World – Page 58
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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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NewsKiel invests in greener cargo handling
Germany’s Port of Kiel is investing in greener cargo handling equipment, environmental technology and initiating a modal shift from road to rail.
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NewsRotterdam works to conserve honey bees
Rotterdam is taking its preservation role seriously by helping conserve the Dutch honey bee and creating a new colony at the port.
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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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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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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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NewsUS ports approve clean truck regs
Harbour commissioners for the US ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have approved measures to ensure that new trucks that are just going into drayage service meet “the cleanest engine standards”.
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NewsOakland goes hybrid for cleaner terminal ops
SSA Marine is to retrofit 13 of the US Port of Oakland’s diesel-powered cranes with diesel-electric hybrid engines to help clean up operations.
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NewsRotterdam oil spill forces partial closure
A major clean-up operation is taking place at the Port of Rotterdam after a tanker spilt around 200t of oil contaminating over 50 inland vessels and closing the port’s 3rd Petroleumhaven and Geulhaven to traffic.
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NewsAssessing climate risk at ports
First, the bad news, assessing risk within ports and terminals is extremely challenging thanks to multiple factors in play. It’s not just the possibility of accidental pollution but the added risk from natural disasters such as flooding and storms By Weynand Haitjema, Pinkerton regionional managing director, EMEA
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NewsGermany to dish out electric truck subsidies
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) has launched a subsidy policy for environmentally friendly trucks which will be open for applications from July.
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NewsLogistics park will reap automation benefits
Kalmar and Navis will a deliver world-first state-of-the-art intermodal automation solution to a Sydney logistics park which will help it lower its carbon emissions.
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NewsSolar-powered warehouse cuts carbon footprint
DP World’s Jebel Ali Free Zone has launched the UAE’s first green storage and warehouse facilities in Dubai helping businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.
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NewsESPO focuses on environmental infrastructure
Some of the main topics for discussion at this year’s ESPO conference were energy, climate change and the environment with a particular focus on putting in place necessary infrastructure going forward.
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NewsBorg Havn automation targets sustainability
Kalmar will carry out the automation retrofit of two Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) for the Port of Borg Havn IKS to improve productivity, efficiency and sustainability.
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NewsBritish ports warned about clean air act
The UK government has made clear that there will be a new clean air act coming into force that all areas of transport will have to adhere to.
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NewsTaiwan takes a four-strand green approach to pollution
Taiwan International Ports Corp (TIPC) is carrying out a four-strand approach to reducing environmental pollution and impact to boost competitiveness as part of its ‘Taiwan Greening the Ports Action Plan.’
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NewsFrederikshavn fuel terminal to be designed to meet sulphur directive
Stena Oil has signed an agreement to create a new marine fuel terminal in the Port of Frederikshavn which will be fully adapted for the new Sulphur Directive 2020.
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NewsExxonMobil Mass Flow Metering could cut bunkering times in Singapore
Following the recent mandate from The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) ExxonMobil is launching a Mass Flow Metering System (MFMS) for marine gas oil in Singapore which should help reduce bunkering times.
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NewsDundee heavy-lift crane opens up the market for offshore wind
The Port of Dundee is installing a crane as part of a GB£10m investment to equip the quayside to take advantage of future decommissioning and offshore wind work.
