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INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

Electric powertrains will solve global CO2 emissions challenges but terminals need to account for charging requirements, according to an electromobility expert.

21st June 2018

Ports must plan for electric charging

21st June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Data gained from artificial intelligence (AI) needs to be interpreted using appropriate technology, not manually, a technology expert has warned.

21st June 2018

Navis warns on risks of data misinterpretation

21st June 2018

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) has launched a subsidy policy for environmentally friendly trucks which will be open for applications from July.

21st June 2018

Germany to dish out electric truck subsidies

21st June 2018

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A petroleum waste recycler has hired a french consulting firm to assess the carbon impact of its new production site scheduled to open in 2019.

21st June 2018

Cleantech firm to conduct carbon impact study

21st June 2018

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

COMMENT: As a long-term shipping and ports professional living and working on the island nation of the UK, I’m acutely aware of the vital importance of shipping to our everyday lives. But…

21st June 2018

Plastic surgery for our sea

21st June 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Felicity Landon finds that deeper water and new rail links are set to boost the Portuguese port.

21st June 2018

Setúbal prepares for a connected future

21st June 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Michael King finds that growing export figures bode well for dry cargo ports.

21st June 2018

Going with the grain a win for ports

21st June 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Contamination can take many forms, but all could cost a port dearly. John Bensalhia reports

21st June 2018

Crossing contamination off the risk list

21st June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

There are benefits, but also worrying risks associated with drone use in ports, finds Alex Hughes.

21st June 2018

Drones can make or break a port

21st June 2018

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Any text that underscores operations at ports shouldn’t be left to gather dust.

21st June 2018

Rules reviews can boost efficiency

21st June 2018

AFRICA

AFRICA

Optimism is increasing around the development of the nation’s ports. Kerry Dimmer reports

21st June 2018

Presidential support for South Africa’s rebuild

21st June 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

As it marks its 50th anniversary and makes tangible progress with its ”vision” for expansion plan, the UK”s Port of Tyne is pursuing its aim to be a £100m business, winning recognition…

21st June 2018

Tynes expansion pledge drives sustainability

21st June 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Africa’s busiest port is forging ahead with projects to morph it into a mega logistics gateway, finds Kerry Dimmer.

21st June 2018

Durban in midst of transformational development

21st June 2018

CARGO SPOTLIGHT

CARGO SPOTLIGHT

COMMENT: With the annual increase in containerised trade across the globe, we collectively put more heavy trucks on our roads each year, writes Wouter de Gier.

21st June 2018

Safe roads are good for business

21st June 2018

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: Think you have got an environmental problem, asks Mike Mundy? Think again: your problem is probably miniscule when compared with the one recently identified in Calabar Port, located in the southeast…

21st June 2018

Think you have an environmental problem?

21st June 2018

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: Demand growth in volume terms remains buoyant at 5.2% in 2017 but does anyone remember the 15%-25% growth rates before the Great Recession, asks Ben Hackett.

21st June 2018

Can all this optimism be justified?

21st June 2018

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Conductix-Wampfler’s Alexander Eckardt questions whether we are there yet on verified mass legislation.

21st June 2018

Too many grey areas in box weighing

21st June 2018

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: At one time, before todays mega ships and mega rail links, the harbour at New York was the entrepot for vessels moving cargo between Americas heartland and the US East Coast,…

21st June 2018

Time to play the politics card

21st June 2018

THE LAWYER

THE LAWYER

COMMENT: The allision on March 19, 2018 between the berthed Tolten and Hamburg Bay (alongside) at the South Asia Port Terminal in Karachi, Pakistan made international headlines following the distribution of a…

21st June 2018

Socially unacceptable in port environs

21st June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UK’s unusual port ownership structure has left pilots out on a limb, finds Alex Hughes.

21st June 2018

Patchwork quilt leaves pilotage holes

21st June 2018