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EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Port of Rotterdam is banking on the renewables market by creating a new space for an offshore centre for wind energy at sea and the decommissioning of oil and gas platforms.

6th June 2017

Rotterdam looks to wind market

6th June 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ports are key assets which require a more strategic approach from the European Commission over the next three years.

5th June 2017

FEPORT: Strategic approach needed for ports

5th June 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Terminals are out of date when it comes to automation and should embrace it to reduce operating costs and optimise efficiency and space for terminal operators, an industry leader has declared.

5th June 2017

Terminals must embrace automation to evolve

5th June 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

A Norwegian vessel believed to be the world’s first fully electric autonomous container feeder is expected to become operational by summer 2018.

5th June 2017

Electric container feeder

5th June 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Rotterdam is banking on the renewables market by creating a new space for an offshore centre for wind energy at sea and the decommissioning of oil and gas platforms.

5th June 2017

Rotterdam looks to wind market

5th June 2017

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Five EU ports have achieved PERS environmental certification underlining their commitment to protect the environment.

5th June 2017

PERS environmental certs for EU ports

5th June 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Port of Oakland executive director Chris Lytle has declared he wants more rail business in the area to boost cargo mobility.

4th June 2017

Port of Oakland to move more cargo via rails

4th June 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) has partnered with the Port Miami on ways to improve efficiency and ease of doing business in Nigerian ports.

3rd June 2017

NPA, Port Miami partner on efficiency

3rd June 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseille Fos has joined the World Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI) and is set to reduce port dues for ships performing better than required under air pollution regulations.

3rd June 2017

Marseille Fos promotes eco port dues

3rd June 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Sharon Dijksma, the state secretary for infrastructure and environment, has approved the Theemsweg Route decision to alter the course of the Port Railway Line in the port of Rotterdam.

3rd June 2017

Rotterdam gets nod for rail scheme

3rd June 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Commission’s directorate-general for mobility and transport has made a call for applications for a new group of experts called the ‘European Ports Forum’.

3rd June 2017

EC call for port experts

3rd June 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and San Pedro Port have signed a 35-year concession agreement for the expansion of the San Pedro Container Terminal in Côte d’Ivoire.

3rd June 2017

MSC signs San Pedro concession agreement

3rd June 2017

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

Business Intelligence is moving into the realm of artificial intelligence and predictive analytics, finds Martin Rushmere

3rd June 2017

Ditch the spreadsheet

3rd June 2017

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Emergency planning, defensible decision making and long-term strategies are crucial to ports in times of crisis, as TMGs Tony Birr and Les Chapman explain

3rd June 2017

Preparing for the unexpected

3rd June 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Ports on the East African coast remain valuable as facilitators of trade, finds Kerry Dimmer

3rd June 2017

Eastern promise

3rd June 2017

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: It is increasingly clear that car transport is at the brink of radical changes, driven by technological advances in autonomous driving and changing ownership patterns of cars, writes Peter de Langen.

3rd June 2017

Forget business as usual

3rd June 2017

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Innovations for the humble container never seem to stick. Stevie Knight investigates

3rd June 2017

Reinventing the box

3rd June 2017

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

The digital economy is crucial to creating a more efficient and transparent supply chain, finds Lara Shingles

3rd June 2017

Putting potential into practice

3rd June 2017

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved the content of what is intended to become the new national stowage law and is readying to pass it into law via a Royal Decree.…

3rd June 2017

Spain’s second stab at reforms

3rd June 2017

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: This year, ferry transport is all the rage, at least around New York, writes Barry Parker.

3rd June 2017

Mixing cargo and commuters

3rd June 2017

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

COMMENT: The circular economy is firmly on the agenda of the European Commission right now - it was in the final throes of agreeing seemingly contentious new waste and recycling laws at…

3rd June 2017

Round and round

3rd June 2017

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: I recently attended the Terminal Operators Conference in Singapore where there was a lot of discussion about digitalisation, and blockchain - it was not clear to me whether the audience really…

3rd June 2017

Disruption takes many forms

3rd June 2017

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

COMMENT: Over 10 years on from the time of the first concession attempt for the northern Greek port of Thessaloniki the port has finally been privatised, but is the result the best…

3rd June 2017

The Thessaloniki saga

3rd June 2017