E-zines listing

We are more than happy to present the #34 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

In this instalment we're putting the spotlight on numerous transport projects carried out throughout the world - from the EU reaching out to the Western Balkans, developing next-gen batteries for heavy-duty use, storing & shipping carbon dioxide (or even turning it into green methanol), AI & machine learning data visualization, using 5G to enhance port operations, to the hottest topic lately: hydrogen.

In short, ways thanks to which the transport & logistics industry will re-invent itself.

More concerned with the present is the article on the development of the EU TEN-T - has it so far been a job well done, or maybe an utter fiasco, or a mix of both? The answer very much depends on who is talking!

Explore the issue:

◾ A patchwork of excellence, failure, and everything in between. Two distinct takes on the development of the EU TEN-T, by Ewa Kochańska

Want to learn even more? Check the Short Stories column!:

◾ EU reaches out to the Western Balkans

◾ Kapellskär-Naantali MoS secures EU money

◾ HYDRA raises its heady

◾ CMP eyes storing & shipping CO2

◾ INFORM-3DEO MoU

◾ CO2-to-green & circular methanol in North Sea Port

◾ HySHIP to get €8.0m in EU funding

◾ Green hydrogen - from Iceland to Rotterdam

◾ Multi fuel cell

◾ ABS-DSME SOFC JDP

◾ BT-Belfast Harbour 5G co-op

◾ 5G Maritime

◾ PD Ports attracts two waste-to-energy plants to the Tees Valley

◾ Atomic technology for greening shipping

◾ Gothenburg the first to trial the Emission-Free Construction Sites project

◾ DFDS eyes constructing a green hydrogen ferry

◾ Japan: commercial hydrogen supply chain by 2030

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We are more than happy to present the #33 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

In this instalment we're giving voice to 'smaller' ports, sea- and inland, for them to highlight the specific challenges they're dealing with, the environment they operate in, and the tools that are at their disposal.

We're also bringing forth the numerous ways they're developing, both on the soft- and hardware front, in order for the entire port industry to learn from smaller ports' experience.

Last but not least, our friends from the International Association of Ports and Harbors & the World Port Sustainability Program have dissected the to-date impact of COVID-19 on the port sector in general, as the pandemic makes no difference between big, medium, and small ports, forcing to seriously ask the question whether the traditional port business model is still fit for the post-corona future.

Explore the issue:

◾ A balance between efficiency and sustainability. Interview with Villu Vatsfeld, CEO, Saarte Liinid, and Chairman, the Baltic Ports Organization's Comprehensive Ports Working Group, by Przemysław Myszka

◾ Go digital, go green! The future of smaller ports, by Annaleena Mäkilä, Managing Director, the Finnish Port Association, and Vice-Chair, European Sea Ports Organisation

◾ At the (digital) edge, by Christopher Meyer, Krzysztof Kożyczkowski, Laima Gerlitz, Emil Arolski, and Robert Philipp, the Connect2SmallPorts project

◾ Taking matters into their own hands. Secondary ports in France, by Paul Tourret, Director, Higher Institute of Maritime Economics (ISEMAR)

◾ When push comes to shove. Building up port resilience in both the short- and long term, by Victor Shieh, Communications Partner,
the International Association of Ports and Harbors' World Port Sustainability Program

◾ Time and again. Capturing the economic importance of ports across-the-board, by Ralf Fiedler, Group Manager Ports and Transport Markets, Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services

◾ Better than anyone. The importance of smaller ports - for shipping, heavy-duty industries, wind energy, and the future of the EU TEN-T, by Ewelina Synak, Project Assistant, Actia Forum

◾ Enablers of green logistics. How are European inland ports becoming fit-for-future, by Turi Fiorito, Director, European Federation of Inland Ports

Want to learn even more? Check the Short Stories column!:

◾ Port of Piraeus contracts INFORM to digitalize its vehicle logistics

◾ P&O Ferrymasters becomes LG231's first tenant

◾ Argentina's first LHM 420 - and the first to be assembled remotely

◾ PD Ports' Teesport Bulks Terminal goes online

◾ Paperless container exports at FCT

◾ Spain-England-Ireland multimodal net

◾ Esbjerg-Honeywell eco-partnership

◾ BCT's new STS comes online

◾ Gothenburg's Svea Terminal nears completion

Also, in the News section you'll find items on:

◾ Smyril Line ro-ro-connects Norway and the Netherlands

◾ Isle of Man Steam Packet Company to have a new ferry

◾ Davies Turner fine-tunes its Express China service

◾ APM-T takes over ALC

◾ Russia's first LNG ro-ro

◾ DFDS sets to become climate neutral by 2050

◾ An additional ro-ro on Stena Line's Belfast routes

◾ Hapag-Lloyd tech-partners with Intelligent Cargo Systems

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on the ports of Genoa, Gdańsk, Amsterdam, Zeebrugge, Antwerp, Vlissingen, Terneuzen, and Ghent, as well as a round-up of figures on the port sector in Finland, Spain, and the UK, topped with numbers on HHLA (terminals & intermodal).

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We are more than happy to present the #32 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

In this instalment we're taking a closer look at the various ways - some of them incremental, other nothing short of being disruptive - the transport & logistics industry is modernizing itself.

Explore the issue:

◾ Charge! How to design, produce, use, and re-use batteries more sustainably, by Gabrielė Vilemo Gotkovič

◾ Data-driven sustainability. CO2 offsetting for a climate-friendly transport sector, by Dario Zingariello, Marketing and PR, myclimate

◾ Three steps to sustainability. Sweden's Triple F research & innovation programme, by Caroline Karlsson, Communication & PR, Lindholmen Science Park AB

◾ How to spot a fake cloud TOS. The treacherous waters of going beyond the limits of classic terminal operating systems, by Harry Nguyen, Founder and CEO, Realtime Business Solutions

◾ Is your ship future-proof? From business as usual to business unusual, by Esa Jokioinen, Director, Sales & Marketing, Deltamarin

◾ Young (digital) blood. Why e-freight forwarders will claim the road market for themselves, by Matthias Arnhold

◾ A game changer. How a Swedish tech-company is helping to transform road freight, by Ragnar Johansson

◾ Trust, but verify - smartly. How to take the risk out of container logistics, by Christian Roeloffs, CEO & Founder, Container xChange

Want to learn even more? Check the Short Stories column:

◾ Remote Service App

◾ Cyber Wellness at Sea Training Programme

◾ HHLA's CTB uses machine learning for container dwell time prediction

◾ EU-electrification of the Valencia port

◾ CSL to construct 2+2 autonomous e-ferries

◾ PortXL & Rotterdam port join the Québec Laurentia project

◾ The CoalitionPost-COVID-19 cyber security

◾ Autonomous guard vessels

◾ Drones in Szczecin-Świnoujście

◾ World's first tiltable rotor sail

◾ Molslinjen's e-ferry to be fitted with Corvus Energy'ss ESS

◾ Hydrogen and e-fuels co-op established in Denmark

◾ Cat commissions Yaskawa Environmental Energy/The Switch

◾ Copenhagen fitted with a rotor sail

◾ Hydrogen co-op in Gävle

◾ Liquefied CO2 to be shipped through Gothenburg

◾ ABP implements drone & cloud asset management

◾ Wärtsilä-DNV GL digital co-op

Also, in the News section you'll find items on:

◾ Karlshamn gets the expansion green light

◾ Sweden's support of the shipping business

◾ Birka Cruises shuts down

◾ Wagenborg links Oxelösund and Riga

◾ Viking Line certified according to DNV GL's My Care

◾ Gasum opens a gas bunkering station in Nynäshamn

◾ Kiel Canal dues - suspended

◾ First external use of Liebherr's TCC 78000

◾ First commercial port call to as well as freight train handling at Stockholm Norvik

◾ Deltamarin wins design contract for Finnlines' new Superstars

◾ Up to DKK1.0b/€130m of green investments in Esbjerg

◾ ICA, Volvo, Green Cargo, and Scanlog vs. COVID-19

◾ Taicang added to Nippon Express' Japan-Europe service

◾ WALLENIUS SOL cuts steel for its first newbuild

◾ Maersk's AE19 sea-rail-sea goes east

◾ UECC trialled biobunkering

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on Russian seaports, the Port of Szczecin-Świnoujście, the Port of Trelleborg, UTLC ERA, Finnlines, Hapag-Lloyd, Tallink & Silja Line, DFDS' ro-ro & ferry division, and HHLA.

