All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 527
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NewsRising wind
Exactly what will a supersized wind industry ask of its ports? Stevie Knight investigates
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NewsIndustrial strength
Felicity Landon takes a closer look at new developments and opportunities in Tangier
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NewsA port with purpose
Cornwall Marine Network’s Paul Wickes explains how Falmouth achieves far more than the sum of its parts
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NewsMixed messages
The Black Sea’s terminal strategy fails to line up with statistics, finds Stevie Knight
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NewsSpain: Second time lucky
COMMENT: Spain is about to launch a second attempt to reform its stevedoring industry in order to put it on a more competitive footing and thereby achieve compliance with European Union (EU) requirements.
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NewsBold move on coal
COMMENT: Last month, Port of Amsterdam took a bold move for a landlord port authority: it announced its ambition to end handling coal by 2030, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsPlugging leaks
Oil spill technology needs more interest from the private sector, finds Martin Rushmere
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Disruption solved
COMMENT: Hands up if you are sick of hearing the phrase ‘disruptive technology’. My hand is up, in fact both are up, writes Carly Fields.
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NewsQueen's Award for carbon capture company
A carbon capture company has received the UK Queen''s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2017.
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NewsSaqr orders cranes for bulk operation
Saqr Port Authority has signed a contract for two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes LHM 800, in bulk handling configuration.
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NewsUS omnibus funding will benefit ports
The House and Senate leadership has released the FY 2017 Omnibus Funding Agreement, which includes increased or level funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER), Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) and Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA).
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NewsManaging marine debris
A company which develops and manufactures pump and oil spill response solutions is aiming to use its expertise to help strengthen technologies and partnerships with local governments and businesses to help turn waste into energy.
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NewsMPAs restrict growth, warns BPA
The British Ports Association (BPA) has expressed its concern over the restrictions that designated Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and stricter regulations may place on the growth and business of ports.
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NewsKiel Ostuferhafen expansion enters fifth phase
State president Torsten Albig has approved €9.9m in funding for the expansion of Kiel’s Ostuferhafen.
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Popular tyre handler goes OTR
Tyre handling specialist Just Easy Tools has made a two-tonne version of its unique Easy Gripper, called Easy Gripper 2400-2T.
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NewsBPA chairman calls for trade facilitation
Trade facilitation, port zones and transport connectivity should be central pillars of the UK government’s post-Brexit trade and transport strategies, said Rodney Lunn, chairman of British Ports Association (BPA).
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Becker Marine Systems targets Asian market
Despite the ongoing crisis in the shipbuilding industry, Becker Marine Systems is continuing its entry into Asian countries such as China, Japan and South Korea.
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ITF offers policy suggestions for Buenos Aires
The International Transport Forum (ITF) has made a number of suggestions for policy in Buenos Aires in its Draft Discussion Paper 2017.
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NewsTICTS supports agricultural development project
Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS) has announced its support for a Tanzania government agricultural mechanisation and development project with a TSh327m (US$146,400) storage waiver for a shipment of unassembled tractors.
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NewsDrewry: get used to congestion in China
Fast growing inbound trade is just one of the many factors causing port congestion at China’s major ports. Other factors include bad weather, the restructuring of alliance networks, ever-bigger ships and shippers’ eagerness to move cargo ahead of planned rate increases.
