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Contecon Guayaquil becomes S. America’s first carbon neutral port

Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA) became the first port in South America to obtain a carbon-neutral certification. Namely, the Ecuador Ministry of Environment and environmental ratings agency, Sambito SA, recognized the port’s commitment to the environment. The certification marks CGSA’s compliance to ISO 14064-1 standards.

The port has launched initiatives to ensure sustainability, as well as technologies to reduces the operation’s impact to Ecuador’s largest and premier maritime gateway.

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Indonesian port reopens after the catastrophic tsunami

Indonesian port of Merak has reopened after the devastating tsunami which was triggered by a combination of underwater landslides caused by the eruption of Mount Krakatoa and an abnormal tidal surge due to a new moon.

The Port of Merak opened in the morning hours of December 24, as GAC announced. No change to draft restrictions at its two terminals, approach channels or anchorage is reported. Nonetheless, vessels should be alert to the possibility of floating materials around the terminals.

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Port of LA to exceed 9 million TEUs in 2018

The Port of Los Angeles handled 832,331 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in November 2018. This is the fifth month in a row that volumes surpass 800,000 TEUs and the sixth busiest month in the Port’s history. The Port also informed that is on track to exceed 9 million TEUs this year.

The ‘Eleonora Maersk’, calling at the Port’s APM Terminals, set a North American record for a single cargo vessel with the off-loading and then loading of 27,846 TEUs.

November 2018 imports decreased 8.8% to...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-la-to-exceed-9-million-teus-in-2018/

Automation has challenges but could benefit ports, study says

The future of automated ports is thoroughly examined by a recent study by McKinsey & Company consulting. The study suggest that the port sector is underdeveloped regarding automation, in comparison other industries. The sector could consequently benefit from automation if it deal with the challenges with careful planning and implementation.

Even though ports have a gradual progression towards automation compared other sectors, like mining and warehousing, the pace is now starting to accelerate...

https://safety4sea.com/automation-has-challenges-but-could-benefit-ports-study-says/

Port of Baltimore closer to acquire a second deep berth for supersized ships

The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) will receive a $6.6 million grant by the US Department of Transportation as a contribution to a project that will deepen a second container berth to 50 feet at the Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal. This is expected to allow the Port to handle two supersized container ships simultaneously.

The state of Maryland will contribute $7.8 million and Ports America Chesapeake, which operates the Seagirt Marine...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-baltimore-closer-to-acquire-a-second-deep-berth-for-supersized-ships/

Port of Rotterdam to award nine LNG bunkering licenses until 2020

Port of Rotterdam’s Cees Boon spoke about LNG bunkering licenses that the Port will provide. Namely, he estimates that by 2020, the Port will have granted nine licenses to LNG bunker providers.

The safety advisor at the Port of Rotterdam Authority presented the LNG bunkering audit tool developed by the IAPH Clean Marine Fuels Working Group for port authorities at the LNG Ship/Shore Conference in London and mentioned the licenses which have been granted according to IAPH audit tool.

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https://safety4sea.com/port-of-rotterdam-to-award-nine-lng-bunkering-licenses-until-2020/

Port of Seattle invests $348 mil. to improve its waterfront

The Port of Seattle Commission approved a five-year capital development plan to invest $348 million. in order to improve the economic and environmental vitality of Seattle’s working waterfront.

On Tuesday, the Port of Seattle Commission approved its 2019 budget and its 2019-2023 future budget blueprint. The five-year capital development plan outlines the Port’s blueprint to invest $348 million to maximise the economic and environmental vitality of Seattle’s working waterfront in the face of...

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Batangas Port achieves 200,000 TEUs mark for the first time

The Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) has improved its role as international trade facilitator in Calabarzon. In this aspect, the port achieved a new operations milestone, as it surpassed the 200,000-TEU cargo volume mark for the first time since its start.

Namely, the Batangas Container Terminal, belonging to Asian Terminals Inc, has a leading role as an international trade facilitator in Calabarzon, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon and has effectively helped relieve the traffic in...

https://safety4sea.com/batangas-port-achieves-200000-teus-mark-for-the-first-time/

Ro/Ro traffic in Gothenburg increase

Ro/Ro traffic between Sweden and the continent are increasing, as volumes between Gothenburg and Belgium have risen for the ninth consecutive year. Namely, the forecast for 2018 expects a 10% increase for Ro/Ro units.

254,000 ro/ro units were shipped between Gothenburg and Belgium, during 2017, and the forecast for 2018 reveals a 10% increase to almost 280,000 units. The traffic on the services between Gothenburg and Ghent/Zeebrugge has increased for nine years in a row. Volumes to and from...

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