Rotterdam receives LNG funding boost
16/10/2013
The Port of Rotterdam has received a major boost in its bid to become an LNG hub with the news that it has been granted approval for two subsidies by the European Union.
The Port of Rotterdam has received a major boost in its bid to become an LNG hub with the news that it has been granted approval for two subsidies by the European Union.
Kalmar will supply five Kalmar electric straddle carriers for MSC Home Terminal in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium.
DP World, the Dubai-based terminal operator, has successfully electrified eight diesel powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) at its flagship Jebel Ali Port.
The Antwerp Port Authority has announced the appointment of ship owning company EXMAR as its strategic partner for LNG bunkering at the Belgian port.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will host a special one-day symposium on a Sustainable Maritime Transportation System, on 26 September 2013, World Maritime Day.
Danish ferry operator DFDS Seaways will invest as much as £34.5 million in installing scrubbers in eight more of the company’s ships next year in preparation for the introduction of new environmental regulations in 2015.
The Port of Los Angeles is initiating the environmental review process on a proposed berth-improvement project by Taiwanese marine transport company Yang Ming at the US port.
The first private LNG bunkering station in China has been approved at the Port of Zhoushan.
Eurogate has become the world’s first port operator to install its own wind turbine and utilise the green electricity to meet the requirements of its terminal operations.
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a new Port Master Plan – its first update of the port’s development policies and procedures since its original plan took effect more than three decades ago
APM Terminals Apapa is preparing for the delivery of five new Eco-RTGs (Rubber-Tyred Gantry Cranes) next month as part of the third phase of a US$135 million terminal upgrade announced earlier this year.
The Antwerp Port Authority’s bid to promote both safe and efficient bunkering of LNG-fuelled ships calling the Belgian port has received a major boost after the European Commission announced that it will help subsidise the project.
