Operations News – Page 40
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NewsKrakatau expansion study
An independent study will explore expanding capacity at Indonesia’s biggest bulk hub port to benefit from growing trade in the region
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NewsPROPANE: GAME ON?*
Propane as a power source is getting more attention in the USA but the road ahead still has to meet the challenge of propane being regarded as a clean fuel but not a zero emissions one
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NewsAeras introduces alternative to Shore Power
AERAS Technologies is introducing its solution to meet the demanding requirements of a CARB Approved Emission Control Strategy (CAECS) for vessels in port. The system, the first of its kind, will go into service in the Port of Long Beach and is designed to provide an alternative to shore power when this is not economically or technically viable.
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NewsFUTURE FUEL PROOF
Interest in clean fuel terminal tractors is building fast. New designs, ongoing R&D and extensive testing are all part of the picture as John Bensalhia reports
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NewsValencia Results
The Port of Valencia, Spain reports loaded containers for export falling by 12.72 per cent in the period January – April 2022
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NewsJV FOR NEW DAMIETTA BOX TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT
A second container terminal is being developed at the Port of Damietta in north-east Egypt and joins the growing throng of new projects in the country.
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New Cambodia Kampot Port
The Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport has broken ground on a major new port facility in Kampot
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NewsUKRAINE GRAIN EXPORTS RESTART BUT MORE CAPACITY NEEDED
The Ukraine is actively seeking new export gateways, as opposed to its main ports of Mariupol and Odessa, in an endeavour to implement foreign grain sales. There is no major expectation that typical grain export levels will be achieved but there is a determination “to do what we can,” as one grain trader puts it.
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NewsSZCZECIN-SWINOUJSCIE PORT EXPANSION PROCEEDS BUT…
The development of a new largescale terminal in Świnoujście, Poland, near the German border, is gaining momentum with key elements of the necessary infrastructure coming to fruition.
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….WITH ISSUES RAISED
It is taking place, however, against the background of Poland’s main ports, Gdynia and Gdansk, implementing major expansion programmes with a number of analysts questioning the need for major new container capacity in Świnoujście.
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Chittagong Cranes
In early May Chittagong Port, Bangladesh took delivery of two Chinese-built ship-to-shore container gantries (SSG) and three rubber tyred gantries (RTGs).
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Rotterdam Deal
The Port of Rotterdam is strengthening its ongoing partnership with the Port of Duisburg by collaborating on more initiatives relating to digitalisation and energy transition.
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NewsASCs FOR ANTWERP AS EUROPE AUTOMATION INTEREST GROWS
Component parts of new automatic stacking cranes (ASCs) have started arriving at DP World’s Antwerp Gateway Terminal (AGT) in the Port of Antwerp.
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KOPER UPS CRANE CAPACITY
Luka Koper d.d., operator of container terminal facilities at the Port of Koper, Slovenia, has placed a new order with Konecranes for three electric rubber-tyred gantries (RTG). The order will increase the RTG fleet at the port to 30 units when the new items are delivered in February 2023.
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Congo RTGs
Congo Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports, has put two new rubber tyred gantries into operation at its container terminal located at Pointe-Noire, Congo.
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UK Power First
Plans have been announced for the first floating organic flow battery for decarbonised port energy storage and shore power for cruise ships in the UK.
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NewsFLORIDA’S MILLIONAIRES CLUB
Florida is home to three large container ports that each handle over one million TEU annually. AJ Keyes assesses how these ports are keeping pace with demand
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NewsICTSI RIO RENAISSANCE
Pursuing new cargo streams and investing in inland cargo logistics is breathing new life into ICTSI Rio despite a challenging marketplace. Rob Ward reports
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Verticalisation Driving Diversification
ICTSI Rio 1 is one of several terminals in Brazil diversifying in the face of what is dubbed locally as verticalization – liner companies extending their activities along the supply chain.