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We are more than happy to present the #31 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

In the first issue of 2020 we will take a closer look at the ever increasing threat cyber-attacks pose for the maritime industry and the resulting need for a smart and proactive approach to cyber-security. It becomes even more important given the current COVID-19 pandemic, as it had a big impact on what means cyber-criminals employ in order to breach security systems.

Interested in finding out more? Perfect! Be our guest and make a deep dive on what the following pieces had to say:

• After the pandemic: Cyber security becomes more important than ever, by Lars Jensen, CEO, SeaIntelligence
• Navigating in an Online World by Anu Khurmi, Managing Director, Global Services, Templar Executives
• The risk-based approach to cybersecurity by Jim Boehm, Nick Curcio, Peter Merrath, Lucy Shenton,
  and Tobias Stähle

Want to learn even more? Check the Short Stories column:

• European consortium formed to deliver new Shift2Rail project
• Port of Ashdod starts cyber-security programme
• Alpha Ori hits another cybersecurity landmark
• ClassNK launches cyber security training
• Coronavirus crisis is a paradise for online scammers
• Cyber-sec best practices for container vessels
• Pandemic profiteering
• MAN’s cyber-attack resistant engine safe
• Holland America and Princess report security breach
• MSC hit by potential cyber-attack
• UK Government publishes cyber-sec guidance for ports
• ACI addresses cyber-sec in view of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Seven cyber-security trends for 2020

Also, in the News section you'll find items on:

• Maritime incumbents partnered with start-ups
• New Liebherr equipment lands in China
• Green energy coming to Oostende
• APM Terminals presents Poti expansion project
• COVID-19: Port of Algeciras remains open for business
• ICS issues new Coronovirus guidance
• Capbreton goes green
• Cavotec stays at the top of the e-charging market in Norway
• P&O Ferries doubles rail capacity at the Europoort hub
• Rotterdam selects INFORM for software optimization
• Cargo keeps flowing through Felixstowe despite COVID-19
• Zeebrugge is 5G-ready
• COVID-19: Port of Antwerp Taskforce update
• Kings of Spain check in with the Port of Valencia
• Inmarsat takes active role in decarbonising shipping
• Agricultural producers tip their hats to truckers
• PSA International flirts with hydrogen
• COVID-19: TT Club’s guidance repository
• Stena Line sends more employees on a leave of absence
• GEODIS sets up an air bridge between Asia and Europe

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on the ports of Barcelona, Genoa, Liepāja, Los Angeles, Riga, Rostock, St. Petersburg, Singapore, Zeebrugge and more, as well as a statistical overview od DFDS' ferry and ro-ro division's 2019 records.

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We are more than happy to present the #30 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This edition will focus on one of the defining events of the past few years - Brexit. What impact will it have on the port industry? How are the ports preparing for the shakeup on such a major scale? Join us as we try to divine the future and find answers to these and many other questions.

Interested in finding out more? Perfect! Be our guest and make a deep dive on what the following pieces had to say:

• It's time to turbo-charge trade, by David Leighton, Group Head of Corporate Affairs & Marketing, Associated British Ports
• BREXIT and transport: A talk with ITS UK’s Jennie Martin, by ERTICO
• Playing Nostradamus. A chat with Mark Simmonds, Head of Policy and External Affairs, British Ports Association, by Andrzej Urbaś, Content Editor, Harbours Review

Want to learn even more? Check the Short Stories column:

• Samskip to connect Portugal and the UK directly
• UK Government Brexit Guidance
• Guidance for hauliers and commercial drivers
• Peel Ports promises to ensure smooth cargo flow despite Brexit
• Queen takes personal interest in Britain's rail reform
• New arrival for Project Pilgrim
• When it finally comes…
• DFDS' Brexit preparations
• Heysham set for post-Brexit growth on Irish Sea
• No halt to the HGV driver shortage
• Digitalisation as an answer to Brexit
• Business booms in the Eurotunnel
• BPA's 2020 priorities outlined

Also, in the News section you'll find items on:

• Mitsubishi Shipbuilding christens new cargo-passenger ship
• CMA CGM initiates alternative fuels coalition
• UECC's newbuilds to be ‘green financed’
• Gasum-Swedegas LNG & LBG deal
• World’s most powerful all-electric clean-up boat
• Inmarsat launches Fleet LTE service in the North Sea
• Oldendorff joins Getting to Zero Coalition
• Corsica Linea to offer innovative digital platform for passengers
• Inaugurating OPS at the Port of Dunkirk
• Liebherr air conditioning systems on the road in Eastern Europe
• Finnlines orders two new ferries
• ‘Balanced Logistics’ HHLA wants to be climate neutral
• First LNG fuelled ferry built in Japan
• Naval drones coming to Oostende
• exactEarth and Hisdesat sign a deal with EMSA
• Tideworks scores contract with Freightliner and Pentalver
• Port of Felixstowe upgrades ro-ro facilities
• Künz to supply new crane for Hafen Linz
• Kalmar celebrates new milestone in Italy

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on the ports of Gdańsk and Genoa, statistical overviews of the volumes handled in Finnish, Russian, Spanish and Norwegian ports, as well as how the NCSP Group fared in 2019.

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Dear Readers,

Welcome to this year's latest and last instalment of the printed version of the Harbours Review, where we've collected some of the most interesting and insightful pieces gathered on the pages of our e-zines throughout the past months. While the year is slowly crawling to an end, we're doing the exact opposite and picking up the pace.

Winter sleep is out of the question with everything that's been going on recently. This issue, whether you're reading it on your tablet or flipping through the printed pages while enjoying your whatever-the-time-is-coffee, has four major focus points.

We're kicking things off with the future of work, analysing how Millennials are faring in the maritime industry (12-13). At the same time, we're asking the question everyone seems to worry about most, namely will the advancing technology be the end of the rank and file worker (14-23)?

On the topic of technology, all you tech-savvy readers will have a chance to bite into the meat of the matter and decide for yourselves whether blockchain (28-29) truly is all that it's promised to be (26-17).

Sustainability also makes an appearance, as we delve into the characteristics defining smart ports (56-57).

Naturally, it is impossible to ignore economic topics (46-47), not with the world's two leading superpowers at each other's throat (42-45).

Have a great read!

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Dear Readers,

Welcome to the newest instalment of the printed version of our journal, your humble bundle of the finest transport & logistics pieces we gathered during the past couple of months!

This issue is all about the light and dark sides of technology. On the one hand, there's the cyber threat, which, as the title of the opening article reads, is today The norm, not the exception (pgs. 16-17). As such, one needs to set up a Digital defence (18-20), Making the hackers' job hard (22-23), including The enemy within (24-25). That said, there's A long way to go (26-27) before one obtains The cyber security seal (28-29).

On the other hand, the industry is Set for lift off (38-39), because incredible things can happen When human meet algorithms (32-34), such as Reshaping logistics (35-37). But how to achieve that? Well, Communication is everything (52-53) and Well-informed shipping (46-47) can get a tech-savvy company - one that's asking questions like IT and containers: a fitting or pinching match (48-49) - Off the blocks (44-45) towards becoming Green and smart (40-43).

Investing in technology is like The rub of the green (58-65), it can make a difference, and some are already Leading by example (54-57). After all, we've got only One atmosphere (66-67) and we should do our best so that each and every earthling could breathe freely. Is technology, therefore, a Guarantee against inefficiency (68-69) and that Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower (70-72)? We'll see. For now, let us start a new chapter of what otherwise seems to be A never-ending story (73-75).

Have a great, cyber-technology-sustainability read!

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We are more than happy to present the #29 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This edition will take us on a trip along the New Silk Road, as we take a closer look at transport & logistics between China and Europe. We will also travel to the front of the US-China trade war in an attempt to predict possible outcomes of the conflict.

