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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

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Carlos Manterola, vice president of Chile’s National Association of Shipping Agents (Asonave), says that while the organisation is not against the construction of a major new deep water port, “now is not…

20th June 2018

No pressing need for megaport, say Chile agents

20th June 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Chinese ambassador in Lima has stated that Cosco Shipping Holdings is to build and manage the Port of Chancay, which is located some 58 kilometres north of the Peruvian capital. It…

20th June 2018

Major investment in Chancay and Ilo

20th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK’s Peel Ports Group has put forward an alternative option to introducing a warehouse into the supply chain routing for trade after the UK’s departure from the EU.

20th June 2018

Peel Ports pitches Brexit plan B

20th June 2018

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Port of Los Angeles (LA) has been named the US’ top ocean port by import volume.

20th June 2018

LA tops Descartes’ US port ranking

20th June 2018

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

INSIGHT & OPINION GREENPORT

The implementation of shore power is one of the main challenges for ports tackling emissions at berth and in surrounding anchorages.

20th June 2018

Shore power challenge remains implementation

20th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

The implementation of shore power is one of the main challenges for ports tackling emissions at berth and in surrounding anchorages, an engineering expert has stressed.

19th June 2018

Low ROI holding back shore power growth

19th June 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A new contract will see South East Asia’s first LNG bunkering vessel built to support a growth in demand for refuelling at the Port of Singapore.

19th June 2018

SE Asia LNG bunker vessel will aid growth

19th June 2018

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

An Australian industrial consortium has earmarked Australia’s Port Kembla as the site to create a competitive LNG gas supply for local industry by 2020.

19th June 2018

Port Kembla earmarked for LNG import terminal

19th June 2018

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

Ports are moving in the right direction to decrease emissions but there is a lack of global research on how ports are handling impact management, an environmental specialist has stressed.

18th June 2018

Unified environmental voice needed

18th June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Cargotec companies Navis and Kalmar have won the contract to provide a fully-automated intermodal terminal solution for Australian import and export logistics services firm Qube’s Moorebank Logistics Park (MLP) in south-western Sydney.

18th June 2018

Navis and Kalmar celebrate intermodal first

18th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for the next Connecting Europe Facility (CEF II) but has called for the definition of the “‘cross-border’ element” to include…

18th June 2018

ESPO seeks funding definition expansion

18th June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Wando Welch Terminal in the Port of Charleston and Inland Port Greer, both in the US, are set to gain 26 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Finnish lifting equipment company Konecranes.

18th June 2018

SCPA returns to Konecranes for RTGs

18th June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Savannahs Garden City Terminal is to gain 10 new Konecranes rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes after the Georgia Ports Authoritys (GPA) Board of Directors gave the green light to the…

18th June 2018

Savannah set for 10 new Konecranes RTGs

18th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg have started undertaking “unprecedented levels of collaboration”, the two facilities revealed at TOC Europe 2018.

18th June 2018

Rotterdam, Hamburg agree “unprecedented” collaboration

18th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World London Gateway and lifting equipment company Kalmar have marked the successful service introduction of an electrically-powered Kalmar FastCharge shuttle carrier as part of a joint pilot venture set to run…

18th June 2018

London Gateway talks up FastCharge pilot success

18th June 2018

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A new MoU wants to ensure faster testing and implementation of sustainable innovation by appointing representatives of key equipment, technology and financial services providers at ports.

18th June 2018

MoU aims to speed up sustainability

18th June 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has launched a ‘Digital Dragons Den’ contest to connect innovators in the digital space with major investors and operators in the UK ports sector.

18th June 2018

UKMPG launches ‘Digital Dragons Den’ contest

18th June 2018

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

A new truck scanning project at Barge Terminal Tilburg aims to provide terminals with more data to enable better control of supply chains, faster turnaround times and less waste of time and…

15th June 2018

Truck scanning reduces idle time

15th June 2018

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Shipping lines, ports and other operators in the maritime sector have been urged towards greater co-ordination and co-operation in dealing with the challenges ahead at a special event on ports hosted by…

15th June 2018

Call for greater port co-ordination and co-operation

15th June 2018