Europe – Page 47
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NewsTackling the challenges of inland ports
The “Binnen_Land” Research project has been established in response to the urgent need to handle increasing volumes of freight more sustainable. Femke Grabbert and Verena Meister of the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg provide an update on the project
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NewsTowards a carbon-reduced logistics chain
The GreenPort Logistics conference in Stockholm earlier this year focused on the challenges of carbon reduction in the transport chain
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NewsSustainable hinterland logistics in practice
The Port of Amsterdam and the Flower Auction FloraHolland in the Netherlands initiated a pilot in the first 3 months of 2010. Edwin Wenink, FloraHolland, reports: “For the first time, we brought plants in a logistic chain mainly based on waterway transport between the place of origin and the final ...
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NewsIndustry collaboration: key to greener ports
Interchange of information about ports, the environment and sustainable business management was a recurring theme of the presentations a the 5th GreenPort Conference in Stockholm on 24 and 25 February 2010
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Belfast to host SOS
The Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS), billed as the first international, cross-sectoral business conference on ocean sustainability, takes place 15-17 June in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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NewsGrain shiploader has advanced dust control features
Gleadell Agriculture Ltd has just taken delivery of a rubber-tyred mobile shiploader from B&W Mechanical Handling for its new grain loading facility currently being constructed at the Port of Great Yarmouth, on the east coast of the UK.
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NewsFelixstowe wins green award
The Port of Felixstowe, UK, is celebrating after gaining one award, and being runner-up in a second category at Suffolk County Council’s ‘Creating the greenest county awards 2010’.
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NewsOpening of the Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth
With a number of customers already signed up before any final landscaping has been added, Great Yarmouth’s new outer harbour at EastPort UK, offers a promising start having just opened in January.
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Harwich and Antwerp promote wind farm developments
At the beginning March Harwich International Port revealed that it had become involved in the Thanet offshore wind farm project. This is the latest in a series of wind farms being built around the UK’s coast. Situated 12km off Foreness Point in Kent, it will eventually consist of a total ...
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NewsMajor air quality improvement for Antwerp port area
Over the past 10 years there has been a significant reduction in pollutants released into the atmosphere around Antwerp harbour. According to the findings of a survey conducted by the large-scale industry work group of Voka, Antwerp-Waasland Chamber of Commerce, among 31 of the largest industrial companies located in the ...
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NewsA wealth of golden opportunities
Intermodal has an important role to play in reducing the environmental impact of freight transport. But a level playing field is needed, writes Peter Wolters deputy secretary-general of the European Intermodal Association
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NewsModal shift: the role of rail
Intermodal services to ports and the introduction of rail shuttles are beneficial to both cargo shippers and transport service providers. Kate Royston reviews recent developments
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NewsSFIF replies to Airclim
Karolina Boholm, Advisor, Transport Policy of Industrial Policy Department, Swedish Forest Industries Federation, responds to the comments by Christer Ågren
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“Lower sulphur levels are cost effective”: Airclim responds to SFIF.
Christer Ågren, Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat (AirClim) responds to the article by Karolina Boholm of the Swedish Forest Industries Federation
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NewsCopenhagen wasn’t so disastrous!
The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference was widely viewed as a political failure. However, Jan Prahm, of TuTech Innovation GmbH, argues a number of positives can be drawn from the event
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NewsMaasvlakte 2 on schedule
The construction of the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 terminal is now under way, in preparation for its opening in 2013. The construction and operation of the terminal is being undertaken within strict environmental criteria
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NewsWhat progress for UK ports?
The regulatory process for ports in the UK is complex and slow, says Peter Barham,* with no clear environmental objectives. Too often, port development is still viewed as unnecessary – and unnecessarily damaging to the environment
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NewsDunkerque launches sustainable development plan
The French port reform of July 2008 gave ports a new role in the area of sustainable development. Dunkerque-Port’s strategic plan, approved on 3 April 2009, forms part of the port’s policy of sustainable development and action; it identifies the various areas of the port, particularly those which affect environmental ...
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NewsGrenland buys Gottwald crane with external power supply
Gottwald Port Technology GmbH has received an order from Grenland Havn for a new Mobile Harbour Crane. This G HMK 4406, a variant of Model 4, is the first of this type to be sold to Norway and can be powered either by the on-board diesel generator or from the ...
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NewsAlgeciras: focus on social reality
One of the seven short-listed ports for the ESPO Societal Integration Award, the Port of Algeciras is not just concerned with urban-planning or landscaping, but also with a wider social reality. GreenPort Journal spoke to the Port’s President, Manuel Morón
