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EUROPE

EUROPE

Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao at Spain’s Bilbao Port has opened a new automated access system for trucks.

5th December 2017

Noatum Bilbao opens automated truck access system

5th December 2017

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

New US emissions regulations are creating a market opportunity for electric vessels on inland waterways.

4th December 2017

Regulation driving electric propulsion demand

4th December 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A new hull design aims to lower resistance, total propulsion energy demand and CO2 production.

4th December 2017

Minimising the environmental footprint of ferries

4th December 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Federation of European Private Port Operators and Terminals (FEPORT) has adopted a new roadmap for 2018 to 2020 in light of anticipated disruptive changes within the maritime logistics chain.

4th December 2017

FEPORT roadmap addresses regulatory hurdles

4th December 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

The chief executive of the Ivory Coast’s Autonomous Port of Abidjan – le Port Autonome d’Abidjan (PAA) - has said that expansion work at the port, once completed, will allow it to…

4th December 2017

Abidjan plans for 14,000-teu container ships

4th December 2017

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Who do ports need on the team to be able to embrace digitalisation, Felicity Landon asks

4th December 2017

Digital revolution

4th December 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Drivers for South Florida drayage companies have begun a boycott against the Port of Miami Terminal Operating Company (POMTOC) in protest at slow turn times which have left truckers and beneficial cargo…

4th December 2017

Drivers start Miami terminal boycott

4th December 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

A court has dismissed lawsuits seeking to stop a project to deepen the River Elbe to improve large vessel port access.

1st December 2017

Dismissed lawsuits bring Hamburg deepening closer

1st December 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has launched a range of reachstackers, empty container handlers and forklifts designed to offer Asia-Pacific (APAC) customers value-based choice.

30th November 2017

Kalmar introduces new value range in APAC

30th November 2017

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

Ports and terminal operators can gen up on the latest green technology at GreenPort Americas Congress 2018.

30th November 2017

Efficient technology key to Congress

30th November 2017

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A new project is using Norwegian short-sea ferries to pioneer technologies including LNG, batteries and shore power.

30th November 2017

Research to further enable zero emissions ships

30th November 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new piece of kit that can receive both voice and text-based queries and send back the answer as a real-time text message aims to speed up the queries process at terminals.

30th November 2017

Real-time monitoring to speed up the queries process

30th November 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Yilport, part of the Turkish holding that acquired the assets of Portuguese terminal operator Tertir from Mota-Engil in September 2015, has accused the former owner of a lack of investment in technology.

30th November 2017

Yilport: Tertir skimped on tech investment

30th November 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Hamburg Port is the first German seaport to introduce pre-allocated time windows for truckers in order to relieve peak times and reduce waiting times.

30th November 2017

First German slot-booking system for truckers

30th November 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port of Olympia has said a rail blockade by an anti-fracking protest group is not impacting port operations.

29th November 2017

Olympia rides out rail blockade protests

29th November 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Wärtsilä will supply a broad scope of technology to a new LNG supply barge to fuel cruise ships on the US east coast.

29th November 2017

USA gets its first Wärtsilä LNG fuelling barge

29th November 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

In Portugal, the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino has revealed that the government is to go ahead with the full merger of Lisbon Port Administration (APL) and the Setúbal and…

29th November 2017

Full merger for Lisbon and Setúbal

29th November 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Union’s Port Services Regulation will be consigned to the dustbin in the UK due to Brexit, shipping minister John Hayes has told members of the UK Major Ports Group.

29th November 2017

Port Services Reg consigned to the dustbin

29th November 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Old habits and processes, resistance to change and a ‘turf war’ over the control of data flows all contributed to the failure of the European Commission’s drive for national Maritime Single Windows,…

29th November 2017

EC reboots Reporting Formalities Directive

29th November 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Chinese investors are looking to build a US$1bn port on Peru’s central coast.

28th November 2017

Chinese investors eye up Peruvian potential

28th November 2017

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Vahle electrification systems are helping to clean up crane operations at Thailands Laem Chabang port.

28th November 2017

Electric cranes save on emissions in Thailand

28th November 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ports should be prioritised in the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy White Paper, British Ports Association’s (BPA) chief executive has said.

28th November 2017

Ports must be prioritised in UK industrial strategy

28th November 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A technical database of containers is helping to improve transparency and efficiency in global supply chains.

28th November 2017

Simplifying supply chains to improve efficiency

28th November 2017