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REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

ESPO has welcomed the latest review of of the Waste Reception Facilities Directive but says it needs a firmer ‘polluter pays’ principle.

10th July 2018

ESPO calls for firmer polluter pays principle

10th July 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Nicaragua’s Empresa Portuaria Nacional (EPN, or National Port Company) executive president, Virgilio Silva, has said that the government is well aware of the negative impact that the political crisis in the country…

9th July 2018

Coup in Nicaragua damages port revenues

9th July 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Conseil de Surveillance (Supervisory Board) of France’s Port of Le Havre has voted unanimously to agree a €500m investment programme, French port alliance HAROPA has said.

9th July 2018

Le Havre commits to major investments

9th July 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

A new report from transport information and consultancy services firm Dynamar has revealed that 24m teu is handled by 20 dominant transhipment ports across the world each year.

9th July 2018

Unique analysis of transhipment ports

9th July 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Key figures at the UK’s two biggest port associations have spoken out about the importance of safety.

9th July 2018

Safety paramount to port industry leaders

9th July 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Terminal operators should “get to know” the partners involved in port selection, Hapag-Lloyd UK and Ireland managing director Cameron Bowie has advised.

9th July 2018

Leading shipper message to ports

9th July 2018

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Harbour commissioners for the US ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have approved measures to ensure that new trucks that are just going into drayage service meet “the cleanest engine standards”.

9th July 2018

US ports approve clean truck regs

9th July 2018

CRUISE GREENPORT

CRUISE GREENPORT

Cavotec shore power technologies are playing a key role in delivering substantial sustainability savings to ports in China.

9th July 2018

Cavotec supports greener Chinese cruise

9th July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Taking a step-by-step approach to automation is sensible because it allows for time for terminals to become orientated with functionality and processes, the managing director of LASE has said.

6th July 2018

Port automation best approached in stages

6th July 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Port of Gothenburg’s is bringing its LNG dues reduction into line with its general environmental discount so all environmentally-friendly ships are rewarded fairly.

6th July 2018

Gothenburg works on fairer green discounts

6th July 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

The container port sector is benefitting from huge investments from start-ups and major technology businesses due to the enormous mass-market opportunity for technologies connected to the Internet of Things and autonomous cars…

6th July 2018

Ports benefitting from IoT & autonomous cars

6th July 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A new $494.2m budget for the fiscal year 2019 is being implemented this week at the US Port of Oakland following the dock’s Board of Commissioners’ approval last week of a spending…

6th July 2018

Oakland green-lights big budget

6th July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The possibility of even-bigger ships, the acceleration of ship cascading and the continuing impact of neo-panamax dimensions on ports are just some of the pressures being placed on container terminals today, according…

6th July 2018

Realities of “tougher” box terminal sector

6th July 2018

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A new A$33m common-user bulk terminal is to be built at the Australian Port of Newcastle’s Kooragang Island.

6th July 2018

Newcastle invests in bulk boom

6th July 2018

ASIA

ASIA

An “inevitable” trade war between China and the US will refocus world trade and move shipping towards South and Southeast Asia ports, according to a Drewry official.

6th July 2018

Port winners of China/US trade spat

6th July 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The executive directors of the US ports of Long Beach and Oakland, located in California, have called for continued government support for maritime sector clean air efforts and infrastructure development.

5th July 2018

Californian ports plea for government help

5th July 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Harbour commissioners for the US ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have approved measures to ensure that new trucks that are just going into drayage service meet “the cleanest engine standards”.

5th July 2018

LA and Long Beach approve clean truck regs

5th July 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

New International Transport Forum (ITF) research into decarbonisation for shipping has revealed that almost-complete decarbonisation could be attained by 2035 if currently-available technologies are deployed to their maximum.

5th July 2018

ITF: Full decarbonisation by 2035 achievable

5th July 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Co-operation between logistics chain stakeholders is more crucial than ever, particularly with ships increasing in size and making demands of public infrastructure that cannot be constructed overnight, Federation of European Private Port…

5th July 2018

FEPORT: Logistics actors must work together

5th July 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new spreader from ELME Spreader — ELME Spreader Model 817 INNOVATION — claims a unique mix of 16% reduced weight and boosted structural strength.

5th July 2018

Lightweight ELME spreader brings benefits

5th July 2018