Interested in finding out more? Perfect! Be our guest and make a dive deep on what the following piece had to say:

• When dragons and eagles go to war. Are China and the US on a one-way trip towards the point of no return?, by Andrzej Urbas, Content Editor, Harbours Review

Want to learn even more? Check the Short Stories column:

• The 'salmon train'
• Belarusians work on digitalising the New Silk Road
• The Middle Corridor launches a service over the Black Sea
• Nearly all westbound New Silk Road trains now laden
• UTLC ERA New Silk Road partnership with Lanzhou Anting PIL Logistics
• Yantai-Moscow rail service opens
• Hupac trials the Milan-Xi'an route
• A new rail freight connection between China and Belgium
• Budapest-Xiamen train
• First test-run between China and Serbia
• From China to Slovakia to CEE
• New Silk Road goes blockchain
• Marmaray Tunnel now open to freight trains
• Ghent and Xi'an - linked
• Duisburg to have a brand-new New Silk Road terminal
• The 'liquor train'
• Logistics hub Venlo on the map in China
• From China to Germany 40% faster

Also, in the News section you'll find items on:

• Scandlines to mount a sail on one of its ferries
• Gdynia secures EU aid for modernising its intermodal terminal
• Norsepower receives €8m support, plus partners with Wärtsilä
• Södertälje’s first LNG bunkering
• The world’s largest gas-run container ship
• P&O Ferries invests €260m in two newbuilds
• Vordingborg launches Stage 4 of its expansion project
• North Sea Port broadens its rail network
• Kotka’s new terminal
• Autonomous e-trucks to be tested in Helsingborg
• Damen celebrates keel-laying of new dredging vessel
• Esbjerg adds another machine to its mobile harbour crane fleet
• World’s largest cruise ship battery pack
• MSC Gate Bremerhaven orders 25 rows-reach STSes
• CMA CGM launches the BSMAR service
• ABB to bring autonomous technology to the Port of Singapore
• UECC inks third battery-LNG PCTC
• Tallinn opens the refurbished part of Terminal D
• Maersk Pelican’s rotor sail test successful
• Trelleborg flirts with solar energy
• Ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge initiate merger negotiations
• Viking Line’s new vessel to top climate-friendly charts

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on the ports of St. Petersburg, Szczecin-Świnoujście, Bremen-Bremerhaven, Tallinn, Turku, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Riga and Liepāja, as well as an overview of how ports in the UK fared. We've also kept an eye on the volumes of HHLA's Sea Container Terminals and COSCO Shipping Ports. Short rundowns of Tallink's and Viking Line's numbers also found their way into the issue.

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We are more than happy to present the #28 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This edition brings together a variety of articles showcasing how today's transport & logistics is embracing future technologies - yes, yes, including everybody's favourite attention getter, blockchain! - for greater efficiency, visibility, safety, and eco-friendliness to name just these four areas.

Interested in finding out more? Perfect! Be our guest and make a dive deep on what the following pieces have to say:

• Revolution by evolution. Autonomous ships are hailed as the future of shipping. The technology is here, but are we ready for it?, by Filip Koscielecki, Claims Executive, UK P&I Club
• Electric, digital, and connected. On the way to a smarter future, by Guido Jouret, Chief Digital Officer, ABB
• "Doing something." Examples of how to effectively use blockchain in the transport industry, by Deanna MacDonald, CEO, BLOC
• A blockbuster. How to use blockchain to optimise supply chains, by Marie Pavesio, Deputy Director for Projects, Audits and Business Development, MGI
• One shot, multiple hits. Addressing the excuses of not using hydrogen as ship fuel, by Carl Fischer, CEO & Co-Founder, sHYp B.V.
• Deconstruction of the value chain. Companies-turned-freelancers and what it could mean for the shipping industry, by Dr Johannes Schlingmeier, CEO, Container xChange
• Don't let it turn to dust. Unlocking data is key to improving safety at sea, by Manit Chander, CEO, HiLo Maritime Risk Management
• The new fuel. Why ports should transform themselves into digital data platforms, by Bartosz Dąbrowski

Want to learn even more? Check the Short Stories column:

• PortXL's record shakedown
• The impact of autonomous vehicles on ports - scrutinised
• One Sea grows with three new members
• K Line harnesses wind power for auxiliary propulsion
• Inmarsat and Hyundai fast-track maritime digitalisation
• The HYCAS study
• CCPO goes for the latest Tekomar XPERT
• PortX-Helm Operations' AI co-op
• ClassNK gives AOT’s SMARTShip its approval
• Guide to Container Tracking and Telematics Technology

Also, in the News section you'll find items on:

• Ghent to grow - 'multimodally'
• Dredging of Elbe - starts
• LNG SIMOPS in Rotterdam
• e-Ottawas to work in California
• Tellus enters traffic
• Belfast opens a dedicated cruise terminal
• EGS re-arranges its Rotterdam-Munich service
• P&O's HU-DE-NL rail service
• Yilport moves into Taranto
• Zeebrugge - COSCO's first Navis N4 terminal
• Color Line takes delivery of its eco-newbuild
• Maersk's first Asia-Europe sea-rail service
• Volcan de Tagoro on her way to Spain
• Circle broadens its portfolio
• Automated mooring in Tallinn
• Danish Register of Shipping to go digital

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on the ports of Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Belfast, Duisburg, Helsinki, and Constantza, as well as an overview of how ports in Sweden and Finland fared.

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We are more than happy to present the #27 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This edition zeroes in on the selected developments that came to pass during this year's TOC Europe exhibition as well as across the diverse set of conferences the event hosted.

Got your attention? Good! Find more in our new column Short Stories:

• LiUP® now also for mobile harbour cranes
• Hyster delivers at TOC Europe…
• …so does INFORM…
• …as well as Bromma
• Volvo Penta's e-terminal tractor
• 800 boxes/hour

Also, in the News section you'll find items on:

• Baltic - the world's first broadband sea
• BP-Nouryon-Rotterdam green hydrogen co-op
• A sulphur-sniffing drone north of the Great Belt
• Wallenius and Swedish Orient Line form a JV
• Maputo grows its Liebherr fleets
• PD Ports launches Teesport-Doncaster rail service
• Maersk's first cold storage in St. Petersburg
• Muuga to house a new terminal
• TradeLens enters St. Petersburg
• Kongsberg to deliver its Power & Propulsion System to Egil Ulvan's newbuild
• Grimaldi and Corvus complete their mega batteries project
• DFDS to test Volvo Trucks' Vera
• Port of Turku invests in automated mooring
• HMM will join THE Alliance
• Containerships' newest box ship goes live
• Kongsberg to tech-furnish Seabourn’s cruisers
• Changes in Rotterdam's rail network
• GSI to deliver two cruise ferries to Onorato
• Maersk tests biofuel
• Carnival connects to STM
• Ghent and Xi'an - linked
• Tilbury-Grangemouth rail service

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on:

• The ports of Antwerp, Durrës, Tallinn, Riga, Rostov-on-Don, North Sea Port, Turku, Klaipėda, and Hamburg, the volumes of Tallink, Finnlines, and Rosterminalugol, as well as how many containers were dispatched across Russia's rail network in Q1 2019.

Last but not least, there's a super-duper digital-fancy article - with clickable images which will lead you to more content, incl. a YouTube vid - on the inclusion of Millennials in the transport industry:

• Millennials in Maritime, by Matthew Wittemeier, Marketing & Sales, Logistics Division, INFORM

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We are more than happy to present the #26 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This edition is devoted to the cyber-topic, specifically to the issue of cyber security. Read more in the following pieces:

• The norm, not the exception. Cyber activity, a daily operational risk which needs to be addressed urgently by Mike Yarwood, Claims Executive, TT Club
• Digital defence. What can the maritime industry do to be more cyber-secure by Nikos Späth, Head of Media & Public Relations, DNV GL Maritime Communications
• Making the hackers' job hard. Time for transportation & logistics to up its cyber security as hackers put it on target list by Claus Herbolzheimer, Partner and Head of Digital, Technology & Analytics in Germany & Austria, and Max-Alexander Borreck, Principal, Transport and Logistics, Oliver Wyman
• The enemy within. How identity management will change in 2019 to provide the ultimate cyber protection by Mark Rodbert, CEO, idax Software
• A long way to go. Not all quiet on the global shipping cyber security front by Peter Broadhurst, Senior VP of Safety and Security, Inmarsat Maritime
• The cyber security seal. Interview with Itai Sela, CEO, Naval Dome, by Przemysław Myszka
• The need to create a culture of agile incident response in Industrial Control Systems. Interview with Prof. Helge Janicke, Director, Cyber Technology Institute, De Montfort University, by Alice Clochet, Content Manager, Defence IQ
• The trust factor and human error in supply chain security. Blockchain and how it can make transport and logistics more cyber secure by Marcin Lewicki, CEO & Founder, Sternkraft
• Cybercrime. Should I or my company be concerned? No. You should be terrified by Julian Clark, Global Head of Shipping, Hill Dickinson LLP

