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PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Maersk Line has set itself a bold target as part of its ‘Sustainability Update’ for 2014, with the aim of cutting CO2 emissions per container by 60% by 2020, compared to levels…

22nd May 2015

Maersk sets bold CO2 emissions target

22nd May 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Contship Italia Group is joining forces with fellow Italian transport providers Hannibal and Iveco to explore the operational performance of using LNG engines onboard its trucks.

21st May 2015

Partnership explores LNG truck options

21st May 2015

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

The hybrid Kotug Rotortugs ‘RT Ambition’ and ‘RT Evolution’ have towed the Cruise Ship ‘Viking Star’ into the Port of London up the River Thames, marking the port’s largest ever cruise call.

21st May 2015

Rotortugs on the Thames

21st May 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

The Canadian province of British Columbia has signed a memorandum of understanding with Pacific NorthWest LNG for a proposed new facility on Lelu Island on land administered by the Prince Rupert Port…

21st May 2015

Pacific Northwest LNG project

21st May 2015

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Kalmar is to deliver two automatic stacking cranes (ASCs) to DP World Australia’s semi-automated Fishermen Islands Terminal, which are expected to increase capacity by 14% to 720,000 teu.

21st May 2015

Kalmar ASCs for DP World Brisbane

21st May 2015

BULK HANDLING

BULK HANDLING

The US Port of Savannah handled a record 335,337 teu in April – a 25.8% increase, or an additional 69,000 units – and saw strong growth in ro-ro traffic.

20th May 2015

Savannah scores record growth

20th May 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

DNV GL has developed a new unmanned floating LNG (FLNG) vessel concept, ‘Solitude’, said to improve maintenance, and safety and environmental compliance while at the same time saving on costs.

20th May 2015

DNV GL unveils new FLNG concept

20th May 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The concession plan originally put forward by Brazils Ports Secretariat (SEP) some 18 months ago has finally been approved by the Federal Audit Court (TCU). This covers new terminals to be built…

18th May 2015

Final go ahead given Brazil port concessions

18th May 2015

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

The Western Australian government is looking to sell Fremantle Port to help fund major new projects without adding to debt.

18th May 2015

Fremantle up for sale

18th May 2015

EUROPE GREENPORT

EUROPE GREENPORT

A number of European organisations are calling on the European Commission and Member States to ensure they exploit the full potential of short sea shipping as laid out in the Athens Declaration.

14th May 2015

EU short sea shipping plea

14th May 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Alfa Lavals PureDry system is helping shippers to take advantage of MARPOL rule MEPC.1/Circ.642 because it was designed to allow shipowners and operators to reuse the HFO fraction of waste oil.

14th May 2015

Re-using waste oil

14th May 2015

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

Opponents to Ports of Auckland’s plans to expand its footprint into Waitemata Harbour remain unbowed by a compromise proposal, with the Stop Stealing Our Harbour group organising another public protest and MP…

14th May 2015

Auckland port protestors unbowed

14th May 2015

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

CMA CGM LOG, a subsidiary of CMA CGM Group, is developing its presence in Cuba after signing an agreement with the Cuban government to build a logistics hub at PSA-operated Port of…

13th May 2015

CMA CGM commits to Cuba

13th May 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Contargo has been given the ‘Eco Performance Award’ for its “integrated” sustainability concept and tariff calculation system.

13th May 2015

Contargo awarded for eco operations

13th May 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has made the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project available to the public for comment.

12th May 2015

Green development in Canada

12th May 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

A Terntak oil/product tanker has been rewarded as the most sustainable vessel to dock at the Port of Rotterdam in 2014.

12th May 2015

Rotterdam rewards sustainability

12th May 2015

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

As ports look to expand to adapt to ever-increasing vessel sizes, offshore hubs are the way forward for a greener future, says USA-based engineering and construction company, Bechtel.

12th May 2015

Offshore hubs for a greener future

12th May 2015

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

German ferry MS Ostfriesland has been fuelled, for the first time ever, with low-emission LNG.

11th May 2015

First fuelling for German LNG ferry

11th May 2015

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

Liebherr is enhancing its fleet of mobile harbour cranes (LHM) with diesel engines to help the industry meet ever-changing emission and fuel consumption targets.

8th May 2015

New ‘green’ engines for Liebherr cranes

8th May 2015

EUROPE

EUROPE

A recent meeting between union representatives, the government and the national ports authority to discuss the adaptation of Spains existing stevedoring practices to the requirements of the European Commission has led to…

6th May 2015

Future of Spanish stevedoring unclear

6th May 2015