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Individual companies in the petrochemical industry have generally highly optimized their own operations. But concerns about exposing confidential information often hamper them from looking ‘beyond the fence’ to work with other companies in an industrial cluster, even though this can yield further energy and resource savings. The Port of Rotterdam and Yokogawa aim to break… Read More
Many European shipping companies are knowingly sending their end-of-life ships for scrap in dangerous and polluting yards in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch and the NGO Shipbreaking Platform said in a report. The 90-page report, “Trading Lives for Profit: How the Shipping Industry Circumvents Regulations to Scrap Toxic Ships on Bangladesh’s Beaches” finds that Bangladeshi shipbreaking yards… Read More
The container throughput of Chinese ports from January to August of 2023 hit 203.7 million TEU, a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 4.8 per cent. Meanwhile, the cargo volume of Chinese ports was 1.11 million tonnes a YoY increase of 8.4 per cent. The chart below shows the cargo throughput and container throughput data of the… Read More
City of Newcastle (CN) and local residents are applauding the news that a contractor has been appointed to repair Stockton Beach next month. RN Dredging, selected by the Department of Regional NSW’s Public Works unit, will deliver the first 100,000 cubic metres of sand in October. It follows on from a Labor election commitment to… Read More
The Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), a joint venture between APM Terminals (30%) and the MMC Group, has been selected to join the Partnerships for Infrastructure (P4I) initiative. This is a government-to-government decarbonisation scheme between Malaysia and Australia that supports PTPs ambition to become a green bunkering hub for alternative fuels. The P4I project… Read More
Mark Perrins has been promoted to the position of Managing Director of KPI OceanConnect London Ltd as of 1st August 2023. Mark joined the KPI OceanConnect group in 2009 in a trading role, and subsequently received promotions to Team Leader in 2013 and Trading Manager in 2016. Mark has more than 22 years’ experience in… Read More
A series of fascinating new high-resolution images mapping out Cork’s coastline in stunning detail is in the process of being released to the general public. Each Friday, commencing from September 15 last the images, produced by the INFOMAR (Integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s Marine Resource) will upload new maps to their website…. Read More
Thomas K. Ruppert, a coastal planning specialist with Florida Sea Grant and thought leader on legal policy around sea-level rise adaptation and other areas of environmental law, has been selected as the assistant provost for coastal resilience and director of the new Virginia Coastal Resilience Collaborative (VCRC) at William & Mary. The university-wide collaborative, which… Read More
Canadian Navigable Waters Act Notice of Channel Dredging Works in the Kingcome River at the Mouth The Dzawada’enuxw First Nation and B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy hereby gives notice that a submission has been added to the Navigable Waters Registry pursuant to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act for public comment described herein and… Read More
TRADITIONALLY, GOODS flowing between India and Europe have relied heavily on routes passing through the Suez Canal. After the acquisition of Haifa Port, Israel’s second largest port, by a consortium led by India’s Adani Group, it is being transformed into a world-class facility that can be an alternative route, besides challenging China’s growing footprint in the… Read More