Europe – Page 46
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NewsHeating without emissions
The HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) at the Port of Hamburg uses exhaust heat from a sewage treatment plant to provide heating. This system enables Hamburg Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) and Hamburg Water to reduce costs and save 1000 tons of climatically harmful CO2.
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NewsGreen Port Hull aims to transform economy
The Port of Hull could be destined to become the UK’s capital for renewable energy if plans unveiled last Friday to attract major wind turbine manufacturers to the city are successful.
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Victor Schoenmakers starts second term as Chairman of ESPO
This afternoon, the General Assembly of ESPO unanimously re-elected Victor Schoenmakers for another mandate of two years as Chairman of the organisation. Mr. Schoenmakers is Director European and International Affairs at the Port of Rotterdam Authority and has been chairing ESPO since 2008.
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Dover’s low carbon future
Following an independent assessment the Port of Dover has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard, reducing its carbon emissions by 13.2%.
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NewsLondon Gateway gains prize
DP World’s London Gateway has been awarded the Environmental Protection prize in the Lloyd’s List Global Awards ceremony.
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Ports are part of renewable competition
Ports may be able to capitalise on the renewable energy sector’s need to lower costs.
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Incident reporting handbook
The Nautical Institute has launched The Mariner’s Role in Collecting Evidence Handbook to help both seafarers and designated persons ashore gather evidence in the event of accidents and incidents, including pollution and spills.
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England’s first Marine Plan
The UK’s new Marine Management Organisation has selected the sea areas off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and Felixstowe, Suffolk to be the first two English marine plan areas to be developed from April 2011.
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NewsBiomass plant boost for Southampton
A new biomass power plant located at the Port of Southampton could help give volumes a lift since most of the estimated 800,000 tonnes a year feedstock would come through the port.
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NewsHandling options for windfarm components
A new way of handling wind farm components using specially adapted reachstackers has been realised at the Port of Mostyn in North Wales.
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UK cuts will have repercussions
The UK’s present policy toward public bodies will have repercussions for ports and coastal environments. It’s not that there’s no need for a trim, but some of these bodies provide near irreplaceable services.
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Award for HPUK
Hutchison Ports UK Ltd (HPUK) is celebrating an award for becoming certified by the Carbon Trust Standard for reducing its carbon emissions by 8.2% between 2007 and 2009.
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Inland ports need to be recognised
The European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP) has said while it strongly supports the review of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), the organisation believes that the whole waterway network and all of Europe''s inland ports should be included.
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NewsSmit and Boskalis sign merger protocol
Royal Boskalis Westminster and Smit International have signed a protocol for a full merger of the two companies. The transaction will be executed through an all cash public offer of €60 exdividend (instead of cum dividend as previously anticipated) by Boskalis for all outstanding shares in Smit.
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ABP's Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Hams Hall inter-modal rail freight terminal near Birmingham has won an Environmental Innovation Award at the 2009 Rail Freight Group Awards held recently in London.
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New Dutch coastline takes shape
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is proceeding according to plan. Over a quarter of the necessary sand was applied during the last year by contractors’ consortium PUMA. The trailing suction hopper dredgers have started to create two islands in the North Sea. One of these is already over 4 km ...
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NewsSMM focuses on the environment
SMM 2010 is scheduled for 7 to 10 September, at the Hamburg Fair site in Germany. The 24th International Shipbuilding Fair is expected by the organisers to exceed the very considerable size of previous events.
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NewsGijon monitors its ecological footprint
MC3 methodology has been used for the past nine years to measure the Carbon Footprint of the northern Spanish port
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NewsKuifeend nature conservation area
The Kuifeend + Grote Kreek nature conservation area lies within the Antwerp North railway marshalling yard, right in the middle of the port of Antwerp.
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NewsAdvantage: Rail
Rail is the key to Duisport’s commercial success. Kasia Kurek, of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, reports
