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BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

TT Club has made an impassioned plea to the container industry to “embrace technology to save lives”.

25th April 2018

TT Club: ‘Embrace tech and save lives’

25th April 2018

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Kalmar has launched a new lithium-ion battery powered automated AGV which promises to be more easier and cost effective to maintain and operate than a comparable machine powered by lead-acid batteries.

24th April 2018

Kalmar battery powered AGV milestone for terminal eco-efficiency

24th April 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Gazprom Neft will build Russia’s first LNG bunkering barge by 2020 and co-develop a legal and regulatory framework.

24th April 2018

First LNG bunkering barge in Russia to be built

24th April 2018

ASIA

ASIA

With a development bill of S$20m (US$15.1m) for the first phase, PSA International has confirmed that its new global trade and supply chain platform CALISTA is undergoing trials with “selected users”.

24th April 2018

PSAs open logistics platform bill revealed

24th April 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has called on United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to “carefully consider” the negative effects of possible trade sanctions on port and other trade-related jobs…

24th April 2018

AAPA leader calls for sanctions consideration

24th April 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Swiss-based equipment manufacturer Liebherr has sold the first two units of its new CBG 360 floating crane model.

24th April 2018

Liebherr sells first two CBG 360 units

24th April 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Turkey’s Yildirim Group has announced that its subsidiary Yilport Holding (Yilport) has started the first stage of channel dredging works at Puerto Bolívar in Ecuador — just over a year after it…

24th April 2018

Yilport begins dredging at Puerto Bolívar

24th April 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Global port equipment manufacturer Kalmar anticipates an “extremely promising” automated guided vehicles (AGV) market over the next three to five years.

24th April 2018

Kalmar sees ‘promising’ AGV market

24th April 2018

ASIA

ASIA

PSA International has revealed more details of its groundbreaking open platform under development with Crimson Logic, which it believes will address logistics on a three-dimensional level.

24th April 2018

PSAs Calista open logistics platform revealed

24th April 2018

AFRICA

AFRICA

Somalias foreign minister has said DP World should reconsider its contract with Somaliland and work with Somalia’s federal authorities so the country’s sovereignty is not violated.

23rd April 2018

DP World urged to reconsider Berbera deal

23rd April 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Three companies will study LNG bunkering services for ships with the aim of making Tokyo Bay an LNG bunkering hub.

23rd April 2018

Japan plans Tokyo Bay LNG bunkering hub

23rd April 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has launched the first version of a digital application which, it claims, will allow vessels calling at the port to reduce their waiting time by an average…

21st April 2018

Rotterdam launches port call efficiency platform

21st April 2018

ASIA

ASIA

Following a decade of moderate adjustment, the world’s economy has entered a transition stage from recovery to prosperity, according to Shanghai International Shipping Institute’s (SISI) Global Port Development Report (2017).

21st April 2018

SISI: Economic prosperity phase to benefit ports

21st April 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Niedersachsen Ports has launched an initiative to implement and coordinate a sustainability management system with the aim of ensuring continuous improvement of processes for a sustainable future.

20th April 2018

German port sets 2025 deadline for sustainability

20th April 2018

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Rolls-Royce Marine has signed a deal to supply its innovative autocrossing system to a total of 13 new environmentally friendly ferries for Norwegian company Fjord1.

19th April 2018

Rolls-Royce helps fjord ferries to go greener

19th April 2018

ASIA

ASIA

A US think tank has warned that Chinese investment in ports is being used to generate political influence, expand the military and create strategic advantages.

19th April 2018

Chinese political investment warning

19th April 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Rotterdam’s marine transport contributes 21.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions each year, that’s according to figures presented at the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s Energy in Transition Summit 2018.

18th April 2018

Rotterdam to target CO2 emissions

18th April 2018

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Liebherr has launched a pure electric driven emissions free port crane which promises to save operators both on emissions and efficiency.

18th April 2018

Efficient electric port crane means fewer emissions

18th April 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

A new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development International Transport Forum report argues ports need to develop more and smarter incentives to meet the International Maritime Organisations greenhouse gas (GHG) targets for…

18th April 2018

Ports need smarter GHG reduction incentives

18th April 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Liebherr has launched a purely-electric-driven, emissions-free portal crane able to handle loads up to 124 t and capable of turnover up to 1,200 t per hour.

18th April 2018

Liebherr launches purely-electric port crane

18th April 2018

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Seabin Project is a clean tech startup with offices in Australia and Europe on a simple and ambitious mission: To help solve the global problem of ocean plastic pollution and ocean conservation,…

18th April 2018

The whole solution strategy to pollution

18th April 2018

GPCA

GPCA

Media Supporter

17th April 2018

American Journal of Transportation (AJOT)

17th April 2018

AFRICA

AFRICA

CMA CGM Group have signed an agreement with Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise (LPLE) to operate the future container terminal in Nigeria’s first, yet to be built, 16m deep sea port.

17th April 2018

CMA CGM Nigerian terminal deal

17th April 2018