Latest News – Page 354
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NewsCan all this optimism be justified?
COMMENT: Demand growth in volume terms remains buoyant at 5.2% in 2017 but does anyone remember the 15%-25% growth rates before the Great Recession, asks Ben Hackett.
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NewsToo many grey areas in box weighing
Conductix-Wampfler’s Alexander Eckardt questions whether we are there yet on verified mass legislation.
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NewsWeighing inland against port-centric logistics
Martin Rushmere looks at the options to get cargo out quicker to customers.
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NewsStanding up to bullies in ports
Iain MacIntyre asks key stakeholders if workplace harassment and bullying in ports is a global issue
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NewsTime to play the politics card
COMMENT: At one time, before today''s mega ships and mega rail links, the harbour at New York was the entrepot for vessels moving cargo between America''s heartland and the US East Coast, which linked to the rest of the world, writes Barry Parker.
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Socially unacceptable in port environs
COMMENT: The allision on March 19, 2018 between the berthed Tolten and Hamburg Bay (alongside) at the South Asia Port Terminal in Karachi, Pakistan made international headlines following the distribution of a video showing the allision and several containers crashing onto the berth and into the sea, writes Lizzie Gray.
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NewsPatchwork quilt leaves pilotage holes
The UK’s unusual port ownership structure has left pilots out on a limb, finds Alex Hughes.
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NewsThe smart way to aid navigation
Before investing in navigation aids, make sure there''s not a better alternative, advises Stevie Knight
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Angola to end Caioporto concession
The Angolan government wants to terminate Caioporto’s concession contract to operate the Caio deep-water port in Cabinda.
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No pressing need for megaport, say Chile agents
Carlos Manterola, vice president of Chile’s National Association of Shipping Agents (Asonave), says that while the organisation is not against the construction of a major new deep water port, “now is not the moment” to make the necessary level of investment. Instead, he would like to see the resources spent ...
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Major investment in Chancay and Ilo
The Chinese ambassador in Lima has stated that Cosco Shipping Holdings is to build and manage the Port of Chancay, which is located some 58 kilometres north of the Peruvian capital. It will invest $2bn.
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NewsPeel Ports pitches Brexit plan B
The UK’s Peel Ports Group has put forward an alternative option to introducing a warehouse into the supply chain routing for trade after the UK’s departure from the EU.
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NewsAntwerp moves further down blockchain path
Belgium’s Antwerp Port Authority and software startup T-Mining have developed a solution to transfer documents with blockchain technology and automate (through “‘Smart Contracts’”) the document-flow.
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NewsLA tops Descartes’ US port ranking
The Port of Los Angeles (LA) has been named the US’ top ocean port by import volume.
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NewsShore power challenge remains implementation
The implementation of shore power is one of the main challenges for ports tackling emissions at berth and in surrounding anchorages.
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NewsLow ROI holding back shore power growth
The implementation of shore power is one of the main challenges for ports tackling emissions at berth and in surrounding anchorages, an engineering expert has stressed.
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NewsSE Asia LNG bunker vessel will aid growth
A new contract will see South East Asia’s first LNG bunkering vessel built to support a growth in demand for refuelling at the Port of Singapore.
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NewsPort Kembla earmarked for LNG import terminal
An Australian industrial consortium has earmarked Australia’s Port Kembla as the site to create a competitive LNG gas supply for local industry by 2020.
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NewsUnified environmental voice needed
Ports are moving in the right direction to decrease emissions but there is a lack of global research on how ports are handling impact management, an environmental specialist has stressed.
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News‘Supercharged’ free ports mooted for UK
The British Ports Association (BPA) has welcomed “the renewed focus on the role that ports play in regional and national UK economies” in a Mace report calling for free ports to be combined with Enterprise Zones to create ‘Supercharged Free Ports’.
