The House of Commons is today scrutinising the Energy Bill, which will introduce a fast-track consenting process for some offshore wind projects which ports say could hold back their renewable energy ambitions. Briefing from the British Ports Association, the UK’s trade body for UK ports and terminals, says that failure to amend the Bill to include port infrastructure in the new consenting and licensing process will make UK ports less competitive and leave them stuck in the “slow lane”. The Energy Bill will streamline the process of delivering offshore wind ...

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is celebrating a significant milestone with the completion of the 6,000th machine, a reachstacker, at its manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China. Destined for Bodi International LLC in Mongolia, the machine was completed on 25 May 2023. The customers, employees, Kalmar dealers from Greater China and other guests joined a special event to celebrate the achievement. Kalmar’s Shanghai plant, opened in 2005, manufactures a wide range of high-end cargo handling equipment, serving customers in the Asia-Pacific, Africa, South America, Oceania and Middle East regions. The plant is ...

Boudewijn Siemons (58) will be appointed interim CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority effective 15 July 2023. Vivienne de Leeuw (48) will stay on as CFO. Her term of office has been extended by four years. Siemons is currently the COO of the Port Authority and therefore responsible for infrastructure and maritime affairs. He will combine both positions until a new CEO has been appointed. Siemons will therefore take over the reins from Allard Castelein, who is stepping down as CEO this summer after nearly a decade. Miriam Maes, ...

Finland’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) is fully booked for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports in the second and third quarters this year, the terminal’s CEO Satu Mattila said in a speech on Thursday. The FSRU has received reservations for half the capacity available in the next gas year, which begins in October, she said. The Exemplar FSRU was chartered last year by Finland on a 10-year contract to help replace Russian pipeline gas, serving both the domestic market as well as neighbouring Estonia. Russia’s Gazprom Export in May ...

Arcadis, the leading global Design and Consultancy organization for natural and built assets, has developed a circular dismantling approach for an office building nominated for demolition by the Port of Amsterdam. Working on behalf of the port authority, Arcadis was appointed to oversee planning, develop process guidance, and select the contractor for the circular dismantling of Ruijgoordweg 80. This comparatively new and well-maintained building currently sits in the Port of Amsterdam’s safety zone. However, with the port scaling-up production and use of hydrogen and biofuels to meet demand for renewable ...

The Ministry of Infrastructure is allocating €140 million over the next few years to help realise shore power plants in sea ports. A further €40 million will be added from the climate fund. By allowing moored vessels to ‘plug in’, polluting diesel generators on the ships do not have to run while noise pollution is also reduced. Minister Mark Harbers (Infrastructure and Water Management) signed a letter of intent with the Branch Organisation for Seaports (BOZ) on Monday, setting out public-private agreements on the roll-out of shore-based power. With the ...

Every week APM Terminals’ CEO, Keith Svendsen, takes time to acknowledge outstanding work by colleagues in a company-wide message. Here, we feature one colleague who was singled out for terrific work in a department that’s happy to share its ‘trade secrets’ with the entire company. Meet Felecia, one of our Customer Service Heroes at APM Terminals Liberia. “The ability of our colleagues to turn every interaction into a positive, low-effort experience is a testament to their dedication and skill, and I am proud of their work,” said Svendson recently, and ...

In the second instalment of “CEO Talks”, Keith Svendsen discusses the current market reality and what it means for the business, service to customers and APM Terminals’ decarbonisation ambition. Speaking at APM Terminals Elizabeth, APM Terminals CEO admits that the year has started off with less volume and fewer vessels as a result of the shift in trade outlook, which will translate into a challenging few months ahead, but Keith Svendsen remains confident that eventually “trade will come back”. In the short term, the company will focus on serving customers, ...

The partnership will enable RFID scanners at the terminal gates to read Autosweep tags and match the trucks’ plate numbers, resulting in faster gate access and process. “Our investment in RFID technology is part of our constant effort to optimize the flow of cargo to and from the terminal. Over the years, one of the challenges we experienced with our automated gates is the low success rate of our license plate recognition cameras due to the poor condition of the plates mounted on some trucks. There were even trucks that ...

Tugboats refloated a large ship that had been stranded for several hours in the Suez Canal on Thursday, and sources said shipping traffic through one of the world’s busiest waterways had returned to normal. Two canal sources said traffic was back to normal by around 11:00 am local time (0800 GMT), around six hours after the incident began and three-and-a-half hours after the vessel was refloated. Shipping agent Leth Agencies identified the ship as the 190 metre (623 foot) Xin Hai Tong 23, a bulk carrier. “The Suez Canal Authority ...

Boasting geographical advantages by being located near Bohai Bay, Cangzhou — home to Huanghua Port in Hebei province — is expected to gain more popularity among global port cities given its increasing role and efforts in boosting global trade, bringing more benefits to the development of the industrial clusters nearby, said experts at a recent forum held in the North China coastal city. The comments were made during the Bohai Rim (Cangzhou)-Gulf Cooperation Forum co-hosted by the Cangzhou municipal government and Xinhua News Agency’s web portal Xinhuanet on Saturday. Cangzhou, ...

Stockpiles of oil products at the UAE’s Port of Fujairah dropped for the first time in three weeks in the seven days ended May 22 as exports for fuel oils used in power generation and shipping picked up, according to the latest shipping and port data. Total inventories fell 8.2% on the week to 22.851 million barrels as of May 22, after reaching a five-month high a week earlier, according to data from the port’s Fujairah Oil Industry Zone provided exclusively to S&P Global Commodity Insights on May 24. Total ...

Jeddah Islamic Port has notched a 25.07% hike in total container volumes during April this year, handling around 465,348 TEUs compared to last year’s 372,064 TEUs according to monthly data published by the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani). In other container statistics, the Kingdom’s busiest port recorded a 21.83% rise in transshipments and restows from 214,686 TEUs last year to 261,543 TEUs this year. The port’s cargo column saw an addition of 19.33% to the 2022 volume of 4,409,557 tons to achieve about 5,261,883 tons in the previous month. Key figures ...

Global sea freight is increasing rapidly. In 2020, the industry broke records having transported 1.85 billion metric tons of cargo, compared to just 0.1 billion in 1980. As seaborne trade continues to grow, the world’s ship loading industry is under increasing pressure to improve throughput and efficiency. Here’s how systems integrator, Technidrive, specified an electric drive package for a ship loading system from bulk handling expert, Telestack. Ship loading and unloading plays a necessary role in the transportation of goods. However, the industry is facing several challenges including the rising ...

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) in collaboration with Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT), the operator of Jeddah Islamic Port’s North Container Terminal, have concluded their recent participation at this year’s Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East event held in Dubai on 16-18 May as part of the UAE Maritime Week. Through their joint booth, attendees were enlightened about Jeddah Islamic Port’s premier capabilities as an East-West maritime hub that leads its Red Sea counterparts in cargo, container, and transshipment trade. Boasting over 5,000 vessel calls annually, the port also shared its ...