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ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) has undertaken its first small-scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) gas-up/cool-down and reload at its terminal on Jurong Island.

21st June 2017

SLNG performs first small LNG reload

21st June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new study has uncovered ‘huge opportunities’ to improve performance and customer service through better use of data across the ocean supply chain.

20th June 2017

Navis-led study reveals terminal disconnects

20th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding is to supply eight new cranes to Thilawa in Yangon, in a contract awarded by the Myanmar Port Authority.

20th June 2017

Mitsui wins Myanmar crane order

20th June 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

In Mexico, Veracruz port authority (API) has issued a tender for the construction and operation of a new terminal in the port’s expansion area in Vergara Bay. This replaces an earlier tender…

20th June 2017

New Veracruz terminal tender

20th June 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The latest port ranking table published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) shows that container traffic in 2016 dropped by 0.9%, reinforcing the overall negative trend in…

20th June 2017

Latin American box traffic in decline

20th June 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

If demand warrants it, the Panama Canal could be further extended before 2025, according to Canal administrator, Jorge Quijano.

20th June 2017

Further Panama Canal extension mooted

20th June 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

All work has ceased on the construction of Terminal Portuário de Outeiro, in the city of Belém, in the Brazilian state of Pará.

20th June 2017

Outeiro construction mothballed

20th June 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The general assembly of the Spanish owners’ association Anesco has voted against accepting a pre-agreement reached with stevedoring unions, claiming it is anti-competitive and in breach of proposed new government legislation, which…

20th June 2017

Owners and unions at loggerheads in Spain

20th June 2017

ASIA

ASIA

The Philippines government has ordered the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to take over security of all the country’s ports and waterways.

20th June 2017

Philippines Coast Guard to take over port security

20th June 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Germany-headquartered AIDA Cruises will supply its newly launched cruise ship with low-emission liquefied natural gas (LNG) while she is docked in the Port of Barcelona.

20th June 2017

Cruise ship fuelled by LNG while docked

20th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Port operators cannot justify having their own extensive engineering and development resources in the future, Antti Kaunonen, president of Finland-headquartered Kalmar, has stated.

19th June 2017

Terminals need to integrate to evolve

19th June 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Gas bunkering has begun at the Port of Zeebrugge with the bunkering vessel ENGIE Zeebrugge making its first deliveries of LNG.

19th June 2017

Gas bunkering begins at Zeebrugge

19th June 2017

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Hutchison Ports’ managing director for the Middle East and Africa region has spoken out about the importance of the Chinese governmental initiative One Belt, One Road to the company’s growth strategy.

19th June 2017

MEA key to Hutchison Ports’ growth strategy

19th June 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Kalmar, part of Finland-headquartered Cargotec, has finalised a deal with The Port of Virginia for sixteen hybrid shuttle carriers designed to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and engine noise.

19th June 2017

Kalmar to provide 16 hybrid shuttle carriers to US port

19th June 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Port of Oakland bond ratings and assigned ratings on an upcoming series of refunding revenue bonds after the port has made “significant improvements”.

15th June 2017

Moodys rewards Oaklands significant improvements

15th June 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Ecoslops will establish an oil residue waste processing unit with Total Group in La Me`de, near Marseilles, and set up a micro-refinery unit in the Port of Antwerp.

15th June 2017

Ecoslops sustainability projects

15th June 2017

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Class society DNV GL has published a report assessing the potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from shipping towards 2050, based on a new computational model.

15th June 2017

DNV GL charts greenhouse emissions

15th June 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd has confirmed its buy-in of 51% of Noatum Ports terminals including Valencia and Bilbao, as well as the dry ports of Madrid and Zaragoza.

14th June 2017

Cosco confirms Noatum buy-in

14th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Tideworks Technology’s latest innovation allows users to gain insight into data across its whole Terminal Operating Systems (TOS) product suite to help users enhance operations.

12th June 2017

Tideworks launches real-time data platform

12th June 2017

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has released a study of the port’s economic impact on local communities, provinces and Canada overall.

12th June 2017

Vancouver port sustainability study

12th June 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

An 18-month contract dispute between APM Terminals Gothenburg and the Swedish Dockworkers Union (SDU) is unlikely to be resolved soon, the SDU has said.

9th June 2017

No confidence in APM Terminals Gothenburg, says SDU

9th June 2017

MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST

Container trade in Qatar faces a substantial fallout from continued economic blockades imposed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other Gulf Arab states, port experts have said.

8th June 2017

Qatar ports feel strain of political boycott

8th June 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Kalmar is considering futuristic scenarios where a container is more than just a container, it’s an experience that can generate plenty of revenue for logistics players.

8th June 2017

Kalmars futuristic container vision

8th June 2017