Genoa, Italy – The continuous increase in traffic volume has led to a reorganisation of the terminal areas. The VTR area for handling empty containers has been moved outside the Terminal. This has allowed the group to obtain new space to be dedicated to import and export and, at the same time, to facilitate return… Read more »
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is set to provide up to €36.9 million ($44.14 million) and the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) up to €35.5 million ($42.46 million) in grants to develop two railway links in Albania. The finance will be invested in more than 34 km of the current railway line… Read more »
“We will soon have a large logistics operator (ship-owner) in Setúbal, which will change the profile of the port,” announced Lídia Sequeira, president of the Port of Lisbon Administration (APL), SA, and the Ports of Setúbal and Sesimbra (APSS), SA, during a debate on port administration held last week at the 4th International Conference on… Read more »
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – European Maritime Day (EMD), dedicated to gaining new insights into maritime affairs and blue growth and related EU policies and funding opportunities, will take place in the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas May 31-1 June, 2018. The conference agenda includes: 18 stakeholders workshops covering a wide range… Read more »
Working committee of the International Labor Organization has endorsed an amendment to the Maritime Labor Convention that would ensure the payment of seafarers’ wages while they are held captive by pirates. At present, according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation, there is a potential contractual gap for seafarers who are unlucky enough to be kidnapped… Read more »
Niedersachsen Ports has launched an initiative to implement and coordinate a sustainability management system with the aim of ensuring continuous improvement of processes for a sustainable future. Its ‘Green Port Officer’ (GPO) project across its sites consists of different sustainability measures; changing light sources from traditional halogen lights to low carbon LED lights, e.g…. Read more »
Battery-powered A lithium-ion battery-powered automatic automated guided vehicle (AGV) prototype has been in operation at the CTA since autumn 2016 and has been successfully tested together with an electric charging station. Six of these charging stations have already been installed at Altenwerder and over the coming weeks, 25 lithium-ion battery-powered AGVs will go into operation… Read more »
Trelleborg Marine Systems is stressing the importance of ‘hyper-collaboration’ to improve safety, efficiency and sustainability of operations for green smart ports of the future. The global mooring specialist will discuss the technologies that are available, how they can be used in practice and how they might evolve going forward, at the upcoming Green Maritime Forum… Read more »
How can ports identify both feasible and the most effective measures to improve their environmental and economic sustainability? Dr Johannes Schmidt and Dr Nils Kemme from HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH and Dr.Lars-Peter Lauven from the University of Göttingen present their approach to achieving this goal. Drivers and barriers For the maritime industry worldwide,… Read more »
The port authority said that emissions need to fall by 95% by 2050 to ensure adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement. Rotterdam’s marine transport contributes 21.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions each year, that’s according to figures presented at the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s Energy in Transition Summit 2018. The summit revealed that marine… Read more »
