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Leith wins largest ever wind contract

Forth Ports Port of Leith has secured its largest ever offshore wind contract, the delivery of the 1.1 gigawatt (GW) Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm. It will enhance the port’s marine access, infrastructure and vessel assets and includes plant and equipment that will be used to deliver Inch Cape. It will also create up to 50 new and upskilled jobs to support the project. Forth Ports’ agreement with Inch Cape, off the ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd to offer digital box release

Hapag-Lloyd will offer Secure Container Release (SCR) in the UK from 1 January 2025. Using blockchain technology, in cooperation with partner T-Mining, SCR provides a digital alternative to traditional PIN codes used to release and pick up containers from the port of discharge. The system ... [+]

Dutch ports form united front against cyberattacks

The Seaports Trade Organisation (Brancheorganisatie Zeehavens, BOZ) in the Netherlands and the Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management and the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV) have launched a nationwide cybersecurity platform for the sector. Under the plan, the FERM Foundation – already operational at ... [+]

ONE to launch Indian Ocean Express

Ocean Network Express (ONE) will launch an Indian Ocean Express service (IOX) connecting India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan with North Europe in Februrary. There will also be a transshipment service via Colombo from East India and Bangladesh. Port rotation is: Karachi-Hazira-Mundra-Nhava Sheva-Colombo-London Gateway-Rotterdam-Hamburg-Antwerp-Karachi. [+]

DP World UK launches first container inset scheme

DP World has launched what it describes as the world’s first container port carbon inset programme at London Gateway and Southampton, aimed at helping cargo importers cut their emissions. Starting on 1 January 2025 for an initial six-month trial, the Carbon Inset Programme will reward ... [+]

Multimodal opens 2025 registrations

Organisers of the Multimodal exhibition in Birmingham have opened visitor registrations for the 2025 event, which takes place on 17-19 June  at the NEC. Multimodal is launching an AI Clinic on the main floor of the event which aims to be a ‘one stop shop’, debunking ... [+]

Insetting moves up the agenda for Stena

Stena Line is reporting a significant increase in customers considering insetting options in their carbon emissions reduction strategies for 2025. Carbon insetting means creating initiatives to reduce carbon emissions throughout the entire supply chain and can vary from transitioning to renewable fuel alternatives, improving energy efficiency ... [+]

Premier Alliance reveals new routes

The Premier Alliance - Ocean Network Express (ONE), HMM and Yang Ming – has announce details of its inaugural sailings in 2025. It follows the signing of a five year cooperation deal in September 2024. The first sailings will take place on 4 February, including ... [+]

German port to help steel maker clean up

Finnish stainless steel firm Outokumpu is to invest €40 million in a biocarbon plant at the German Baltic port of Mukran. The material will be produced from secondary wood raw materials, delivered by rail, using an innovative high-temperature process and will be used to reduce ... [+]

Maritime clusters to share £1m

Nine maritime clusters are to share £1 million of government funding for local industry and training and educational programmes, Maritime Minister Mike Kane said on 5 December. Tees Maritime Cluster gains £117,000 to run a maritime training and careers events for schoolchildren and school leavers, ... [+]

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