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PortGraphic: COVID-19 and how vulnerable are European container ports to the drop in Chinese port volumes?

US ports to receive a total of US$170m for port deepening works.

Port Of Antwerp To Temporarily Manage Port Of Cotonou.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encouraging states and port authorities to apply for $230 million in discretionary grant funding for port and intermodal infrastructure-related projects through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).

Port of Gdansk Outlines $3 Billion Expansion Plan.

Dakar Terminal, a subsidiary of BOLLORE Ports and operator of the El Hadji Malick SY ro-ro terminal, has been awarded the Green Terminal label following the audit conducted on 23 December 2021 by Bureau Veritas. Dakar Terminal is the fifth port concession to obtain this label in recognition of its commitments and the measures taken to mitigate the impact of its activities on the environment.

Uncertainties in port handling efficiency can cause port delays in the liner shipping system. Furthermore, policies on carbon emission reduction, such as EEXI standards, restrict the potential for speed optimization in liner shipping operations. Traditional tactical planning speed optimization is unsuitable for operational-level decision making, leading to unreliable schedules. From a schedule-reliability and energy-efficiency perspective, we propose a real-time speed optimization method based on discrete hybrid automaton (DHA) and decentered model predictive control (DMPC). We use a dynamic adjustment of sailing speed to offset the disturbance caused by port handling efficiency uncertainties. First, we establish a DHA model that describes each ship's hybrid dynamics of state switching between sailing and berthing; then, we develop a prediction model for the DMPC controller, which is analogous to the DHA model. The schedule is transferred into time-position coordinates as controller reference trajectories in the receding horizon speed optimization framework. We consider determining tracking errors, carbon emissions, and fuel consumption as our objectives, and we carry out engine power limitation (EPL) analysis for the sample ship, which turns the EEXI standards into constraints. We attain the recommended speed by solving a mixed-integer optimization. We carry out a case study, and our results indicate the effectiveness of our proposed DHA-DMPC scheme in lowering port delays and achieving the best trade-off between schedule reliability and energy efficiency. Additionally, we conduct further experiments to analyze the impacts of various carbon reduction policies on the performance levels of liner shipping operations.

Study findings, released at International Water Summit 2013, shows coral growth more than doubled in 2012, on Khalifa Port Breakwater.

An investigative piece exploring the importance of tugboats for berthing mega-ships at container ports...

An investigative piece exploring the importance of tugboats for berthing mega-ships at container ports...

Bordeaux is a major port for the south west of France located on the estuary of the Gironde River. The port facilities extend over 50 miles of the estuary and the port authority has recently issued a five year plan to develop and expand the facilities to cope with modern demands and requirements.

Los Angeles Twin Ports Aim Zero-Emissions.

India to build two new ports.

All Crimean ports were put under sanctions of EU and OFAC with all possible consequences to those companies who will decide to call these ports anyway.

The Port of London is set to become the first UK port to recognise ship owners committed to progressively improving their environmental performance.

In its quest to maintain its leadership as the best port in the West and Central Africa sub-region, the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) has secured drones to counter terrorist attacks.

Cuban leaders eye new port as economic lifeline.

The European Commission is taking action against Spain before the Court of Justice of the European Union, because 20 Spanish ports have yet to adopt and implement the port security plan.

China's port authorities will strengthen supervision of dangerous goods shipments following devastating explosions at Tianjin port last week, the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday.

The Netherlands has the best port infrastructure in the world. This is what the World Economic Forum says in 'The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016'. It is the fourth consecutive time that our country has come first. Like last year, Singapore came second and the United Arab Emirates held on to third place. Belgium remained in sixth position and Germany fourteenth.

New passenger terminal at Portsmouth Port on schedule.