Port News

AYOP Appoints Sylvia Boer as Director
Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP), a networking organization, has appointed Sylvia Boer as director effective from 1 February 2020.In this new position within the association for offshore...
Ports & Terminals Review 2019: Port of Hamburg, Germany
Raw materials form one indispensable bedrock for modern industrial and services societies. Germany is one of the world’s leading industrial countries, making it dependent on a reliable flow of...

EU-Singapore Agreement Likely To Reap Benefits, Says Port Of Hamburg
The recently-announced trade agreement between the European Union and Singapore is likely to provide 'additional upswing' for foreign trade in the EU, the Port of Hamburg has said.Singapore was the...

Video: Container Ship Destroys STS Crane at Port of Antwerp
On Monday afternoon, the container ship APL Mexico City struck the gantry of an STS container crane at the port of Antwerp, causing the crane to collapse. The APL Mexico City broke loose from her...

Peruvian Port Maintenance Calls For Damen CSD450
Tramarsa purchases Damen Cutter Suction Dredger for 30-year strategy of expansionPeruvian maritime services provider Tramarsa has taken delivery of a Damen Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 450. Tramarsa...

Belgium, Kuwait hail cooperation between ports
(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) By Nawab KhanANTWERP, Belgium, Dec 7 (KUNA) -- The cooperation between the Port Authority of Antwerp in Belgium and the Kuwait Port Authority (KPA) is strong and...

ICTSI to double container capacity at terminal in DR Congo
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has initiated with its local partners the second phase expansion of Matadi Gateway Terminal (MGT), located 92 miles upstream on the left back...

Gas find kick-starts dredging operations at Port of Mossel Bay
An extensive maintenance dredging campaign is under way at South Africa’s Port of Mossel Bay in anticipation of an increased volume of shipping serving the offshore oil and gas exploration sector. In...

Ports of Auckland wants to dredge 2.5 million cubic metres of sediment from Waitemata Harbour
Ports of Auckland has applied to dredge 2.5 million cubic metres of sediment from the Waitemat? Harbour over the next 15 years.POAL says it needs to deepen shipping channels to accommodate the...

Tug and ports: on the frontline in emissions reductions
Tug operators will need to act to reduce their environmental footprint in key Scandinavian ports after authorities agreed to collaborate to prevent climate changeAs the world’s political leaders...

Goldwind is interested in the future wind farm of the port of Valencia
The port of Valencia foresees the installation of a wind energy plant, with between 5 and 7 wind turbines, which it would generate in a first phase between 12 MW and 16MW . The second global wind...

Port in East Philippines Battered as Typhoon Kammuri Arrives
The Philippine province of Samar was hit by Typhoon Kammuri – locally dubbed Tisoy – on Monday, December 2, bringing with it heavy rainfall and severe winds.According to the Philippine Atmospheric,...

Alfen awarded 10MWh Netherlands ESS project at Port of Rotterdam
Stock exchange-listed system integrator Alfen has been awarded the contract to deliver a 10MW / 10MWh energy storage system, which will provide frequency regulation services and voltage control...

Jongen Deploys Damen Invasave For The Port Of Hamburg
Mobile ballast water treatment system will protect the Elbe from invasive SpeciesGerman maritime waste specialist Jongen GmbH has taken delivery of a Damen InvaSave 300 mobile ballast water treatment...

Smart Ports: Piers of Future
For the first time, the ports of Antwerp, Barcelona, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Montreal and Rotterdam come together to showcase their most advanced digital transformation and sustainability projects at...