Got your attention? Good! Find more in our new column Short Stories:

• 3^rd edition of the Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships - published
• ClassNK approaches cyber security, too
• Naval Dome to cyber-protect Totem Plus
• ClassNK and TÜV Rheinland enter into a cyber-security services co-op

Also, in the News section you'll find items on:

• Dublin-Rotterdam ro-ro capacity goes up
• Piraeus-NASPA New Maritime Silk Road MoU
• DP World's bid to buy P&O Ferries and P&O Ferrymasters
• LNG-retrofitted Nápoles enters traffic
• KMOU and MMU students to train on Kongsberg Digital's simulators
• Stena Bulk invests in scrubbers to comply with the 0.5% sulphur cap
• NCP chooses Navis N4
• FRS will put a new ship across the Melilla-Motril route
• Rotterdam gears up for Brexit
• FSG delivers the sixth ro-ro ship to SIEM
• MSC contracts Fincantieri to build four luxury cruisers
• Sustainable marine biofuel oil put to the test

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on:

The ports of Algeciras, Dublin, Trieste, Thessaloniki, Oslo, Aarhus, HaminaKotka, Hirtshals, and Trelleborg, as well as on the volumes of HHLA's sea container terminals.

Last but not least, we've got for you two super heavy info-nuggets with plenty of data and graphics on a multitude of cyber issues:

• Cyber Security Challenges. Focuses For 2019 by Cyber Security Hub
• Cyber Attacks on CNI: The Cost of a Data Breach by Defence IQ

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We are more than happy to present the #25 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This edition is devoted to the topic of port equipment. Read more in the following pieces:

• What the Industrial Internet of Things can do for you. Interview with Sue Rutherford, VP Marketing, and Christian Allred, VP International, ORBCOMM, by Przemysław Myszka
• CRIST shipyard confirms: "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." Interview with Karolina Parkitna, Head of Administration Department, CRIST S.A., by Przemysław Opłocki
• Versatile as the ships it delivers. An overview of CRIST's completed and ongoing shipbuilding projects by Ewa Kochańska
• Innovation is what makes the winner. Interview with Martin McVicar, Managing Director, Combilift, by Agnieszka Pacholczyk

Got your attention? Good! Find more in our new column Short Stories:

• Two prototype hybrid straddle carriers join CTT's fleet
• HHLA completes rail-upgrading Burchardkai
• INFORM among 2018's most promising AI solution providers
• Antwerp lands a €3.0b-big investment
• Atakaş Port Business buys another crane from Konecranes
• Northern Ireland's BCT opts for Kalmar's AutoRTG system
• Exolgan buys hybrid RTGs from Kalmar
• SCPA buys hybrid RTGs
• VICT entrusts Kalmar with a maintenance and support services deal
• Norfolk Southern chooses Kalmar to boost its US intermodal terminals
• Saqr Port will grow with three brand-new cranes
• Konecranes sells to China-Africa
• Grimaldi and VTE join H2PORTS
• The world's strongest reachstacker
• Hutchison invests in Felixstowe's ro-ro capacity
• Liebherr's latest deliveries to the US
• All-electric Dragons join OT Logistics' STK's locomotive fleet

Also, in the News section you'll find items on:

• ABB to furnish Iceland's new e-ferry
• Russia's to have a new seaport in the Baltic
• Stena RoRo to revamp a Japanese ferry
• Fincantieri cuts two €1.5b-worth in total deals with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
• Launch of the Maritime Connectivity Platform Consortium (MCC)
• Grimaldi to upgrade its fleet's communication capacities
• Hapag-Lloyd to gas-retrofit one of its 15k TEU-big ships
• PD Ports' Teesport is now AEO-certified

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on:

The ports of Rotterdam, Gdańsk, Szczecin-Świnoujście, Gdynia, Tuapse, Antwerp and Hamburg, as well as on the volumes of HUPAC Intermodal and the EUROGATE Group.

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Container Atlas Europe 2017/18 - a handy, one-place, 114-page big publication on the European feeder & shortsea box market!

The Atlas contains maps and charts of all regular feeder and shortsea services in Europe - covering the north of the continent, the Mediterranean region, and the Black Sea - and specified by each and every shipping operator, the service's name, as well as ports and terminals of call (as of 2018's beginning).

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We are more than happy to present the #19 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This time we're putting the spotlight on port equipment.

Read more about the topic in the following articles:

• Driverless equipment at ports. Container terminal automation
• How to invest sustainably? Sustainable terminals
• Combi-SC for Eillogistik

Also, in the news section you'll find stories about:

• Mantsinen 300 goes live in Vuosaari
• Brittany Ferries' project guaranteed by EIB
• New ro-ro service from Vigo
• Antoine de Saint Exupery joins CMA CGM's fleet
• DFDS says goodbye to its terminal in Esbjerg
• Port of Thessaloniki sold
• P&O Cruises to have a new vessel
• Kalmar-PSA contract signed
• Marittima Spedizioni bought by Grimaldi
• Tractors for Onorato Armatori Group
• LaseTLP installed at Sun Kwang Container Terminal
• Piraeus port's network infrastructure to be modernized
• USPA receives ESPO observer status
• "Tesla of the canals" to set sail
• Coral EnergICE receives its name

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We are more than happy to present the #20 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This time we're highlighting the port and shipyard industries.

Read more about the topic in the following articles:

• Uniformity with financial and environmental balance. ESPO's Annual Report 2016-2017 (incl. ESPO’s sustainability report 2017)
• Waste-to-resource. Making ports sustainable and more eco-friendly by refining slops
• Sea Traffic Management project redefines the possibilities of a digital future. Next step in a project to optimize maritime information sharing
• How to hire - and keep - the best. Employee experience
• Position of the European Sea Ports Organisation on Brexit
• Passengers and guns only. Baltic and European shipyards' performance in 2016

Also, in the news section you'll find stories about:

• Finnlines to jumboize two ships…
• …and so will its parent company
• DFDS to take over U.N. Ro-Ro
• Port of Hull's new STSes come online
• MLT Helsinki buys a STS from Konecranes
• Green Cargo and Yilport launch a new (ultra-short) rail service
• HHLA takes over Muuga CT
• Two new rail services connecting Koper to Munich
• Piraeus III arrives
• Bremerhaven to revamp the Columbus Quay
• Zeebrugge port's overseas partnership
• MedPort Tangier gears up with STSes
• P&O Ferries to move to a new berth in Tilbury
• Newport to have a new warehouse
• Antwerp to extend its LNG bunkering services
• Felixstowe's new STSes
• North-West European CO₂ coalition
• Zamakona Yards to build two ships for RAL
• 3i Group sells Scandlines, but re-buys stake
• Gothenburg has two new terminals
• DCT orders Kalmar's RTGs
• Viking Grace to sail on wind

In the Market SMS section, in turn, you'll find statistics in a nutshell on the ports of Thessaloniki, Koper, Genoa, Hirtshals, Constantza, Stockholm, Bilbao, Dublin, and Trieste, as well as data on Finnlines, Tallink, DFDS Seaways, Hapag-Lloyd, Kombiverkehr, and on rail container traffic in Russia.

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We are more than happy to present the #21 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This time we're highlighting what happened during the latest TOC Europe 2018 that took place on 12-14 May in Rotterdam.

Read more in the following pieces:

• Darwin was right (even about IT). Interview with Chris Mason, Director of Sales - EMEA, Rajant Corporation
• From manufacturing to digital optimisation consulting. Interview with Philipp Helberg, Marketing Manager Maritime Cranes, Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock
• As free as a bird. Interview with Shirley Salzman, Marketing Director, Percepto
• Solid as a computer. Interview with Peter Lundgren, Business Development Executive for Ports, JLT Mobile Computers
• Putting a plug in OPS. Interview with Davide Reale, System Specialist in Shore Power, Cavotec Group
• How the Maritime Module tackles Slow Steaming Strategy. The new Synchro-NET approach to multimodal international logistic chains by Roberto Accardi and Chiara D’Ambrosio

• Ignacio de Sebastian, Senior Sales Manager Spain & Portugal, Kalmar
• Matthew Wittemeier, Marketing Manager, INFORM
• Nicola Mori, Export and Product manager, ARISTONCAVI
• Julian Alexander, Product Line Manager Material Handling, Continental
• Derek Kober, Vice President of Marketing, Navis
• Karri Lehtonen, COO, Youredi
• Niklas Thulin, Director Electromobility, Volvo Penta
• Roberto Bernacchi, Global Product Manager Shore-to-ship power & Smart Ports, ABB
• Lies Barra, Business Development Manager, TVH
• Stefanie Gesiorski, Marketing Manager, XVELA
• and Lisa M. Barbieri, Vice President Marketing, CM Labs

We are more than happy to present the #22 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

Since the world currently finds itself amidst the so-called digital revolution, the latest issues zeros in on various transport & logistics-related IT solutions & products.

