Ports & Harbours

The Finnish port of Helsinki has commissioned a new onshore power connection for passenger ships, made available to ship traffic next to the Olympia Terminal at the South Harbour.

A busy Scottish ferry terminal has become a safer place for workers and passengers following the installation of new state-of-art gates at the port.

Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE) and Universal Container Services GmbH (UCS) have strengthened their partnership by opening a dedicated ONE container depot in the port of Hamburg.

Work is continuing at pace at Portsmouth, UK to prepare for the most significant changes to customs and health check import requirements in a generation.

Energy consulting firm, Wood Mackenzie, has published a research paper recommending that the Firth of Forth become a Net Zero hub for Scotland.

Decarbonisation plans are progressing steadily at a European port with a shore power project.

Rotork has worked with BAE Systems to upgrade a series of A-range actuators to IQ3 actuators at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth).

Horisont Energi and the Port of Rotterdam have announced an MoU regarding setting up a corridor for transport of blue ammonia from Norway to Rotterdam.

Back in 2009 MJ started reporting on construction of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 port extension, eight years after opening in 2013 we return to catch up on progress.

Port of Tyne welcomed the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, UK Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy recently.

One of the world’s biggest logistics players has announced record H1 cargo volumes in the UK.

A two-phase project to expand the port of Mukran into an international deep-water agricultural handling hub has begun on the German Baltic coast, reports Tom Todd.

One operator has wasted no time in responding to the Scottish Government’s recent invitation for interested parties to submit bids for ‘Green Port’ status.

A spot in the Scottish Highlands is the ideal home for the UK’s largest green hydrogen electrolyser, according to a feasibility study.

A new UK cruise terminal fitted with shore power has served its first ship.

Spain’s Port of Valencia is trialling new solar panels installed on the ground, claimed to be walkable by pedestrians and vehicles.

A major shore power step has been taken at one European port.

In a limited time window, Inland and Coastal Marina Systems recently designed and manufactured a bespoke berth for a new tugboat at Port of Portland, UK.

A project, led by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners in the UK, intends to meet the challenge of anchoring very large vessels or platforms without the requirement of very large capacity lifting vessels.

Associated British Ports has taken delivery of a new £5 million airbridge in preparation for the opening of the new Horizon Cruise Terminal in the UK’s Port of Southampton.

The Portuguese public entity ATL (Lisbon Tourism Association) has not allowed the COVID pandemic to curtail its plans to improve the infrastructure of the Lisbon waterfront.