Australia and Singapore have commenced discussions to explore areas of cooperation in green and digital shipping and to establish a Singapore-Australia Green and Digital Shipping Corridor by the end of 2025.
Belgium’s Port of Antwerp-Bruges has witnessed its very first methanol bunkering on its journey to becoming a multi-fuel port. This first methanol bunkering operation took place on 1 June when 475 mT of methanol was bunkered from barge Tamariva to Proman Stena Marine at Sea-invest’s terminal. Proman
Newfoundland and Labrador-based renewable energy company World Energy GH2 Inc. has acquired the Port of Stephenville, located on the West coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The port is a critical piece of infrastructure as World Energy GH2 works to advance green energy projects in Atlantic Canada which
Japanese shipping heavyweight Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has joined the e-Smart Port Platform Prototype Project, a Hong Kong government initiative to develop Hong Kong’s logistics functions and port community integrative platform.
United European Car Carriers’ (UECC) state-of-the-art LNG dual-fuel vessel Auto Energy has completed its first LNG bunkering operation in the Mediterranean. According to UECC, a provider of sustainable short sea ro-ro transportation in Europe, the operation took place in the port of Sagunto, Spain,
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted funding for a feasibility study to establish a logistics node for captured carbon dioxide (CO2) at Stockholm Norvik Port. The initiative, named Norvik Infrastructure CCS East Sweden (NICE), aims to develop a regional, sustainable, and cost-efficient infrastructu
Global port developer and operator Hutchison Ports has set a target of 2035 for its three UK ports to achieve Net-Zero for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. The three ports are the Port of Felixstowe, Harwich International, and London Thamesport. The ports group aims to reach net zero globally by 2050.
The Gothenburg Port Authority has appointed a new CEO. Göran Eriksson will succeed the current CEO, Elvir Dzanic, and assume his role on August 7th. Currently, Göran serves as the CEO of the GAC Group’s company in India. He has been employed in multiple positions within the GAC Group since 2012 and
The Port of Rotterdam has announced that the World Port Climate Action Programme (WPCAP) will be extended with a new focus on shore power, new fuels and green shipping corridors. The extension was agreed by the CEOs and leaders of 12 world ports at a meeting in Rotterdam on the occasion of the first
APM Terminals Bahrain, the operator of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, has launched a newv solar power project to make the port energy self-sufficient by the end of 2023.
The Port of Gothenburg, the largest port in Scandinavia, has signed a sister port agreement with the Port of Shenzhen, the fourth-largest port in the world, to work together on sustainable transport, volume growth, and new technology.
DP World cut direct carbon emissions from its global operations by 5% last year, according to its latest Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) report, reflecting progress towards its 2040 carbon-neutral target.
Swedish shipping company Erik Thun Group is investing $3.34 million in the installation of battery packs on nine of its existing vessels in the dry cargo fleet. The ship owner explained that by installing battery packs and making the shore power connection smoother for the vessels, the need to use t
The Port of Rotterdam is getting a new CEO after almost ten years. Namely, Boudewijn Siemons will be appointed interim CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority effective 15 July 2023, taking over the reins from Allard Castelein, who is stepping down as CEO after nearly a decade. Siemons is currently t