Read more in the following pieces:

• Be smart. How digital technologies can help ports achieve optimal efficiency by Ewa Kochańska
• The creeping revolution. The fairway to smart shipping by Andrzej Urbaś
• When humans meet algorithms. Artificial Intelligence in ports by Eva Savelsberg, Senior Vice President, Logistics Division, INFORM
• Reshaping logistics. Drones, robots, and self-driving vehicles by Matthew Wittemeier, Marketing and Sales, Logistics Division, INFORM
• Set for lift off. The maritime Internet of Things by Ronald Spithout, President, Inmarsat Maritime
• The Baltic Sea sandbox. A field test for the digitisation of the maritime sector by Kevin Hohmann
• Tides and currents go mainstream. Achieving real-time vessel optimisation with metocean data by Penny Haire, Manging Director, Tidetech
• Truly online. Globecomm VSAT and Briese Schiffahrts. Crew wellbeing and real-time fleet visibility by Gregor G. Ross, Sales & Marketing Director - Europe, Globecomm
• Building the supply chain blocks. Blockchain in logistics by Jim Beveridge, Cordelia Wilson, and Danielle McDonald, ERTICO - ITS Europe
• How the Maritime Module tackles Slow Steaming Strategy. The new Synchro-NET approach to multimodal international logistic chains by Roberto Accardi and Chiara D'Ambrosio

Also, in the News section you'll find stories about:

• ICO expands in Zeebrugge
• Kongsberg to take over Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine
• Koper buys Konecranes' RTGs
• A shipyard-academia co-op
• Marlink-Transmetrics co-op to digitalise end-to-end maritime logistics
• An autonomous sounding boat in Antwerp
• VARD to build the world's first autonomous and zero-emission container ship
• DP World to take over Unifeeder
• Ghent's first roofed sea terminal-warehouse
• Bernhard Schulte entrusts Ulstein with a new contract
• Kongsberg to furnish Grimaldi's G5Gs
• Norrköping port upgrade gets the legal green light
• HaminaKotka-VRT Finland 3D co-op comes to the surface

In the Market SMS section, in turn, you'll find statistics in a nutshell on:

• Ports of Stockholm, Genoa, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Gdańsk, Barcelona, HaminaKotka, Ust-Luga, and St. Petersburg
• as well as on the entire UK and Spanish port sectors
• along with figures on freight carriages done by Hapag-Lloyd, Finnlines, and TransContainer
• not least on rail container traffic in Russia, incl. New Silk Road transits

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Have a great read!

We are more than happy to present the #23 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

The 0.5% global sulphur cap will enter into force in just over one year's time. Many believe that it will turn the industry inside out. Shipowners and operators will not only have to take care of the fuel switch, but, among others, also re-supply their lubricant stocks, as otherwise they risk seriously damaging the machinery.

Read more in the following pieces:

• A rock. Fuelling bunker efficiency post-2020 by Lars Fischer, Managing Director, Softship Data Processing, Singapore
• It won't happen overnight. Organising the switch to low-sulphur fuel by John LaRese, Marine Fuels Technical Advisor, ExxonMobil
• A guarantee against inefficiency. The FUELSAVE MARINE+ eco-technology for reducing bunker consumption by Stefan Schneider
• One atmosphere. Enabling shippers to mitigate their carbon footprint with innovative bunker solutions by Anniek Sluis, Growth Accelerator, GoodShipping Program
• Preparing for 2020. The importance of choosing the correct lubricant by Serge Dal Farra, Global Marketing Director, Total Lubmarine
• The inevitable 2020. Readying the industry for the sulphur cap transition by Larry Rumbol, Marine Condition Monitoring Manager, Parker Kittiwake

Got your attention? Good! Find more in our new column Short Stories:

• Whitstar joins WFS' fleet
• KDI to deliver an LNG simulator package to GasLog
• Sailing on cooking oil
• Blockchain bunkering
• Methanol one step closer to be officially recognised as ship bunker
• Stena Line tests bunker-friendly AI
• Høglund grows with two divisions
• Marlink-We4Sea big data co-op to cut ships' bunker consumption
• NOVATEK-JOGMEC LNG co-op
• DFDS chooses scrubbers to comply with the 2020 sulphur cap
• MAN to LNG-convert Baleària's ferries
• LNG cold ironing in Hamburg
• Skangas climbs SEA\LNG's membership to 34

Also, in the News section you'll find stories about:

• Kongsberg to tech-furnish OHT's first heavy lift vessel
• A sulphur sniffer over the Sund
• Cargotec joins Rainmaking's Trade & Transport programme
• ABP goes through blockchain with fine-tooth comb
• HHLA handles the world's largest ship propeller in Hamburg
• Barcelona unveils PierNext
• Gävle to have an automated warehouse for paper rolls
• Hamburg can go ahead with adjusting the Elbe
• Antwerp Gateway goes wireless
• Grangemouth's new STS arrives
• Antwerp to have a new tank farm
• Samskip's new Antwerp-Hull container service
• DFDS to upgrade its BE-ENG-NO service
• New container service Zeebrugge-Teesport
• CLdN new BE-ENG-ES service

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on:

• EUROGATE terminals in Europe and Africa, all Finnish ports (both total freight turnover and container traffic), as well as the ports of Bremen & Bremerhaven, Gävle, Valencia, Le Havre, Gothenburg, Huelva, Klaipėda, Bilbao, Piombino, La Spezia, and Oslo.

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We are more than happy to present the #24 issue of the Harbours Review e-zine!

This edition is devoted to the topic of wind energy. Read more in the following pieces:

• Wind power helps Europe breathe easier. The five-year outlook for wind energy sees Europe chasing Asia by Ewa Kochańska
• Partnership delivers. Interview with Wim Stubbe, Business Development Manager, the Port of Oostende, and Emmanuël Timmermans, Business Development Manager, Renewable Energy Base Oostende (REBO) by Przemysław Opłocki

Also, in the News section you'll find stories about:

• VELA-Wilson Sons Group cloud co-op in Brazil
• Holland America Line switches more vessels to cold ironing
• Liebherr sells to Guatemala
• Høglund and Yxney Maritime team up
• Hapag-Lloyd invests in scrubbers ahead of 2020
• The Chinese Cruise Hub - with Italian support
• EUROGATE Tanger buys RTGs from Kalmar
• Grande Torino joins Grimaldi's fleet
• Container majors target digitalisation through a new association
• Navis and COSCO create a joint Center of Excellence
• Port of Houston buys RTGs from Konecranes

While in the Market SMS column you'll find statistics in a nutshell on:

The ports of Valencia, Piombino, and all - yes, all! - freight handling seaports in the UK.

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Have a great read!

Dear Readers,

Welcome to the newest printed edition of the Harbours Review, your go-to source of the latest intelligence on the European and global transport & logistics industry.

Once more we've gathered a set of articles in one place, a genuine cream of the crop, to give you an overview of the most topical issues currently moulding the business of moving objects and people from one place to another.

Specifically, we've put a spotlight on the themes of ports & shipping and technology. Additionally, there's a smaller, yet highly valuable section on legal matters, like Brexit, international trade sanctions, and cyber.

The main parts couldn't be much more diversified, as we've got pieces on the up-to-date state of the European seaport industry, including EU state aid and what Artificial Intelligence has to do with port operations; how harbours can adapt to climate change and make money out of waste; on the sea traffic management and the proposal of a global ship speed reduction scheme (and why it might not work); why the maritime business has to adapt in order to attract, hire, and keep the best talent - also from the born-digital millennial generation; why, according to some, the transport & logistics industry is "dumb, dark, and disconnected" and why it does not "get it" (i.a., that digitalisation can mean either innovation or disruption - if not destruction of it); plus several top-shelf articles on solutions that already have tangibly reshaped the logistics domain.

