Ports News
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Ports : Ports of Auckland launches ‘THE LIGHTSHIP’
An exciting new contemporary art platform on Auckland’s waterfront The Lightship launches as part of Artweek 2020 Janet Lilo commissioned to produce the first artwork which will be displayed from 8 October – 3 December 2020 The Lightship, a new site for contemporary art, launches today at Ports of…
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Ports : Port of LA Executive Director on imports surge: ‘It is truly a one-way trade’
, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, joins Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita to discuss the wave of imports coming in as retailers across the country look to restock before the holiday season. AKIKO FUJITA: Well, it has been a busy month for the country’s largest port. The Port of…
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Port of Antwerp : By boatmen, for boatmen
Heaving lines weighted with illegal objects are very dangerous for boatmen. Boatman André Van Mechelen and assistant traffic controller Alain Vervloet therefore came up with the idea of making safe sandbags and handing them out to reported ships. For Port of Antwerp, safety is a top priority and we are…
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Ports : “MoU” of exporting green hydrogen from Iceland to Rotterdam.
Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to perform a pre-feasibility study of exporting green hydrogen from Iceland to Rotterdam. According to the MOU, the parties also agree to the exchange of knowledge, with the aim of exploring…
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Ports : Port Authority launches new campaign against litter
The Port of Rotterdam Authority will be starting a new campaign targeting litter this week. It wants to raise awareness among visitors to the port of the impact litter can have on shipping, nature and our surroundings. This should encourage people to discard their waste in the public bins that…
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Ports : Port Everglades won three prestigious national awards
Port Everglades recently won three prestigious national awards of excellence for leading the way in port sustainability practices., according to a press release. They are the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) 2020 Environmental Excellence Award, the North American Marine Environment Protection Association’s (NAMEPA) 2020 Marine Environment Protection Award for…
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Ports : Port of Rotterdam Authority has started to produce and spread bokashi
By way of experiment, the Port of Rotterdam Authority has started to produce and spread bokashi: a special soil conditioner made from various types of vegetable waste, including prunings, dry leaves and grass. After being ‘harvested’ across the port and industrial area, the organic residual flows are shredded and anaerobically…
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IPCSA : expands its membership into South America with its latest member Procomex of Brazil
Procomex, the Alliance for foreign Trade Logistics Modernization of Brazil has joined IPCSA to support its work in Brazilian ports on the optimisation and digitalisation of port and logistics operations by creating Port Community Systems in at least four Brazilian Ports. Procomex is IPCSA’s first member in in South America.…
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Ports : AAPA Praises FY’20 Port Infrastructure Development Program Awards
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)—the unified and recognized voice of seaports in the Americas—today is lauding the announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) that it has awarded $220 million in discretionary grant funding to improve port facilities in 16 states and territories through MARAD’s FY 2020 Port Infrastructure…
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Ports : Port Of Long Beach Honored For Outstanding Information Management
The Port of Long Beach received honors for outstanding information management and engineering projects during the recent American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) annual conference. The AAPA represents more than 130 public port authorities in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America. “Being recognized in this way by…
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