The first ports weren’t man-made – they were naturally occurring, something future port planning should take into account, argue Danilo and Claudio Flores, founders of Kybernesia The famed Port of Piraeus, Greece, enabled Athens to […]
Anyone watching the news about category 5 Hurricane Dorian, which devastating the Bahamas last month, the southwestern coast of America and Atlantic Canada, is confronted with the damage that bad weather can do. Over the […]
Regulators and ports need to ‘meet in the middle’ to make port call optimisation a reality and build an environment with greater collaboration and trust – this was the consensus from leading maritime experts at […]
Misalignment in electric machinery is a serious problem for businesses that rely on speed and efficiency to meet the demands of consumers. Vibration, noise, and temperature increase the risk of bearing, coupling, and shaft failure, […]
Social value and social investment have become buzz words within the transport sectors as more and more organisations are aware that they need to define social, environmental, and sustainability goals. For example, analysing common inputs […]
Increased use of data is allowing the maritime world to reach new horizons when it comes to optimising operations , and this is a trend that will also change the way port infrastructure will evolve. […]
The cruise market is changing the concept of how we go on holidays, and ports need to adapt to this, argues Figen Ayan, VP cruise operations, Galataport Istanbul When we look at the worldwide figures, […]
The burgeoning US offshore wind market presents opportunities for port, vessel, and turbine construction, argues Joan Bondareff, Of Counsel, Blank Rome, and chair of the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority The US has finally made a […]
Kerry Thompson, Head of ABP Academy, discusses why the various ABP initiatives to upskill existing employees and attract new talent are important in the ever changing technologically-advanced conditions of international trade Innovations in technology and […]
The projects that we will build in the next 25 to 100 years will be different than the projects that we build today, writes Todd Bridges, US Army Corps of Engineers If you accept my […]
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