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REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The Port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates has become the latest port to ban the use of open-loop scrubbers from 2020 over environmental concerns.

25th January 2019

Fujairah latest to ban open-loop scrubbers

25th January 2019

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited will establish its first greenfield subsidiary in South America by acquiring 60% stake in Terminales Portuarios Chancay S.A. (Chancay Terminal) from Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. for US$225m, with…

25th January 2019

COSCO moves in on South American port

25th January 2019

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Port of Newcastle has become the first port in Australasia to be granted membership of the International EcoPorts network after committing to meeting its global environmental and sustainability standards.

25th January 2019

First Australasian port joins EcoPorts

25th January 2019

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

75% of all ships visiting the Port of Oakland in 2018 used shore power to help reduce emissions, up from 68% the year before and with usage reaching an all time high…

25th January 2019

Shore power use up 7% YoY at Oakland

25th January 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

In the next 5-15 years the UK government will aims for at least one major port in the UK to have zero-emissions across all its ship-side activity.

24th January 2019

UK sets eco targets in ‘Maritime 2050’ report

24th January 2019

EUROPE

EUROPE

Uncertainty over Brexit arrangements has made it difficult for ports to commit to investments that may help them prepare for changes, the British Ports Association (BPA) has said following the publication of…

24th January 2019

Ports handcuffed on planning for Brexit

24th January 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Sonatrach Group and China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) have signed a contract for the supply and construction of an LNG marine jetty and marine and port infrastructure located in the Port…

24th January 2019

LNG infrastructure planned for Algerian port

24th January 2019

ASIA

ASIA

Chinese companies are engaging in “predatory” behaviour by seizing assets of countries that default on loan agreements, the chairman of DP World has said.

23rd January 2019

DP World attacks “predatory” Chinese firms

23rd January 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has added two extra tracks and two new zero-emission electric rail gantry cranes to its rail terminal at the Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) at the Port…

23rd January 2019

Electric cranes boost eco German terminal

23rd January 2019

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US ports are suffering delays to development projects in addition to the threat of loss of business as a result of the partial government shutdown, an American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)…

23rd January 2019

US ports feel pain of government shutdown

23rd January 2019

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Ports of Auckland (POAL) has been approved for part-funding for the purchase of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from the Government’s Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund (LEVCF) to further its plan to…

23rd January 2019

Funding for zero-emission hydrogen vehicles

23rd January 2019

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A new LNG-focused collaboration agreement will facilitate the advancement of port facilities in Italy and maritime transport systems based on new technologies.

22nd January 2019

Italy’s LNG sector boosted by new partnership

22nd January 2019

GPCA

GPCA

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22nd January 2019

GPC America 2018 photo gallery

22nd January 2019

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A €5m incentive scheme to promote projects and demonstrations that utilise low-carbon or zero-carbon fuels delivered in Rotterdam’s port area has been launched by the Port of Rotterdam Authority.

21st January 2019

€5m CO2 reduction incentive scheme launched

21st January 2019

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Incentives from ports need to be better when it comes to environmental improvement, it was argued at a roundtable centred on ports’ role in decarbonising the maritime transport sector at the 2018…

21st January 2019

Plea for better green incentives from ports

21st January 2019

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

COMMENT: Port Strategy hears that the world’s number threecontainer line, CMA CGM, is interested in exploiting port and transport corridor opportunities in Djibouti, the primary gateway for Ethiopian cargo.

21st January 2019

Door open for CMA CGM in Djibouti?

21st January 2019

ASIA

ASIA

China Merchants Group has issued RMB10bn ($1.47bn) worth of bonds to fund the development of the ports under Liaoning Port Group in China.

21st January 2019

China Merchants eyes three-port growth plan

21st January 2019

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has doubled its green tariff discount to boost tidal Thames air quality and later this year will launch the UKs first hybrid pilot cutter to cut…

21st January 2019

PLA doubles green tariff discount

21st January 2019

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Konecranes will supply South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) with three Konecranes RTGs equipped with hybrid power packs designed for eco-efficient operation and uncompromised performance.

18th January 2019

South Carolina improves its eco rating

18th January 2019

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes will supply South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) with three Konecranes RTGs equipped with hybrid power packs designed for eco-efficient operation and uncompromised performance.

18th January 2019

South Carolina improves its eco rating

18th January 2019