All of this stacked against a comprehensive collection of Red-hot port matters and Market SMSes, our creative way of locking news and statistics in a nutshell.

Have a great read!

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Dear Readers,

We are more than happy to present the #18 Harbours Review e-zine. Its main focus is put on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Read more about the topic in the following articles:

- To LNG or not to LNG. Supply-demand outlook for Liquefied Natural Gas, by Katarzyna Chmielewska

- Future-fit fuel. Could 2020 facilitate a marine bunker tippinpoint for LNG?, by Steve Esau

- Pros and cons. Issues behind the Russian LNG industry's development, by Inessa Shahnazarova and Ekaterina Vankova

LNG is also covered by our expert:

- Emil Arolski, Chairman of the Board, Polish LNG Platform

As usual, find recent news and statistics from the market in the Red-hot port matters, and MarketSMS sections.

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We are more than happy to present the #17 Harbours Review e-zine.

This time we prepared a special topic for our Readers: Onshore Power Supply.

Read more about the topic in the following articles:

- OPS on stage in Gothenburg. Harbours Review Spotlight: Onshore Power Supply, 25-26 October, SE/Gothenburg, by Andrzej Urbaś

- OPS in the Port of Trelleborg. Case study, by Jānis Mihelsons

as well as in the Interviews section:

- Talking OPS. Interview with Poul Woodall, Director, Environment & Sustainability, DFDS, by Andrzej Urbaś 

Onshore Power Supply is also covered by our experts:

- Grant Brown, Vice President Marketing, PBES

- Roberto Bernacchi, Shore-to-ship power & Smart Ports Global, Product Manager Power Grids, ABB

- P A Ingman, Electrical Engineer, Silja Serenade

As usual, find recent news and statistics from the market in the Red-hot port matters, and MarketSMS sections.

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Another year is coming to an end. As promised, we're pre-senting to you our second 2017 printed Harbours Review, with the best articles gathered over the second half of this year.

And so - the topics! First of all you'll find out how many conferences we have covered this year. Our team travelled to Bulgaria, Estonia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Belgium (and earlier, Malta), to finally land in Sweden again, not to mention events taking place in Poland. And where will you meet us in 2018? So far we are 100% sure that you'll be reading this during Transport Week in Gdańsk, (6-8 March) and two times in Rotterdam - at ESPO (31 May-1 June) and TOC Europe (12-14 June).

We could not just let cybersecurity slide. Tuomas Kiiski writes: "Recently, anything with a prefix 'cyber-' has been over-popularized in media headlines and policymaking discussions. Nonetheless, the cyber domain - which initially sounded like science fiction - has become very, very real," and indeed - to learn more about how to keep your business safe from cyberattacks you must take a look at another article and an interview in this section. 

As usual, a strong focus is put on technology and how it impacts ports and shipping. Here you can find a lot about next-gen reefers, learn how IT can get ports to work more efficiently and in a smarter way, and meet the world's first fully electric, autonomous, and zero-emission container ship. Interested? But there's more - Chris Mason reveals the plans of a company that came from the military to ports and Esben Pejstrup-Pedersen writes about the EfficienSea2 project. Finally, we hope you enjoy the technological and futuristic accent in an article by Sue Terpilowski and in two interviews (a must-read because the guys from Navis and ORBCOMM really know their job).

The 0.5% sulphur cap is a hot topic, too. In order to help you brace yourselves for it, we've included a lot of materials for all you waiting for 2020 (check the articles written by Bruce Abbott, Charles L. Daly, and Unni Einemo). 

There is also something for those who want to read more about what is on the rise these days - namely, the cruise business. You will definitely find the article on Ecoship and the report covering cruise business in Europe in 2016 interesting.

We are also pleased to introduce to you our experts, people who shared their views on a variety of topics: the blue industry, ballast water management, key takeaways from the latest TOC Europe, and onshore power supply. But the next year is coming, a lot of topics to be covered, so stay tuned!

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We are more than happy to present the #16 Harbours Review E-zine!

This time we prepared a special topic for our Readers: Cyber security and risk management. 

First of all, we share with the market news in the "Red-hot port matters" section:

• Kloosterboer deploys new machinery in Vlissingen
• Investments in the Port of Cardiff
• Lithuania’s first LNG shipment from the US
• World’s first LNG-retrofitted container ship
• North France and East Canada team up
• Brittany Ferries charters one of Stena Line’s newbuilds
• Tulipa Seways joins DFDS’ fleet
• OT Logistics takes over Rijeka’s reins
• APM Terminals Zeebrugge to change hands
• Konecranes’ service agreement with MPET
• FESCO rail-links China and Europe

Let's not forget about the MarketSMS section:

• Port of Ystad: 124,712 ro-ro cargo units handled in H1 2017 (+7.9% yoy)
• CTSP: 319,000 TEU handled in H1 2017 (+10.7% yoy)
• Latvian seaports: 43.06 mln tn handled in I-VIII 2017 (+4.8% yoy)
• Port of Zeebrugge: 18.3 mln tn handled in H1 2017 (-5.7% yoy)
• Trans-Siberian Railway: 453.3 thou. TEU carried in H1 2017 (+38.8% yoy)
• Port of Turku: 62,154 trucks & trailers handled in I-VII 2017 (+2.2% yoy)
• Port of Algavre: 55,232 tn handled in H1 2017 (-63.8% yoy)
• Port of Sines: 25.81 mln tn handled in H1 2017 (+7.3% yoy)
• Ukrainian seaports: 76.2 mln tn handled in I-VII 2017 (+3.3% yoy)
• Port of Kavkaz: 19.97 mln tn handled in I-VII 2017 (+32% yoy)
• Hapag-Lloyd: 4.22 mln TEU carried in H1 2017 (+14% yoy)
• Port of Zeebrugge: 18.3 mln tn handled in H1 2017 (-5.7% yoy)

The e-zine contains also the following articles:

• ​The threat hidden in the depths. Maritime cyber security, by Lars Jensen
• The threat is real. Preparing for and dealing with cyberattacks, by Bartosz Dąbrowski
• IT thievery spawns. Increased risk of cyber theft in the supply chain, by Peregrine Storrs-Fox
• A matter of great urgency. Building up port cybersecurity capacity, by Tuomas Kiiski

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We are more than happy to present the #15 Harbours Review E-zine!

This issue's main theme is the past, present, and future of the container, and the summary of TOC Europe 2017. 

Firstly, we present what's new in the market:

• Konecranes sells equipment to USA
• Felixstowe to increase its crane capacity
• CMA CGM links the Black Sea with the Atlantic via Med Express line
• NTB upgraded to Navis N4
• Liebherr opens to Australia
• STX France to be nationalized
• Sandbank wind farm goes online

Let's not forget about the MarketSMS section:

• Norwegian Ports: 43.3 mln tn handled in Q1 2017 (-5.1% yoy)
• Spain’s Top 10 Ports: 175.73 mln tn handled in I-V 2017 (+4.2% yoy)
• UK Top 10 Ports: 82.17 mln tn handled in Q1 2017 (-0.3% yoy)
• Ports of Galați, Brăila, and Tulcea: 3.44 mln tn handled in H1 2017 (-18.3% yoy)
• Port of Dunkirk: 46.7 mln tn handled in 2016 (+0.3% yoy)
• Port of Tanger Med: 1,555,560 TEU handled in H1 2017 (+11% yoy)
• Port of Taranto: 5.63 mln tn handled in Q1 2017 (-3.4% yoy)
• Port of Antwerp: 111.38 mln tn handled in H1 2017 (+2.8% yoy)
• Port of Ystad: 124,712 ro-ro cargo units handled in H1 2017 (+7.9% yoy)
• Port of Gdańsk: 18.6 mln tn handled in H1 2017 (+3.6% yoy)

As many as 11 experts shared their views on TOC and container market:

• Suzanne Tiago, Portfolio Marketing Manager, TOC Events Worldwide
• Martin Mannion, Ports & Marine Director – Europe, Middle East Africa & India, AECOM
• Lisa Barbieri, VP Marketing, CM Labs
• Matthew Wittemeier, Sales & Marketing Geschäftsbereich Logistik, INFORM
• Lev Aispur, Head of Sales Department (Terminal Operating Systems), SOLVO
• Norbert Klettner, Managing Director, RBS EMEA
• Michael Geiger, Sales Director, Künz
• Jörg Spiegelhalter, Strategic Industry Manager, Ports & Cranes, SICK
• Ottonel Popesco, President, PEMA
• Egita Aizsilniece-Ibema, Head of the Representation in the Netherlands, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)
• Wouter van den Bos, Founder and CEO, SDC Verifier

The e-zine contains also two articles…

• The future of the port & terminal technology business, by Rachael White
• Technology bulks up the bulk!, by Suzanne Tiago

… and three interviews, with:

• Guenter Schmidmeir, VP & General Manager EMEA, and Bruce Jacquemard, Chief Revenue Officer, Navis, supplemented by the voice of Guy Rey-Herme, CEO, XVELA
• Chris Mason, Director of Sales, EMEA Region, Rajant Corporation
• Peter Lundgren, Sales Director, JLT Mobile Computers

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We are more than happy to present the #14 Harbours Review E-zine!

