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  • GPCC2017 Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid 2
    Conference

    GreenPort Congress 2017 | Keynote: Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid | Part 2

    Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid, Secretary General, FEPORT, gives the third keynote address at GPC 2017.

  • GPCC2017 Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid 1
    Conference

    GreenPort Congress 2017 | Keynote: Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid | Part 1

    Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid, Secretary General, FEPORT, gives the third keynote address at GPC 2017.

  • The newly-appointed chairman of the Port of Newcastle Board has said that the port’s reliance on coal – which accounts for 90% of its business – as its core cargo puts the facility at financial risk Photo: Kate Ausburn/flickr/CC BY 2.0
    News

    Newcastle chairman: coal puts port at financial risk

    2017-12-20T13:53:00Z

    The newly-appointed chairman of the Port of Newcastle Board has said that the port''s reliance on coal - which accounts for 90% of its business - as its core cargo puts the facility at financial risk.

  • The Port of Tilbury has submitted an application to build a new terminal adjacent to the current port in Thurrock in Essex
    News

    Tilbury plans to build new terminal

    2017-12-20T13:53:00Z

    London''s major port the Port of Tilbury has submitted an application to build a new terminal adjacent to the current port in Thurrock in Essex.

  • The Port of Oakland is to upgrade its Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan that aims to lower emissions from containerised cargo operations over the next decade Photo: Wilson Hui/flickr/CC BY 2.0
    News

    Oakland to upgrade air quality plan

    2017-12-20T13:53:00Z

    The Port of Oakland is to upgrade its Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan that aims to lower emissions from containerised cargo operations over the next decade.

  • Conference

    Tradepoint Atlantic

    2017-12-20T09:21:00Z

    Tradepoint Atlantic, the 3,100-acre multimodal global logistics center in Baltimore, Maryland, offers a gateway to markets around the United States and the world, featuring an unmatched combination of access to land, deep-water berths, rail, and highways.

  • Kalmar will deliver four automated, four-high straddle carriers and an emulation system to EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven
    News

    Kalmar secures Wilhelmshaven strad pilot

    2017-12-19T17:10:00Z

    Kalmar is helping the STRADegy pilot project at EUROGATE''s Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven move into its next stage, with the cargo handling solutions business having won the tender to supply the automated straddle carrier system to the facility.

  • In the Dominican Republic, volunteers visit a home for elderly people
    News

    DP World gives back to communities

    2017-12-19T17:10:00Z

    Terminal operator DP World''s fourth Global Volunteer Week programme saw employees across the world deliver over 60 projects in partnership with 47 organisations, bringing benefits to more than 5,000 people and clocking up a new record of nearly 4,700 volunteer hours during work time.

  • Ports of Auckland has become the first port in New Zealand to be certified by the Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme (CEMARS) Photo: Ingolfson/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
    News

    Ports of Auckland now CEMARS-certified

    2017-12-19T17:10:00Z

    Ports of Auckland has become the first port in New Zealand to be certified by the Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme (CEMARS).

  • Conference

    GPC 2017 video gallery

    A selection of videos from our 2017 conference.

  • Joint venture: Port of Gävle and Yilport Gävle are working together to expand operations
    News

    Gävle to double capacity for growth

    2017-12-18T15:11:00Z

    The largest container port on the Swedish East Coast is doubling its capacity to 600,000 teu in order to achieve continued growth.

  • Season's Greetings from GreenPort
    News

    Season’s Greetings from GreenPort

    2017-12-18T10:58:00Z

    GreenPort would like to wish all of our supporters and readers season’s greetings and send our very best wishes for a happy and successful 2018.

  • The Tri-Gen facility will supply all Toyota fuel cell vehicles moving through the port including Toyota’s Heavy-Duty hydrogen fuel cell class 8 truck
    News

    US port in hydrogen power plant first

    2017-12-18T10:37:00Z

    Toyota is building what it calls the world''s first Megawatt-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen plant at the US Port of Long Beach.

  • Mike Mundy: The tender for the new container terminal at the port of Mombasa was actually a multi-criteria bid process but it still derailed in the face of mis-management
    News

    Moving with the times

    2017-12-16T10:05:00Z

    COMMENT: Slowly but surely, port agencies in Africa are becoming more sophisticated about how they offer port properties – container terminals, multipurpose terminals and so on – for a public-private partnership (PPP), writes Mike Mundy.

  • Pit stop: seafarers need to maximise the limited time they have in port. Credit: IMO
    News

    Sanctuary for seafarers

    2017-12-16T10:04:00Z

    Ports need to balance commercial realties against funding seafarer welfare. Alex Hughes reports

  • Growth: PhilaPort is looking to double container and vehicle throughput and increase breakbulk volumes by 21%
    News

    A new chapter

    2017-12-16T10:04:00Z

    Philadelphia rebranding highlights the port’s future focus, finds Martin Rushmere

  • Caption: Auto call: ports need to be ready for autonomous ships, like the Yara Birkeland. Credit: Kongsberg/Ørnulf Rødseth
    News

    Autonomy preparations

    2017-12-16T10:04:00Z

    Valenciaport Foundation’s Alexandre Sánchez Pérez and Jonas Mendes Constante highlight questions that port authority managers should be asking about autonomous ships.

  • Accident count: 85% of the cost of major injuries and fatalities are caused by vehicles and heavy equipment
    News

    Read the traffic signs

    2017-12-16T10:03:00Z

    TT Club''s Laurence Jones explains how simple traffic management procedures can reduce incidents

  • News

    Safe as houses

    2017-12-16T10:03:00Z

    COMMENT: In November, Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading port operator, launched its transformed property arm with a 960-hectare land bank, marking a further step in the gradual transition of the group from port operator to a development company of port, logistics and manufacturing complexes in 21 UK ports, ...

  • A bulk cargo carrier being pulled by a tugboat.
    News

    Standards to share

    2017-12-16T10:02:00Z