Latest News – Page 290
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NewsPort consortium renews development bid
A consortium which lost a contract to develop a port has said it is keen to lead on the project once again.
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NewsRemote workforce planning a priority
A new report has found that safety and planning and managing a remote workforce are priorities for terminal operators as they adapt their operations and business strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsPort Ops base will support offshore wind
A new operations and maintenance (O&M) base will be built at a UK port to service the world’s biggest offshore wind farm.
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NewsPush to create LNG fuelling hub
A new incentive aims to create an international LNG fuelling hub in western Australia.
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NewsNew cranes help operator increase capacity
A Canadian container terminal operator has ordered new cranes to help increase its capacity and maximise container handling potential.
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NewsEnergy storage demonstrator deal
A 250kW energy storage demonstrator will be built at a Scottish port to demonstrate its speed of response as global efforts to develop renewable energy continue.
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NewsIOT project to support future supply chains
Twenty-one partners from eight European countries have joined together with the common goal of designing the next generation of IOT (Internet Of Things) technology to serve and add digital value to the supply chains of the future.
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NewsInnovative new LNG bunkering vessel
Two companies have teamed up to develop an innovative new LNG bunkering vessel which should keep ships safer while refuelling in port.
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NewsEurope worst hit by vessel call reduction
European ports are being impacted by reduced cargo vessel calls more than other regions of the world.
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NewsDigital railcar handling boost
A tank storage operator has switched to digital railcar management to boost efficiency at its German terminal.
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NewsOperational boost for Romanian terminal
The goal of increasing operational efficiency is the reason behind one terminal’s investment in a new terminal operating system.
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NewsROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES
In the past year, Peru’s port operators adjusted to the trade war between China and the US and now face the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Ward assesses developments.
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News“EVERY MAN IS AN ISLAND”
What a turnaround! Coronavirus has driven us away from the idea of ‘no-man is an island’ in completely the opposite direction. Physical contact is quite rightly frowned upon, the ethos now is isolation and lock down (as depicted in comic terms on our front cover)! The knock-on consequences of COVID-19 ...
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NewsGreen hydrogen plant planned
The hydrogen economy is gathering momentum with plans to take a green hydrogen plant into operation as early as 2023.
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NewsBEING ON A WAR FOOTING
Port operators in Brazil have reacted positively, if at first tentatively, to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on the supply chain, as Rob Ward confirms.
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NewsGreek port plans on track
Work on the development of a Greek port is proceeding as planned, a government official has said.
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NewsTHE POST COVID-19 NEW WORLD
Andrew Penfold of Mundy Penfold Ltd looks at the current COVID-19 pandemic and asks whether it will ever be business as usual for the container industry.
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NewsCOVID-19 – THE NEW YORK ANGLE
COMMENT: Worldwide supply chains, and the ports that go with them, have been completely overtaken by the Coronavirus, COVID-19 issue, writes Barry Parker.
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Lasting Effect of Coronavirus on Ports?
COMMENT: The Coronavirus clearly is having a huge global impact, most importantly through affecting the health of millions of people and the loss of human lives, writes Peter de Langen.
