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GPCA

GPCA

Book today and take advantage of our Early Bird Booking and save over $200 for GreenPort Congress America, Baltimore.

6th December 2017

Early Bird Booking now available for a short period only

6th December 2017

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The Port of Vancouver is getting better at engaging its stakeholders which it says is the only way to increase its efficiency and sustainability going forward.

6th December 2017

Looking after truckers to maintain port efficiency

6th December 2017

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The Port of Rotterdam has joined the North Sea Wind Power Hub Consortium in order to speed up the realisation of sustainable electricity and meet the objectives of the Paris climate change…

6th December 2017

Rotterdam throws its weight behind wind energy development

6th December 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Malahat Nation and Steelhead LNG have scrapped plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal on South Vancouver Island.

5th December 2017

Vancouver Steelhead LNG project aborted

5th December 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kramer Group has placed a substantial 22-machine order with Konecranes to speed up operations at its Rotterdam operation.

5th December 2017

Konecranes confirms Kramer order

5th December 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

DP World Yarimca is upgrading two of its Konecranes rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes in order to assess the viability of remote operation.

5th December 2017

DPW Yarimca ready for remotely-operated RTGs

5th December 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has warned that the two versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bill, which have been approved in the US House of Representatives and…

5th December 2017

AAPA opposes port-related bill provisions

5th December 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Empresa Brasileira de Terminais Portuários (Embraport) in Brazil will now be known as DP World Santos after the terminal operating giant acquired an additional stake of nearly 67% from Odebrecht Transport.

5th December 2017

Embraport now wholly DP World owned

5th December 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao at Spain’s Bilbao Port has opened a new automated access system for trucks.

5th December 2017

Noatum Bilbao opens automated truck access system

5th December 2017

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

New US emissions regulations are creating a market opportunity for electric vessels on inland waterways.

4th December 2017

Regulation driving electric propulsion demand

4th December 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A new hull design aims to lower resistance, total propulsion energy demand and CO2 production.

4th December 2017

Minimising the environmental footprint of ferries

4th December 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Federation of European Private Port Operators and Terminals (FEPORT) has adopted a new roadmap for 2018 to 2020 in light of anticipated disruptive changes within the maritime logistics chain.

4th December 2017

FEPORT roadmap addresses regulatory hurdles

4th December 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

The chief executive of the Ivory Coast’s Autonomous Port of Abidjan – le Port Autonome d’Abidjan (PAA) - has said that expansion work at the port, once completed, will allow it to…

4th December 2017

Abidjan plans for 14,000-teu container ships

4th December 2017

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Who do ports need on the team to be able to embrace digitalisation, Felicity Landon asks

4th December 2017

Digital revolution

4th December 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Drivers for South Florida drayage companies have begun a boycott against the Port of Miami Terminal Operating Company (POMTOC) in protest at slow turn times which have left truckers and beneficial cargo…

4th December 2017

Drivers start Miami terminal boycott

4th December 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

A court has dismissed lawsuits seeking to stop a project to deepen the River Elbe to improve large vessel port access.

1st December 2017

Dismissed lawsuits bring Hamburg deepening closer

1st December 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has launched a range of reachstackers, empty container handlers and forklifts designed to offer Asia-Pacific (APAC) customers value-based choice.

30th November 2017

Kalmar introduces new value range in APAC

30th November 2017

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

GREENPORT CONGRESS GREENPORT

Ports and terminal operators can gen up on the latest green technology at GreenPort Americas Congress 2018.

30th November 2017

Efficient technology key to Congress

30th November 2017

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A new project is using Norwegian short-sea ferries to pioneer technologies including LNG, batteries and shore power.

30th November 2017

Research to further enable zero emissions ships

30th November 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A new piece of kit that can receive both voice and text-based queries and send back the answer as a real-time text message aims to speed up the queries process at terminals.

30th November 2017

Real-time monitoring to speed up the queries process

30th November 2017