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GPCA

GPCA

ESPO, FEPORT, ECOPORTS, Danish Maritime, AssoPorti and IWSA are just some of the associations already confirmed as supporters of the 11th GreenPort Congress to be held in Venice in October 2016.

8th April 2016

Leading industry organisations re-confirm support for GreenPort Congress 2016

8th April 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Protea has recently delivered two new gantry cranes for installation at the Yamal Gas Terminal in northern Russia.

8th April 2016

Protea cranes for Russian LNG terminal

8th April 2016

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

“It is the delicate alignment of public and private interests that determines the structure of port management and port development policy,” emphasises the World Bank Port Reform Tool Kit when looking at…

8th April 2016

Not Melbourne’s finest hour

8th April 2016

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazils House of Representatives is analysing draft legislation put forward that would introduce a new Port Infrastructure Investment Fund. The proposal aims to fund at least 50% of the infrastructure linked to…

8th April 2016

New port infrastructure fund proposed for Brazil

8th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Setúbals Chamber of Commerce has rejected the proposal put forward by the central government to merge the port authorities of Lisbon and Setúbal to create a single entity. It argues that this…

8th April 2016

No to Lisbon/Setúbal merger

8th April 2016

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A new LNG-powered hopper barge will join the fleet of the port management company Bremenports during the second half of 2016.

7th April 2016

LNG hopper barge launched in the Netherlands

7th April 2016

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Konecranes and Aalto University have agreed to cooperate within the area of Industrial Internet.

7th April 2016

Konecranes in cooperation with Aalto University

7th April 2016

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

GVB Amsterdam has signed a contract with Holland Shipyards to build, construct and deliver a new hybrid ferry.

7th April 2016

New hybrid ferry for Amsterdam

7th April 2016

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Two Suezmax tankers for Ditas Shipping will be powered by MAN B&W 6G70ME-C.9 two-stroke main-engines that feature Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) systems.

6th April 2016

MAN engines with emissions control technology

6th April 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has called on the IMO to show its true commitment to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions from shipping at the forthcoming Marine Environmental Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 69)…

6th April 2016

Call to commit to reduced emissions

6th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

European terminal operator group, EUROGATE, has announced that it has increased its net operating profit by 13.4% to €73.5m.

6th April 2016

Eurogate increases net operating profit

6th April 2016

ASIA

ASIA

China Merchants Holdings (International) Company’s overseas terminals set a record in container handling in 2015 with throughput of 16.05m teu.

5th April 2016

CMHI’s reports robust overseas volumes

5th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Rotterdam is making steps towards a more sustainable future, with far more of its processes expected to be running on electricity or hydrogen by 2050, according to Eric van…

5th April 2016

Rotterdam’s route to Port of 2050

5th April 2016

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

The US Port of Oakland is doing its bit to safeguard its waterfront by committing to improvements that will open up the Oakland Estuary for public recreation.

5th April 2016

Port waterfront environmental stewardship

5th April 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

The Next Generation Marine Power & Propulsion Conference being held in Southampton at the end of April will focus on green energy solutions for vessels of all sizes.

4th April 2016

Getting better with green marine energy

4th April 2016

NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

A superior court judge has put a stop to a $500m rail yard project near the Port of Los Angeles due to concerns about the amount of truck traffic and air pollution…

1st April 2016

LA rail yard halted over pollution concerns

1st April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Arrivals of refugees and migrants to Greece from Turkey has risen sharply, days after the European Union and Turkey struck a deal intended to cut off the flow of new arrivals.

1st April 2016

Piraeus port flooded by surge of refugees

1st April 2016

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

It was at the last GreenPort Congress, in Copenhagen, that the Europeaon project of Nereidas presented its results of two years of work and studies, explains Jaime Bustillo Gálvez, Head of Strategic…

1st April 2016

The Nereidas Project – Port of Melilla

1st April 2016

ASIA

ASIA

Busan Port Authority (BPA), the world’s sixth-largest container port, is planning to invest in overseas port and logistics facilities as a key strategy that will help define the future of the South…

31st March 2016

Busan invests in developing economies

31st March 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

Each year, over 18,000 ship inspections feed into the EU’s database for inspections, reporting, monitoring and verification, THETIS, writes Markku Mylly, executive director of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).

30th March 2016

EMSA expands THETIS to curb substandard shipping

30th March 2016

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

REGULATION & POLICY GREENPORT

The reduction of carbon emissions is one of the major challenges facing the European transport chain. For many years terminal operators have taken concrete steps to reduce their emissions, writes Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid,…

30th March 2016

Proactive approach of terminal operators in carbon emission reductions

30th March 2016

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

For the first time in 2014, the Port of Oslo carried out a comprehensive emission inventory for air pollution applying international methods based on bottom-up approach including all air emission activities connected…

30th March 2016

Managing air quality at Port of Oslo

30th March 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Joint venture company COSCO-PSA is investing in three new container berths in Singapore to serve the next generation of mega container vessels.

30th March 2016

COSCO-PSA invests in new container berths

30th March 2016