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AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Kalmar and Navis will a deliver world-first state-of-the-art intermodal automation solution to a Sydney logistics park which will help it lower its carbon emissions.

11th June 2018

Logistics park will reap automation benefits

11th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Follow our rolling coverage of TOC Europe 2018 with news, tweets, videos, and live reporting.

10th June 2018

Port Strategy from TOC Europe

10th June 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Port of Rotterdam, Port of Le Havre and Port of Piraeus have renewed EcoPorts’ environmental performance standard (PERS) to demonstrate their commitment to environmental transparency and management.

8th June 2018

EcoPorts’ certification rewards green efforts

8th June 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Proinversión is due to decide imminently on the concession for the Multipurpose Port Terminal at the Peruvian Port of Salaverry.

8th June 2018

Decision imminent on Salaverry concession

8th June 2018

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Offering the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centres and to the heavy industry, Kalmar have confirmed their attendance at GPC Valencia 2018 as one of…

8th June 2018

Kalmar confirm GPC sponsorship

8th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The downward trend for UK port traffic from 2001-2016 will be reversed through to 2020, according to projections from MDS Transmodal.

7th June 2018

2020 bounce back expected for UK port traffic

7th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK’s Member of Parliament representing ports has talked up the importance of diversity when it comes to meeting the challenges coming the port sector’s way.

7th June 2018

Diversity critical to UK port preparedness

7th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK ports will prove their resiliency when the country leaves the European Union, no matter which deals are struck, the UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) chief executive has predicted.

7th June 2018

UK ports will prove “resilient and adaptable”

7th June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

CM Labs Simulations has produced a new port-focused training pack designed to teach forklift truck driving with an assortment of cargo and highlighting areas for trainee improvement.

7th June 2018

Forklift training pack boosts competency

7th June 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Trade protectionism has been blamed for an overall slowdown in volumes at world ports in the first quarter of this year, with the throughput growth rate down 2.9 percentage points year-on-year.

7th June 2018

Protectionism blamed for global handling slowdown

7th June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The corporate venture capital arms of port operator PSA International and shipping company CMA CGM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive digitalisation and innovation in the shipping and supply…

7th June 2018

PSA inks CMA CGM tech partnership

7th June 2018

ASIA

ASIA

Cargo change, technology that will enable and disrupt, and cross integration: these are the “three hard truths” for port operator PSA International, according to group chief executive Tan Chong Meng.

7th June 2018

PSA International’s “three hard truths”

7th June 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Difficulties in attracting and then recruiting people to the logistics and freight forwarding industry have been aired by industry professionals.

7th June 2018

Challenge of finding and retaining port pros

7th June 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The chief executive of Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has described digitalisation as “even more important than automation”.

7th June 2018

Digitalisation more important than automation

7th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The latest implementation of Realtime Business Solutions’ (R.B.S.) TOPS Expert Cloud product marked the first completed implementation of a full terminal operating system (TOS) that controls all the terminal’s operational processes from…

7th June 2018

First for R.B.S. cloud product

7th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Ukrainian government aims to invest UAH44bn (US$1.7bn) into the outdated infrastructure of its ports in a bid to revive the country’s maritime industry.

6th June 2018

US$1.7bn for Ukraine ports infrastructure

6th June 2018

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

MIDDLE EAST GREENPORT

DP World’s Jebel Ali Free Zone has launched the UAE’s first green storage and warehouse facilities in Dubai helping businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.

6th June 2018

Solar-powered warehouse cuts carbon footprint

6th June 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Samskip is embracing the benefits of LNG thanks to its new LNG powered vessels which are both cutting carbon emissions and opening up new markets for the operator.

6th June 2018

Samskip reaps the benefits of LNG power

6th June 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The global container port traffic growth rate continues to exceed 6% and terminal mergers and acquisitions offer the best potential to thrive in the current container ports and terminal market.

5th June 2018

Container port traffic exceeds 6%

5th June 2018

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Technology firm Siemens will supply eight electrified automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes plus remote control systems to the UK’s Port of Felixstowe to help it achieve a reduction in its carbon footprint.

5th June 2018

Port automation targets carbon footprint

5th June 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Some of the main topics for discussion at this year’s ESPO conference were energy, climate change and the environment with a particular focus on putting in place necessary infrastructure going forward.

5th June 2018

ESPO focuses on environmental infrastructure

5th June 2018

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has been awarded a circa US$110m port rehabilitation contract to modernise existing industrial port facilities around Basra.

4th June 2018

Mitsubishi to modernise Iraq port facilities

4th June 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Rosneft and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) have signed a cooperation agreement to supply Ghana’s port of Tema (Ghana) with LNG for a period of 12 years.

4th June 2018

LNG cooperation deal to supply Ghana port

4th June 2018