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REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) has launched a plan to integrate UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the business strategies and governance of port authorities to help align them with global…

14th February 2019

UN SDGs to be adopted by ports

14th February 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

The World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) has launched a plan to integrate UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the business strategies and governance of port authorities to help align them with global…

14th February 2019

Ports ready to adopt sustainable goals

14th February 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Port of Cartagena in Colombia has won ‘The Most Pro-Active Development of Ports’ LNG Infrastructure in the Mediterranean’ award at the Small-Scale LNG Summit.

14th February 2019

Cartagena wins LNG award

14th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

A 10-year port development programme which will expand operations, diversify cargo and develop port infrastructure at the Freeport of Riga has been approved by its board.

13th February 2019

Riga sets 10-year development plan

13th February 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Six Kalmar zero-emission Rubber-tired Gantry cranes (RTGs) will be supplied to South Florida Container Terminal (SFCT), LLC at PortMiami, enabling it to be the first container terminal in the US with 100%…

13th February 2019

Florida terminal makes emissions history

13th February 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Six Kalmar zero-emission Rubber-tired Gantry cranes (RTGs) will be supplied to South Florida Container Terminal (SFCT), LLC at PortMiami, enabling it to be the first container terminal in the US with 100%…

13th February 2019

Florida terminal makes emissions history

13th February 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Slower international trade and further structural changes to container shipping lines is making forecasting cargo volumes “challenging”, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust has said.

12th February 2019

Trade dip hurts cargo forecasting

12th February 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Croatia will co-finance a floating LNG terminal on the Island of Krk with a grant of €100m to help it increase its security of gas supply.

12th February 2019

Croatia to finance Krk LNG terminal

12th February 2019

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

US$2m has been allocated to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to replace up to 80 model year 2006 and older…

11th February 2019

US$2m for PANYNJ truck replacement

11th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Draught restrictions at the ports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven has resulted in a shift of market shares away from them towards Rotterdam, Antwerp and Wilhelmshaven.

11th February 2019

Draught-restricted ports suffering

11th February 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Ecoslops has secured a financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for up to €18m to help develop projects including its micro-refinery unit in the Port of Antwerp.

11th February 2019

€18m financing for Ecoslops projects

11th February 2019

ASIA GREENPORT

ASIA GREENPORT

Port operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) has said it will support multi-sectoral efforts to clean up Manila Bay.

8th February 2019

Port operator supports Manila Bay clean-up

8th February 2019

ASIA

ASIA

Philippines port operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) is considering developing more facilities alongside its international gateway ports in Manila and Batangas.

8th February 2019

Asian Terminal Inc. targets expansion

8th February 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Shoreham Port has appointed its first director of infrastructure & climate change, the first role of its kind for a UK port.

8th February 2019

First UK port climate change role

8th February 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

More than $300m in infrastructure improvements is being considered as part of a drive to grow international marine cargo to the Port of Seattle.

7th February 2019

Seattle in line for $300m investment

7th February 2019

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Port operator DP World handled 71.4m teu across its container terminals last year, with gross container volumes growing by 1.9% year-on-year on a reported basis and 2.9% on a like-for-like basis.

7th February 2019

Major operator boasts of volumes growth

7th February 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Ports made the cut for US President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address.

7th February 2019

Trump pays lip service to ports

7th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Leixões is undertaking a nine-month pilot programme aimed at modernising and boosting efficiency through the use of digital technology.

7th February 2019

Leixões embraces accelerator programme

7th February 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spanish mooring and tug providers voted to call strikes in ports if the go-ahead is given to allow vessels operating under flags of convenience to provide services.

7th February 2019

Spanish service providers make strike threat

7th February 2019

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Konecranes has said its business has slowed down in the UK and it is confident the decision to scale back its UK operations in 2018 was the right move.

7th February 2019

Konecranes stands by its UK scale-back move

7th February 2019