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11 2024-06 Sohar Port employs biofuel for tugboat operations Sohar Port has reported that it has become one of the first ports in the Middle East to use biofuel bunkering in tugboat operations.After receiving its first delivery of biofuel, the bunkering with B20 (a mixture of 80 per cent diesel and 20 per cent biofuel) which began as a trial for Tug Sohar ...
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11 2024-06 HHLA deploys new electric trucks in Hamburg Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has put the first two electrically powered trucks into operation at its in-house freight forwarder Container-Transport-Dienst GmbH (CTD).These environmentally friendly trucks are part of HHLA’s sustainability strategy, which seeks to accelerate the decarbon...
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04 2024-06 UK committee releases net zero and shipping report The Environmental Audit Committee has released its findings on ‘net zero and UK shipping’.In March 2021, the Committee opened an investigation into measures to decarbonise civil aviation and shipping, two of the UK’s most difficult industries to reduce.In its report, the Committee offers numer...
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04 2024-06 COSCO SHIPPING to develop container industry chain COSCO SHIPPING Development and Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited have engaged in a framework agreement focusing on modernising the container industry chain.The collaboration agreement will reportedly improve continuing information sharing between the two organisations at the national, regio...
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29 2024-05 AD Ports inks deal for green methanol facility in Egypt AD Ports Group, Transmar, and Orascom Construction have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a green methanol storage and export facility.This facility will aim to supply low-carbon fuel for maritime transport, presenting an opportunity to establish clean alternative ...
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23 2024-05 APMT Barcelona commissions 17 Konecranes hybrid straddle carriers APM Terminals (APMT) Barcelona, along with customers, authorities, and workers, has commissioned 17 Konecranes NSC 644 EHY hybrid straddle carriers.These versions reportedly consume up to 32.5 per cent less fuel than even the most contemporary cranes, lowering the terminal’s yearly CO2 emissions...
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23 2024-05 Maersk’s green-powered vessel to call at Gothenburg The Port of Gothenburg has announced that Maersk’s first green-powered containership will dock at the port on a weekly basis.Laura Maersk is the first ship in Maersk’s big endeavour to use renewable methanol as a fuel source. The maritime corporation has more than 20 methanol-powered ships on ...
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20 2024-05 PACECO debuts hydrogen-powered RTG at Port of Los Angeles PACECO Corp. has started commercial operations for the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell-powered Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) crane at the Port of Los Angeles.The H2-ZE RTG Transtainer Crane, developed in collaboration with MITSUI E&S and funded by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Devel...
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20 2024-05 Truck charging station construction begins at Port of Long Beach The Port of Long Beach has broken ground on its new truck charging station managed by Forum Mobility.The aim of the project is to meet the accelerating demand for heavy-duty electric trucks serving the Port of Long Beach. The facility, set to open in the autumn, will bring the port closer to its ...
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17 2024-05 ICTSI funds new 2 million TEU terminal in the Philippines International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has announced it is building a new international container terminal in Bauan, Batangas, Philippines.The new terminal is set to be the largest privately funded marine terminal investment in the country’s history, and it will ultimately be the...
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