This issue is especially dedicated to Ballast Water Management topics, namely:
 

• A decade at the forefront. Alfa Laval PureBallast, by Kristina Effler
   
• The ballast of new regulations. Harbours Review Spotlight: Ballast Water Management Seminar, March 8th, PL/Sopot, by Maciej Kniter
   
• Marine bioinvasion. Ballast water management, by Przemysław Myszka
   

Two experts shared their opinion on the topic of Ballast Water Management:

• Monika Normant-Saremba, Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk
   
• Fotios Katsoulas, Fleet and Newbuilding Analyst/Data Manager, Affinity
   

HR 2/2017 is also packed with the red-hot port matters…

• Damen Shipyards Galati delivers a W2W SOV
   
• Sagunto added to Spliethoff’s network
   
• 2017 CEF Transport Blending Call – launched
   
• Swedish green project in Welsh Holyhead
   
• Valletta Declaration approved
   
• Liebherr exports to India
   
• Baltic Sea region LNG cluster & LNG Competence Centre established
   

… as well as Market SMSes:
 

• THE PORT OF HAMBURG: 35.4 mln tn handled in Q1 2017 (+1.7% yoy)
   
• THE PORT OF GENOA: 13.43 mln tn handled in Q1 2017 (+8.1% yoy)
   
• CMA CGM: 15.6 mln TEU carried in 2016 (+20% yoy)
   
• RUSSIAN SEAPORTS: 183.3 mln tn handled in Q1 2017 (+9.5% yoy)
   
• THE PORT OF CONSTANTZA: 59.42 mln tn handled in 2016 (+5.5% yoy)
   
• THE PORT OF BARCELONA: 47.51 mln tn handled in 2016 (+3.4% yoy)
   
• THE PORT OF LISBON: 10.26 mln tn handled in 2016 (-11.4% yoy)
   
• THE PORT OF BORDEAUX: 7.84 mln tn handled in 2016 (-6.5% yoy)

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We are more than happy to present the 1/2017 printed edition of Harbours Review!

This year's first printed edition is divided into three sections: Legal & risk, such as maritime cyber security, the 0.5% sulphur cap, handling dangerous goods, free trade vs. protectionism; logistics, namely robotics and the IoT, the new silk road, blue economy, sustainable shipping, offshore wind energy, top 25 container carriers; and technology - unmanned shipping, truck platooning, big data, intelligent cargo, and next-gen simulation models.

The hard copy, besides Red-hot port matters, and Market SMS is also packed with the following articles:

• Using data to identify opportunities. Interview with Andy Barrons, Navis' Chief Marketing Officer & SVP, and Robert Inchausti, XVELA's CTO, by Maciej Kniter,
   
• Intelligent cargo. Going beyond today’s port & cargo community systems, by Marie Pavesio,
   
• Cooperative intelligence. The connected future of logistics and freight transports, by Lina Konstantinopoulou and Carla Coppola,
   
• The emergence of truck platooning. How automation will enable a new generation of freight transport in the very near future, by Davide Brizzolara,
   
• Demystifying big data. Transport’s next disruptor or a passing fad?, by Maxime Flament, Andrea Toth,
   
• The ballast of new regulations. Harbours Review Spotlight: Ballast Water Management Seminar, March 8th, PL/Sopot, by Maciej Kniter,
   
• How can simulations help ports and terminals? Advanced simulation models to support terminal planning and operations, Remmelt Thijs and Dr. Yvo Saanen,
   
• Shipping’s biggest revolution is coming. Rolls-Royce’s unmanned ship concept, by Patrik Wheater,
   
• Swinging into action. Port performance levelled-up by next-gen data fusion and analysis, by Rodrigo Fernandes, Frank Braunschweig, David Brito,
   
• Changing tides? How the free trade vs. protectionism clash impacts maritime transport services, by Dr. Kai-Dieter Classen,
   
• The threat hidden in the depths. Maritime cyber security, by Lars Jensen,
   
• Explosion & fire risk. The handling of dangerous goods in global trade, by Peregrine Storrs-Fox,
   
• Getting ready for the switch. The global 0.5% sulphur cap, by Bartosz Dąbrowski,
   
• Connecting the unconnected. The Internet of Things in warehousing and logistics, by Bartosz Dąbrowski,
   
• The future now. Robotics in logistics, by Katarzyna Chmielewska,
   
• Re-framed. New container-based frame for finished vehicle logistics, by Rutger Noorlander, 
   
• Railways of the New Silk Road. Bridging Europe with Asia, by Prof. Yuan Li,
   
• All roads lead to Beijing. Setting the world’s agenda with the New Silk Road, by Przemysław Myszka,
   
• The Mediterranean blue economy. A perspective from Southern Europe, by Paul Tourret,
   
• Home for blue growth. The Port of Oostende’s focus on the offshore business, by Wim Stubbe,
   
• Chop and change. Top 25 container carriers, Dirk Visser,
   
• In the wake of a new era of shipping. Interview with Ian Petty, Sustainable Shipping Initiative’s General Manager, by Przemysław Myszka and Maciej Kniter.

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Our latest 102-page publication, apart from the introductory article, written by Marek Błuś and titled Lost decade (partly) re-captured, is packed with the following:

• Maps of regular ro-pax services in Northern Europe, across the Mediterranean Sea, as well as in the Black Sea.

• Lists of all shipping operators and their regular ro-pax & ro-ro services.

• Breakdown of ports & terminals serving the European ro-pax & ro-ro market.

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We are more than happy to present the #13 Harbours Review E-zine!

This blue industry-dedicated issue presents the opinions of major European ports & people involved in this topic, clarifies the “blue economy” term, contains also two case studies (Barcelona and Tallinn), as well as gives us a history-and-future-rich blue perspective from the Mediterranean Sea region. 

The E-zine is packed with the following articles:

• The Mediterranean blue economy. A perspective from Southern Europe, by Paul Tourret
• Defining the blue terms. Principles for a Sustainable Blue Economy, by Isabelle Albuquerque
• One stop LNG shop. Small-scale LNG solution for bunkering, distribution & floating terminals, by Stig Anders Hagen
• Challenges and opportunities. Delivering a sustainable shipping industry, by Alastair Fischbacher
• Set rotors! Wind-assisted ship propulsion captures energy and attention, by Tuomas Riski
• The Port of Barcelona’s Air Quality Improvement Plan, by Jordi Vila
• Tallinn’s digitalization and environmental protection, by Valdo Kalm and Ellen Kaasik

The main topic is coloured with the Voices of:

• Dorothy Winters, the Port of Amsterdam’s Business Developer Offshore
• Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
• Christine Cabau Woerhel, the Port of Marseille Fos’ CEO
• Gunter Pauli, Economist and Author of The Blue Economy
• Monika Woźniak-Lewandowska, Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority’s Communication and PR Specialist
• Isabelle Ryckbost, ESPO’s Secretary General
• Jens Kirketerp Jensen, the Port of Hirtshals’ Managing Director

