All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 424
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NewsMercator Media acquires Coastlink Network
Mercator Media Limited has acquired the Coastlink Network Limited, a neutral pan-European network dedicated to the promotion of short sea and feeder container shipping and how it forms part of a competitive supply chain.
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NewsInvestment platform promotes green tech
A new AIM-listed investment platform aims to accelerate growth in IMO-compliant green technology service companies to minimise the marine industry’s environmental impact and help it meet the required standards for shipping.
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NewsESI to focus more on CO2
The Environmental Ship Index (ESI) is set to incorporate more work on CO2 in line with the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) legislative developments to boost its effectiveness.
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NewsFeasibility study for Madagascar port project
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has issued a call for expression of interest for a consultant to carry out a feasibility study for a port PPP in Madagascar.
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NewsContainer growth pushing Antwerp to limit
Container freight growth at the Port of Antwerp is raising concerns as the port nears its maximum container capacity.
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NewsFish sustainability project reaps rewards
Associated British Ports (ABP) has taken part in a sustainability project to improve fish migration from the Humber estuary which has helped salmon and other migratory fish reach new spawning grounds for the first time in over 100 years.
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NewsIndian influence in Indonesia
Senior Indian officials have visited Indonesia to look at means of boosting connectivity between the former country’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the latter’s Sumatra island — less than two months after a trip to Indonesia by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi saw India agree to develop Indonesia’s Sabang port.
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NewsGo-ahead for Carey Island feasibility study
Malaysia’s Minister of Transport Anthony Loke has said that his country’s new government will undertake a study to determine the proposed $49.6bn Carey Island port project’s viability.
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Newse-RTGs to cut over 1400t of GHGs
Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal (KPCT) has commissioned five Electrical Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes (e-RTGs) with potential to cut more than 1400t of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions.
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NewsICTSI Sudan terminal preferred bidder
International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has been declared the preferred bidder to operate, manage and develop the South Port Container Terminal (SPCT) at the port of Port Sudan.
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NewsBPA: Close ‘drink-pilot’ yachtie loophole
The British Ports Association chief executive has closed UK Maritime Safety Week with a call to shut a regulatory loophole that permits non-professional mariners to pilot leisure craft under the influence of alcohol.
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DP World fires up Doraleh dispute
DP World has reiterated that its concession agreement for the Doraleh Container Terminal (DTC) remains in force, warning that the government’s seizure of the facility doesn’t give the right to any third party to violate the terms of the concession agreement.
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NewsVolume limit for waste necessary
The European Parliament Rapporteur Gesine Meissner has declared the draft report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism on the review of the Waste Reception Facilities Directive favourable.
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Global operators cash-in on port potential
Global terminal operators are cashing-in on “good opportunities” for port and terminal investment, according to WSP UK technical director Johan-Paul Verschuure.
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NewsAuckland steps up climate change efforts
New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland has joined a coalition to fight climate change in order to ramp up its efforts to tackle GHG emissions.
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NewsHackathon to foster technology innovation
The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Antwerp are hosting an international ‘Hackathon’ in an effort to spur technology-based innovation in the port and maritime environment.
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NewsAsia ports perfect chemical spill response
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and the Marine Department of Malaysia have conducted a joint chemical spill exercise to test the Joint Emergency Response Plan or chemical spill incidents in the Johor Strait.
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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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NewsLabour deal almost struck for New York
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the New York Shipping Association (NYSA) have announced a tentative agreement on a six-year local contract for the Port of New York and New Jersey.
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Don’t let tech overshadow humans in ports
Technology, organisation, people: that’s the magic triangle that needs to be balanced for successful port operations, according to ISL Applications chief executive Holger Schuett.
