Latest News – Page 298
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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.
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NewsTaking out the trash
Waterborne plastic pollution grabs public attention - manual cleaning is, however, time-consuming and labour intensive. Stevie Knight asks if unmanned systems can help?
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NewsEU REGULATIONS REVIEWED
Felicity Landon reviews a recently published manual on the EU Seaports regulation – all 1,307 pages
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NewsAir permit approved for LNG export facility
A US LNG export facility is one step closer to being realised after an air permit was approved for the company developing the project.
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NewsProduct tanker LNG bunkering milestone
The first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation for a product tanker in Germany has been conducted at a German port.
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NewsBlank sailings down in May
The number of sailing cancellations has decreased between April and May by 12%, apart from the Transpacific trade, where there is a 32% increase in cancelled sailings.
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NewsIrish port becomes offshore wind base
An offshore wind base is being established at an Irish port to supply future offshore wind farms and help scale up production in the region.
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SHARE PRICES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIA
COMMENT: In this column, I am venturing into an area I have little expertise in (and as a disclaimer: no personal stake); the evolution of stock prices of terminal operators in the COVID-19 pandemia, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsScan and deliver
John Bensalhia takes a look at today''s container scanning system innovations and developments.