HR 1/2017 is also packed with the red-hot port matters…

• The Port of Immingham to be flood-resistant
• Bergen to invest in digitization
• Liebherr grows in Italy
• Viking Grace to be fitted with a rotor sail
• Amsterdam invests in wind farms
• Gdańsk sea-connected to North America
• The Port of Sines’ new crane
• Color Line-Ulstein hybrid ferry LOI
• New-old France-Iran-Iraq container service
• FFPD co-funded by bremenports
• GPH takes stakes in three Italian ports
• UECC’s new PCTCs deployed
• Gothenburg to have a new cruise terminal
• Karlshamn to handle Nord Stream’s 2 pipes
• New Baltic-Adriatic rail service
• Megastar set sails
• The Ports of Normandy Authority joins ECG

… as well as Market SMSes:

• The Port of Tallinn: 10,173.3 thou. passengers served in 2016 (+3.9% yoy)
• Contship Italia Group: 6.39 mln TEU handled in 2016 (+1.7% yoy)
• The Port of Klaipėda: 40.14 mln tn handled in 2016 (+4.2% yoy)
• The Port of Gothenburg: 538.0 thou. ro-ro cargo units handled in 2016 (+2.1% yoy)
• EUROGATE Group: 14.61 mln TEU handled in 2016 (+0.4% yoy)
• Valenciaport: 4,722,273 TEU handled in 2016 (+2.3% yoy)
• Container rail traffic in Russia: 3.26 mln TEU carried in 2016 (+10.2% yoy)
• The Port of Dublin: 26.0 mln tn handled in I-IX 2016 (+6.8% yoy)

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E-zine #8 - European LNG outlook

We are more than happy to present the #8 Harbours Review E-zine!

This issue is double-in-size, combining in one place the first two editions of the HR-branded European LNG outlook, the hardcopy publications we prepared for 2015 LNG events in Valencia and Trelleborg.

The E-zine #8 comprises numerous articles, interviews and opinions, crosscutting through the Liquefied Natural Gas market from different perspectives, including the following:

• Monika Rozmarynowska, Consultant at Actia Forum, reports on the LNG in Baltic seaports and the latest on the LNG market
   
• Marcin Włodarski, HEKLA's Project Manager Assistant, puts a spotlight on the brand-new initiative Helsingborg and Klaipėda LNG Infrastructure Facility Deployment
   
• Shresth Sharma, Senior Research Analyst (LNG and LPG Shipping), asks the question: Will Europe drive the future LNG trade?
   
• DNV GL’s Michał Bagniewski tells how the maritime eco-transition is proceeding step-by-step
   
• Geoffroy Beutter, GTT, explains how being LNG-ready can help with complying with stricter sulphur emissions
   
• Sergiu Maznic, Senior Consultant at SUND Energy AS, opens the black gas box by solving the LNG bunker pricing riddle
   
• Wärtsilä's Mathias Jansson and Mari Ottesen answer other LNG shipping questions from an engine manufacturer's point of view
   
• Ralf Fiedler, Group Leader at Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services, wonders about when and where will Germany benefit from LNG
   
• And last but certainly not least, Kim Stenvall, Senior Product Manager at Eniram, analyses ways of optimizing LNG vessels engine usage

Moreover, in the E-zine #8 we talk with Mantas Bartuška, CEO of Klaipėdos nafta, on the HEKLA project, and with Emil Arolski, Project Manager of LNG in Baltic Sea Ports I & II, about the projects' outcomes

We also hear from Isabelle Ryckbost, ESPO's Secretary General, and Maciej Mazur, Communications Manager at Polskie LNG, as they share their views on how the LNG uptake will change the face of European harbours

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We are more than happy to present the #7 Harbours Review E-zine!

This issue features the front-page story Going round ports, a summary of the very first edition of the Harbours 360 Conference.

The core idea behind the brand-new event was to highlight ports as well as port-related trends and businesses from many - sometimes very different - angles, hence the "360" part added between the two other.

Therefore, the first edition of the Harbours 360 Conference touched upon both "must-have" themes like shipping alliances and container terminal expansion projects, but also dug deeper in search of not-so-obvious topics which would make the event stand out from the crowd, i.a. next-gen trucks, how to increase rail capacity without laying new tracks, e-ferries, pros & cons of automation, not to mention a very successful in-depth session and panel debate on the new Silk Road.

Inside you will find not only a featured summary of the event itself, presenting the conference's key takeaways, but also links to articles from the Baltic Transport Journal and the Harbours Review as well as our presentation on the Top 20 European box seaports 2009-2014, which deliver more insights about particular issues touched upon during Harbours 360, e.g. a piece on the new Silk Road or the one on how eco your terminal handling equipment.

We wish you a pleasant reading!

The Harbours Review team

We are more than happy to present the #6 Harbours Review E-zine!

This issue features the front-page story Blending the new oil shuffle by Charles Daly, Owner and Executive Chairman of Channoil Consulting Limited.

The main topic is then discussed by:

• Kristine Bitnere, Research Manager at Stratas Advisors
• Frank Schnabel, Brunsbüttel Ports' Managing Director
• Ana Martín Martín, Port Authority of Huelva's Communication Director

Remember also not to miss the Interview section where we talk with Jill Söderwall, Vice President Business Area Energy & Cruise at the Gothenburg Port Authority, about LNG, the port's short- and long-term plans, as well as wider energy trends.

Last, but certainly not least, take a look at this issue's port - the Finnish Port of HaminaKotka.

We are more than happy to present the printed edition of the Harbours Review, having its premiere on Transport Logistic in Munich, and now available also in a handy PDF version.

This issue rounds up in one place the previous e-zines, however, not by simply putting together the already issued editions, but by compiling the articles with opinions into completely new Featured Debates.

The printed edition highlights the most burning questions for the European seaports and related industries, such as the EU funding for harbours, the Sulphur Directive, shipping alliances or the new TEN-T policy.

The printed edition features also:

• Red-hot port matters with news and figures on Europe’s ports
• The In Harbours section with articles about modern era container terminals
• The Seaport Statistics with info on top EU ports 2014 as well as top Baltic ro-ro & ferry ports 2014
• All coupled with short, yet informative ports descriptions, incl. Algeciras, Constantza, Genoa, Oostende, Riga, Rotterdam, Szczecin-Świnoujście as well as Thessaloniki.

If you want to download the printed version please click on the image on the left or here.

We are more than happy to present the #5 Harbours Review E-zine!

This issue features the front-page story Are box terminals lagging behind? by Erik Lampinen, Business Development Manager at Hogia Logistics Solution, opening the e-zine's discussion about modern era container terminals.

The main topic is then challenged also in the following pieces:

• More innovations coming, by Wojciech Szymulewicz, Operations Director, BCT - Baltic Container Terminal Gdynia
• The limits of innovation, by José Andrés Giménez Maldonado and Eduardo Olmeda Noguera, Valenciaport Foundation
• Container pick-up using e-signatures, by Maxim Maximov, Commercial Director, SOLVO

Remember also not to miss the Red-Hot Port Matters section with news and statistics, as well as the Port of the Issue part, this time portraying the Port of Riga from the Baltic Sea region and the Greek Port of Thessaloniki.

We are more than happy to present the very first Harbours Review E-zine!

The #1 issue features an expert article on the Effectiveness of EU seaport infrastructure co-financing by Luc T’Joen, Team Leader and Trainer on performance auditing in the European Court of Auditors.

The #1 edition delivers also comments on the issue in question from the side of EU port community:

• Eamonn O’Reilly, Port of Dublin’s CEO
• Curt Kristoffersson, CEO at the Port of Umeå
• Alecos Michaelides, Chairman of the Cyprus Ports Authority
• Bjarne Mathiesen, Senior Market Director, Ports, Rambøll
• Villu Vatsfeld, Chairman of the Board, Saarte Liinid
• Marina Rimpo, Director Market Development, Baltic Sea Region, Port of Hamburg Marketing

Remember also not to miss the ‘Port of the Issue’ section in the E-zine, presenting the Port of Hamburg.

If you want to download e-zine #1 please click here.

We are more than happy to present the Ro-ro & Ferry Atlas Europe 2014/15.

This free for taking 102-page publication contains maps and charts of all regular ro-pax and ro-ro services in Europe - covering the north of the continent, the Mediterranean region and the Black Sea - and specified by each and every shipping operator, the service’s name as well as ports and terminals of call (as of 2014's end).

The maps are backed up with market insights and numerous ro-ro and ferry turnover tables, highlighting the business from many different angles.

We sincerely hope that this market overview will be a convenient tool for your business talks and discussions throughout the upcoming months.

If you want to download the Ro-ro & Ferry Atlas Europe 2014/15 click on the image on the left or here.