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• 22 February 18 NW american seaports extend clean truck deadline North West American seaports have voted to extend the deadline to 1 April for complying with the region’s Clean Truck Program due to slow uptake. The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) said that the update... Read more ›
• 27 September 17 Rotterdam to get smarter with blockchains The Port of Rotterdam Authority is working to develop efficient concrete solutions based on blockchain technology. In addition to the development of new opportunities, the ‘Blocklab’ field lab will also serve as a knowledge centre... Read more ›
• 20 September 17 The Analyst: geopolitics and port development This dimension came to the fore recently with the news of the new agreement struck between China Merchants Port Holdings Company and the government of Sri Lanka on the Hambantota port development project in... Read more ›
• 11 September 17 VLCC Floating Storage Nearing its End VLCC floating storage has been an important feature of our industry in recent years. However, in these past few months, it seems that the market dynamics don’t seem to favor this development. In its... Read more ›
• 21 July 17 Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp 50ppm gasoil hits 3-month low, amid narrow contango market The Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp barge market for 50 ppm gasoil used as heating fuel in Northwest Europe, gripped by weaker demand in the region, fell to a three-month low Wednesday, as a narrow contango market structure... Read more ›
• 17 July 17 Deepwater Liverpool terminal development continues The second phase of a GB£400m investment to create a deepwater container terminal at the Port of Liverpool that will accommodate larger vessels has begun. Peel Ports Group, owner of the Port of Liverpool,... Read more ›
• 12 May 17 New Port 2060 vision revealed Cargo handling solutions and services company Kalmar, part of Finnish-owned Cargotec, is launching a new video to depict what the future of cargo handling will look like in the year 2060. According to Kalmar,... Read more ›
• 14 March 17 Disruption on the docks The decision about which port or terminal to use is more often driven by issues like route risk and diversification, labor strife and competing offerings by shipping lines. The differences in target market and... Read more ›
• 15 December 16 The first webinar of RCMS project: watch the video! The very first RCMS webinar took place November 23rd and was a success. RCMS,   a robotic parking system that is able to efficiently manage and handle more containers per square-metre than traditional handling systems used in port and... Read more ›
• 18 November 16 NYK group buys 20% stake in Maher Terminals The NYK group has announced that its port operating subsidiary acquired a 20% share in the Port of New York/New Jersey’s Maher Terminals together with investment fund Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III (MIP III). MIP... Read more ›