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AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

A mobile app that helps reduce air emissions related to cargo transportation has been adapted to improve its efficiency.

14th August 2017

Cargo app now better able to tackle congestion

14th August 2017

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A zero-carbon container project is increasing efficiency and reducing maintenance at a European terminal.

11th August 2017

Emissions free tractor strengthens efficiency

11th August 2017

ASIA

ASIA

A USD$70m investment will enable Saudi Arabia’s largest import terminal to handle three 14,000 vessels simultaneously.

11th August 2017

USD$70m investment increases Saudi terminal capacity

11th August 2017

EUROPE

EUROPE

Despite this year’s stevedoring strikes in Spain, Puertos del Estado, the national ports authority, has revealed that combined traffic at its 28 ports was up 3.39% to 260.9m tonnes during the first…

11th August 2017

Spanish first half traffic up 3.39%

11th August 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Recently released figures from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) show that regional ports boosted container traffic by 6.7% in the first quarter of 2017.

11th August 2017

Latin America box traffic reverses declines

11th August 2017

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Handling containers in Peru is overly expensive, according to the Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL).

11th August 2017

Peru laments cost of box handling

11th August 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

PEINER SMAG Lifting Technologies (PSLT) has introduced high-volume, radio-controlled, single-rope grabs (EGF 60) for operations with container cranes at the Port of Aarhus, Denmark’s biggest container port.

11th August 2017

PEINER’s bulk handling solution for box cranes

11th August 2017

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Port of Amsterdam is aiming for a substantial greening of the energy supply in its region. It therefore intends to install 100,000 m2 (17 MW) of solar panels on buildings in the…

11th August 2017

Port of Amsterdam on its way to largest solar farm in the region

11th August 2017

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Anna Bobo Remijn, European Commission, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, Maritime Safety Unit, will present the Commission’s proposal during a session dedicated to Port Reception Facilities (PRF). Book now to find out…

11th August 2017

PRF Directive revisions to be presented at GreenPort Cruise

11th August 2017

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

Delegates will benefit from learning how shippers, terminal operators and port authorities can align their methods and responsibilities on carbon footprinting to reduce CO2 emissions and avoid duplications thus also saving time…

11th August 2017

Interactive carbon footprinting workshop to feature at GPC 2017!

11th August 2017

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Clever port lighting could save one American port US$1.6m in energy and maintenance costs over the next decade.

10th August 2017

Smart lighting saves on energy and maintenance

10th August 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Clever port lighting is expected to save one American port US$1.6m in energy and maintenance costs over the next decade.

10th August 2017

Smart lighting saves on energy and maintenance

10th August 2017

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A portable container lift which allows operators to handle boxes in any location has been launched as a more economical alternative to traditional container handling solutions.

10th August 2017

Container lifting goes portable

10th August 2017

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Shippers are exploring wind and solar power as they strive to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by becoming more energy independent.

10th August 2017

Exploiting the advantages of being energy independent

10th August 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Longshore workers at 29 US west coast ports have ratified a three-year contract extension to secure better pay and benefits.

10th August 2017

US West Coast ports secure labour deal to 2022

10th August 2017

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

2.6m 20-foot containers are expected to be handled by the Port of Oakland by 2022.

9th August 2017

Record cargo volume predicted at Port of Oakland

9th August 2017

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Dust control technology is helping reduce surface dust and airborne particles which can affect port equipment.

8th August 2017

Port operators cut costs with dust reduction technology

8th August 2017

ASIA

ASIA

600 workers at Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) have ended a pay-related strike early because of national interests.

8th August 2017

Early end to Jakarta strike in “national interests”

8th August 2017

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

LNG operations are helping to keep hundreds of people employed at the UKs Port of Milford Haven.

8th August 2017

LNG terminal saves jobs at UK port

8th August 2017

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

“Visionaries will sketch the future,” Garmt Nieuwsma of the World Port Hackathon organisation recently stated. And now we have a date for that event – September 1, 2017.

7th August 2017

Rotterdam hackathon to ‘sketch the future’

7th August 2017