News

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The government of Ecuador has calculated that foreign investment in its ports will have reached $2.1bn by the end of the current year, according to vice president Jorge Glas.

14th July 2016

Ecuador showcases port potential

14th July 2016

ASIA

ASIA

According to experts, overcapacity in China’s ports will be more severe than that in steel and cement in the near future, Xinhua reports.

14th July 2016

China’s ports face overcapacity crisis

14th July 2016

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

China Merchants will join two other companies in the final stage of the bidding process for the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne.

14th July 2016

China Merchants in Melbourne contest

14th July 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The sale of a controlling stake in the Port of Piraeus to the Chinese container shipping and terminal operator Cosco has finally been signed off, according to local sources

13th July 2016

Cosco finally seals Piraeus deal

13th July 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Lighting may not always be the first thing that people associate with ports and terminals – rather, immense container vessels manoeuvring along the quayside and automated cranes quietly moving containers to their…

13th July 2016

PEMA focuses on lighting

13th July 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

The Ocean Cleanup, based in the Netherlands, has launched a new pollution containment boom which has been designed to remove plastic from the ocean.

13th July 2016

Removing plastic from the oceans

13th July 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

London Ship Managers (LSM) has used a new refrigerant plant optimisation programme, carried out by Oceanic Technical Solutions, to make environmental savings across its fleet.

13th July 2016

Refrigerated reefers reduce environmental impact

13th July 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

US-based Nascent Technology has worked with Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) to automate its marine terminal, helping to more than halve truck turn times.

12th July 2016

Nascent halves LBCT truck turn times

12th July 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Commission has opened two in-depth probes to check if corporate tax exemptions granted under Belgian and French law to ports economic activities are in line with EU state aid rules.

11th July 2016

EU launches Belgian and French tax probes

11th July 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), the global car carrier, is now using low-sulphur fuel for all its vessels at all ports.

11th July 2016

WWL switches to low sulphur fuel

11th July 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Wärtsilä is helping to drive down emissions in the inland waterways sector by powering barges with its LNG dual fuel package, writes Anne-Marie Causer.

11th July 2016

Powering Europe’s inland waterways

11th July 2016

ASIA

ASIA

The Cambodian Commerce Minster has called on Thailand to consider giving Cambodia access to the Laem Chabang port.

11th July 2016

Cambodia requests Laem Chabang access

11th July 2016

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) has released a universal method to calculate the carbon footprint of the logistics supply chain.

11th July 2016

Universal carbon counting method

11th July 2016

GPCA

GPCA

The Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) has released a universal method to calculate the carbon footprint of the logistics supply chain.

11th July 2016

Universal carbon counting method

11th July 2016

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

NEWS GREENPORT CONGRESS

The international port community will come together in Venice from 11-14 October 2016 for the packed conference including discussion panels, working groups and in-depth plenary sessions, with welcome from the President of…

11th July 2016

2016 Early bird discount open until midnight Tuesday 12 July – book today to save 20%

11th July 2016

GPCA

GPCA

The international port community will come together in Venice from 11-14 October 2016 for the packed conference including discussion panels, working groups and in-depth plenary sessions, with welcome from the President of…

11th July 2016

2016 Early bird discount open until midnight Tuesday 12 July – book today to save 20%

11th July 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Georgia Ports Authority has won the 2016 EPA Clean Air Excellence Award for its electric rubber-tyred gantry crane programme.

11th July 2016

GPA clean air award

11th July 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) which is located at the Port of Gdynia in Poland and the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia, have become members of…

7th July 2016

Two new FEPORT members

7th July 2016

ASIA

ASIA

APM Terminals’ Vietnamese Cai Mep International Terminal is out of the storm... but not home yet, according to managing director Robert Hambleton.

7th July 2016

CMIT out of the storm

7th July 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has completed employee co-operation negotiations with labour unions in Lidhult, Sweden.

7th July 2016

Kalmar completes employee negotiations

7th July 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has received a $44m Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) grant from the US Department of Transportation to increase rail capacity at the Port of Savannah.

7th July 2016

GPA awarded $44m transportation grant

7th July 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dockers in ports across six continents took part in a union action day on July 7, including thousands of dockers belonging to the International Dockworkers’ Council, the International Transport Workers’ Federation and…

7th July 2016

Dockers take part in union action day

7th July 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Cutting carbon emissions and generating renewable energy are at the forefront of Associated British Ports’ (ABP) recent engineering projects, writes Alice Mason, GreenPort news reporter.

7th July 2016

Leaders in UK renewable energy

7th July 2016