Ports News
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Hamburg port expansion to help it improve air quality
A €76m expansion of shore power supply in a German port has been approved to help it improve air quality. Hamburg’s state government gave the go-ahead for the Port of Hamburg to offer shore power both for cruise liners and mega-containerships from 2022. With this expansion, Hamburg is playing a…
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Record tonnage closes Panama Canal the fiscal year 2019
The Panama Canal closed fiscal year 2019 (FY 2019) with a tonnage record of 469 million tons CP / SUAB (volume measure of the Universal System of Ships of the Panama Canal), representing an increase of 6.2 percent compared to the previous year. With this figure, the Panama Canal exceeds…
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DP WORLD, UAE Region Stars Again At Seatrade Maritime Middle East Awards With Another Win
DP World, UAE Region walked away with another industry-leading honour – this time for its Contribution to the Development of the Regional Maritime Cluster Award – at the Seatrade Maritime Middle East Awards 2019, sustaining its reputation as a top winner at the prestigious industry event. Commended for its multi-faceted…
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Zero-Emissions Equipment To Terminals in port of Long Beach
In recognition of California Clean Air Day, the Port of Long Beach on Wednesday announced the demonstration of hydrogen- and electric-powered cargo-handling equipment at two shipping terminals, in pursuit of its goal to become the world’s first zero-emissions seaport. The new equipment was purchased through a $5.3 million grant from…
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The Dutch-Belgian North Sea Port is joining the PortXL port & maritime
The Dutch-Belgian North Sea Port is joining the PortXL port & maritime accelerator as it pushes for further innovations. The move was explained as a way of ensuring the port’s future through continual innovation. PortXL was founded in 2015 by the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Van Oord to cooperate…
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Dr. Ayman El Nahrawy write : Towards the Establishment of a Global Logistics Center at Suez Canal Region
Dr. Ayman El Nahrawy No doubt that we should learn from international experiences to guide establishing successfully the international logistics center at Suez Canal region with its genuine strategic geographic location, integrating with international free zone, East Port Said port and Sokhna port , in a harmonized operational and economic…
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Capacity-Building, Gender Empowerment and the BBNJ Agreement
On 30 August at the United Nations Headquarters, as part of the Third Session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under the UNCLOS on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President of the World Maritime University…
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