Latest News – Page 335
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NewsNavis Smart launched at Navis World 2019
Cargotec company Navis has launched Navis Smart, delivering new ways, according to the firm, for container terminals and carriers to capture and process the abundance of sector data available to optimise planning, asset-utilisation and visibility.
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NewsFirst LNG bunkering in Polish ports
Grupa LOTOS and PGNiG have carried out the first LNG bunkering operations in the Polish ports of Gdansk and Gdynia and helped promote the use of LNG in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsRedefining ‘impact’: LA’s automation debate
As APM Terminals has recently found to its cost, sentiment can trump both plans and contracts, especially when it concerns automation at Los Angeles.
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NewsAutomation protects jobs, stresses APM Terminals
Automating the Port of Los Angeles’ Pier 400 will protect business and jobs in “an increasingly challenging environment”, APM Terminals has said following a decision to postpone a construction permit to allow it to carry out modernisation work.
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NewsAutomated LA trucks delayed after protest
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has voted to postpone a construction permit for APM Terminals’ driverless electric cargo trucks amidst backlash from Los Angeles union officials.
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NewsAshdod orders ecological hoppers
Israel’s Port of Ashdod has ordered two self-propelled Bedeschi ecological Hoppers with active dust collection systems to help control dust emissions.
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NewsMontreal investing in electrification
The Port of Montreal’s Viau Terminal will explore equipment and infrastructure electrification to improve its efficiency and reduce emissions.
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NewsPort of London Authority targets biodiversity
The Port of London Authority’s Thames Vision seeks sustainability in the port and environment. Environment manager Tanya Ferry explains how it works
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NewsSudan to make over US$2bn from terminal deal
The Sudanese government will make €2.13bn ($2.44bn) over a 20-year period from a deal to transfer Port Sudan’s container terminal to Filipino port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) to expand port capacity, a government official has said.
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NewsSwarco confirm sponsorship
SWARCO port solutions have confirmed their sponsorship of GreenPort Cruise & Congress 2019 hosted by Port of Oslo from 16-18 October.
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NewsNoise emissions best practise guide launches
Project NEPTUNES is launching a best practice guide for ports on measuring, labelling and mitigating noise emissions of vessels at ports.
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NewsBeira port holds up in cyclone
The Port of Beira in Mozambique has sustained only limited damage from Cyclone Idai, a storm in south-eastern Africa described by the United Nations as potentially the worst disaster to ever hit the Southern Hemisphere.
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NewsStrikes hang over Brazil's leading port
Casual dockworkers supplied by OGMO at Santos, South America’s largest port for containers, have entered their third week of strike action and continue to demand a return to 25% of the shift allocation.
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NewsFirst bunkering for ferry at Port of Visby
The world’s largest bunker supply vessel for LNG has conducted the first LNG bunker supply operation for Destination Gotland’s newbuild ferry ''Visborg'' at the ferry pier of Sweden’s Port of Visby.
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NewsDramatic hike in US ports' economic impact
The total economic value that US coastal ports provide, in terms of revenue to businesses, personal income and economic output by exporters and importers, has risen 17% in the last five years, from $4.6tr to $5.4tr.
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NewsOperators campaign more for Mombasa business
Petitioning behind the scenes by global operators trying to get a foothold in Kenya’s Port of Mombasa has increased following reports that government is eager to concession its container terminal.
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NewsNew tool to aid UK port policy development
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), an agency of the UK Government, has commissioned a marine consultant to ''map'' shipping’s value to help underpin the development of port marine plan policies.
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NewsPSA Intl takes first steps in Eastern Europe
Port operator PSA International has joined forces with Australian investment management firm IFM Investors and the Polish Development Fund (PFR) to acquire the Port of Gdansk’s Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk), Poland’s biggest box terminal.
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NewsCompetition body moves to crush DPW challenge
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has said in a court filing that a DP World challenge to a probe into its alleged anti-competitive practices at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) constitutes an attempt to stop or push back potential adverse findings against the operator.
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NewsExceptional work wins at Navis Inspire Awards
Customers and clients will be the biggest priority for nominees in the Customer and Community Impact category of the Navis Inspire Awards.
