Ports & Harbours
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News - VideosWATCH: €500 million works to transform ‘Gateway to the Mediterranean’
One of Europe’s historic maritime gateways is being transformed to accommodate larger vessels and growing cargo volumes.
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NewsClosing the gap between electric vessels and port capacity
Across Europe and much of the world, it has moved from policy discussions to real vessels in the water. Yet a new constraint is becoming increasingly visible: vessels are evolving faster than the coastal infrastructure meant to support them. Michael Priv, founder of Blue Vector Ocean Alliance, has a solution.
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NewsFEATURE: Inside Bilbao’s electric port transition
Ivan Jimenez, CEO of the Port of Bilbao, talks to Maritime Journal about electrification, e-fuels and the digital transformation reshaping one of Europe’s most strategically vital Atlantic ports.
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NewsVessels shun shorepower due to energy costs
A £20 million shorepower project at one of the UK’s busiest ports has been lying idle despite being installed and ready to go.
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NewsPorts of the future: safer, smarter and always on
The ports of tomorrow will be completely different from today: yet that vision is not very far away from reality. Graham Wilde, head of Private Networks with Three Group Solutions, describes how far the Port of Felixstowe has travelled along the smart route.
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NewsNew Dutch coalition makes maritime ‘national strategic importance’
The Netherlands’ maritime and offshore sectors have been given a major boost with a new agreement explicitly designating maritime manufacturing as a sector of national strategic importance.
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NewsNew dredging tax rule to destroy goals it aims to achieve
The UK waterways industry says axing a dredging tax exemption will increase emissions, stall clean-ups and directly contradict environmental ambitions.
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News - VideosWATCH: Rotterdam’s hydrogen’s future takes shape
Europe’s largest industrial port is fast becoming a hydrogen hub for the continent, with big ambitions and concrete plans all taking shape.
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NewsLatvia joins offshore tide with port hub plans
Latvia is positioning a port at its capital of Riga as a Baltic regional hub for offshore wind in the region’s nascent industry.
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NewsIreland lays out plans for offshore wind hub
Plans have been set out for a purpose-built port facility dedicated to offshore wind in the southeast of Ireland.
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NewsCould floating nuclear ignite an energy revolution?
Floating Nuclear Power Plants (FNPPs) are poised to deliver gigawatt-scale output — potentially supplying almost an entire nation’s power demand – under designs unveiled by UK maritime technology firm Core Power.
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News‘Technological rat race’ among obstacles in offshore wind: report
A new white paper released by the Port of Rotterdam says offshore wind is going to be vital in shouldering a share of the burden of energy needs.
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NewsABP unveils latest large ports spending
Associated British Ports has unveiled the latest tranche of a major capital spending programme at its five ports in South Wales.
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NewsRotterdam plans new terminal for offshore wind
The Port of Rotterdam intends to build 835 metres of quay to accommodate ‘the latest generation’ of offshore wind installation vessels.
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NewsFinland launches first industrial-scale offshore CCS scheme
Finland has joined the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) wave, announcing plans to kick off its first industrial-scale project at the Port of Helsinki.
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NewsSvitzer targets charging infrastructure in port
Svitzer has partnered with Net Zero Marine to accelerate shore power and charging infrastructure across European ports
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NewsBuilding begins on £200m (€228m) UK freight terminal
Work is set to begin on a new multi-million-pound freight ferry terminal in eastern England following investment by Stena Line and Associated British Ports.
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NewsThessaloniki Pier 6 expansion begins
The Port of Thessaloniki has begun a €195.6 million Pier 6 expansion, boosting capacity and regional trade connectivity
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NewsEU injects millions into green transport
Funding, delivered through the Connecting Europe Facility, targets major upgrades to port infrastructure, airports and road networks
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NewsVan Oord expands coastal protection portfolio
Van Oord has agreed to buy a business that makes interlocking concrete armour units for protecting shorelines, ports and marine infrastructure.
