) has announced five new port terminals will be put out to tender in July and September.

27th June 2018

New round of port tenders in Brazil

27th June 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Chilean construction association Cámara Chilena de la Construcción has calculated that Chile needs to invest $5.242bn in port infrastructure from 2018 to 2027.

27th June 2018

Chilean ports need investment

27th June 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

In the US, SSA Marine is to retrofit 13 of the Californian Port of Oakland’s diesel-powered cranes with diesel-electric hybrid engines.

27th June 2018

Oakland goes hybrid to ‘green’ terminal ops

27th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

It will be a number of weeks before the clean-up at the Port of Rotterdam is complete, the Port of Rotterdam Authority has indicated after more than 200 tonnes of heavy fuel…

27th June 2018

Port of Rotterdam oil spill devastation

27th June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UK’s Warrenpoint Port has placed an order for a Konecranes Gottwald Model 3 Mobile Harbor Crane to cater for a “substantial rise in trade”. The port expects ro-ro trade alone to…

27th June 2018

New cranes to take Warrenpoint traffic surge

27th June 2018

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Protecting infrastructure from the fallout of climate change was high on the agenda at the 11th International Harbour Masters Congress.

27th June 2018

Climate risk high on harbour masters’ agenda

27th June 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A major clean-up operation is taking place at the Port of Rotterdam after a tanker spilt around 200t of oil contaminating over 50 inland vessels and closing the port’s 3rd Petroleumhaven and…

26th June 2018

Rotterdam oil spill forces partial closure

26th June 2018

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Cavotec is increasingly combining the separate areas of automated mooring and shore power into an integrated package – one that delivers environmental and operational benefits in parallel, writes Sofus Gedde-Dahl, sales director…

25th June 2018

Doubling up on tech to drive sustainability

25th June 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

First, the bad news, assessing risk within ports and terminals is extremely challenging thanks to multiple factors in play. It’s not just the possibility of accidental pollution but the added risk from…

25th June 2018

Assessing climate risk at ports

25th June 2018

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The topics on the programme at this year’s GreenPort Valencia have been confirmed and the programme will focus on the theme of ‘Profiting from green initiatives’.

25th June 2018

Your final chance to be part of this exciting programme

25th June 2018