COVID-19 related updates of the IAPH Member Ports (April 26)                                                             *Archive

 

 

April 27, 2021

 

Europe and Africa Region

April 12

Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Ports of Tenerife):

The port of Tenerife, base for luxury cruises in the Canary Islands

 

April 14

Antwerp Port Authority:

Port of Antwerp and UAntwerp map the presence of invertebrates

 

Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva:

Huelva Port Authority and SASEMAR sign a contract for the management, coordination and control of maritime port traffic

 

Port Autonome de Conakry:

INFO PAC: Record reception of a 265-meter vessel at the Port of Conakry

PAC INFO: Visit of the CEO of the Port of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) to the Port of Conakry

PAC audience: WebbFontaine / GUCEG CEO visit to the Port Autonome de Conakry

 

Port of Rotterdam Authority:

Container transferium Alblasserdam is preparing for further growth

 

April 15

APS- Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, SA:

IN DOUBLE DIGITS: PORT OF SINES GROWS 10% IN TOTAL AND 16% IN CONTAINERS

 

Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva:

The president of the Huelva Port Authority and the territorial delegate for Development address issues of joint interest

 

Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company:

We are minimizing marine and river pollution, using new port facilities

 

Port Authority of Genoa:

Easylog: smart gate system at VIO Intermodal Terminal

 

Port Autonome de San Pedro:

Fire safety: Evacuation exercise at the PASP

 

Ports of Cabo Verde:

Portuguese-Cape Verdean consortium to build Cruise Terminal in Mindelo

Signing of the construction contract for the construction of the Mindelo Cruise Terminal

 

Port of Helsinki Ltd:

Exports through the Port of Helsinki increased at the beginning of the year

 

April 16

Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva:

The president of the Huelva Port Authority holds an institutional meeting with the general director of Mobility of the Junta de Andalucía

 

Hamburg Port Authority:

Suez Canal blockade: Hamburg expects only a slight increase in traffic

 

Port Authority of Genoa:

Signorini appointed Port of Genoa Breakwater Commissioner

 

April 18

Antwerp Port Authority:

Rebuilding the quay wall at Europa Terminal

New LNG bunker ship christened

 

April 19

Antwerp Port Authority:

New intermodal connections

Porto do Açu signs MOU with FFI

Doubling rail transport by 2030

 

Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (Port Authority of Valencia):

Valenciaport normally manages the 32,313 containers affected by the Suez traffic jam

 

Port Autonome d’ Abidjan (Abidjan Port Authority):

EXERCISE TO COMBAT ACCIDENTAL OIL POLLUTION AT SEA, AT THE PORT OF ABIDJAN

VISIT OF DIPLOMATS FROM THE CÔTE D’IVOIRE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE PORT OF ABIDJAN

 

Port Autonome de San Pedro:

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIES DAY (JIS) festivities at PASP

 

Port of Amsterdam:

Choosing a course for the Netherlands Hydrogen Land now

How can we make offshore wind circular?

 

April 20

Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company:

We are Procuring Highly-Specialized Equipment for Eliminating Operational and Emergency Pollution

 

Port of Amsterdam:

Date of introduction of Green Award requirement for river cruise ships postponed

 

Port of Bergen:

Towing assignment

 

Port of Gdansk Authority:

Port of Gdańsk achieves 1st place in the Baltic

 

Port of Rotterdam Authority:

The Port Authority wants to renovate 50-year-old Rozenburg lock

Crib beacons placed in Scheur and Nieuwe Waterweg

 

April 21

APS- Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, SA:

PORTO DE SINES STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIP WITH HIGHER AND TECHNICAL-PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

 

Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahìa de Algeciras:

COVID19. The Port of Algeciras, OPEN and OPERATIONAL for goods

 

Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (Port Authority of Valencia):

The new North Terminal does not affect the beaches

 

bremenports GmbH & Co. KG:

BREMENPORTS HONORED IN THE OFFICE & ENVIRONMENT COMPETITION

 

Gibraltar Port Authority:

Ship Management Gibraltar Article

 

Port Authority of Genoa:

Christening of Grimaldi’s Eco Savona hybrid ro-ro vessel

 

April 22

Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva:

The Port Authority of Huelva awards the tender for the Marina del Muelle de Levante

 

Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (Port Authority of Valencia):

Valenciaport consolidates its position as the best connected Spanish port and the fourth in Europe

 

Baku International Sea Trade Port

Employees of Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC are being vaccinated

 

Freeport of Riga Authority:

The largest agricultural company in the Baltics is becoming a partner in a bulk cargo terminal in the port of Riga, plans to handle up to one million tons in the first year

 

Hamburg Port Authority:

Webinar: Linking Sea and Land – a Baltic Sea Region Initiative

 

North Sea Port:

North Sea Port on course to make up losses in first quarter 2021

 

Port of Helsinki Ltd:

Coronavirus guidelines for passengers

Updated news: The coronavirus affects traffic in the Port of Helsinki

 

Port of Gdansk Authority:

President of the Port of Gdańsk decorated by the President of the Republic of Poland

 

Port of Amsterdam:

Diving at sea lock IJmuiden

 

April 23

Port of Amsterdam:

Energy transition visible in throughput figures for 2020

 

April 26

Port of Rotterdam Authority:

Port of Rotterdam Authority in report UN: ports of Yemen in poor condition

Green hydrogen is a potential job machine

 

April 27

Hamburg Port Authority:

Hamburg Süd launches Value Protect

 

America Region

April 12

Montreal Port Authority:

LABOR DISPUTE AT THE PORT OF MONTREAL

 

April 13

Autoridad Marítima de Panamá (Panama Maritime Authority):

PANAMA REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL COMPLIANCE, IN KOREA

 

Port of Seattle:

Port Continues to Advance Equitable Recovery

 

April 14

Canaveral Port Authority:

Florida Department of Health in Brevard County Expands COVID-19 Vaccination Hours

 

Port of Los Angeles:

CARGO SURGE BREAKS MARCH, FIRST QUARTER RECORDS AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES

 

Port of Seattle:

Port Commission Approves Funds for Feasibility Study of Pier 86 Public Fishing Pier Restoration

 

April 15

Autoridad Marítima de Panamá (Panama Maritime Authority):

RELEASE

 

National Port Administration (Uruguay):

The ship Cape Pelican sailed.

 

Port of San Diego:

Port of San Diego Advances Sunroad’s Proposed Harbor Island East Hotel

 

Port of San Diego Invites Public to Provide Input for Future Expansion of Pepper Park on National City Bayfront

 

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA):

GPA’s March container trade leaps 48 percent

 

April 19

Canaveral Port Authority:

Port Canaveral Releases Plan for Rescheduled April 23 Manned Launch Viewing

 

Port of San Diego:

Port of San Diego’s Proposed Wetland Mitigation Bank in the South Bay Advances to California Coastal Commission

 

April 20

Port of Seattle:

Statement by Commission President Felleman and Executive Director Metruck on the Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial in Minneapolis

 

April 22

Port Authority of the Cayman Islands:

Advance Notification Form For Waste Delivery

 

Port of Los Angeles:

ON EARTH DAY 2021, MARINE LIFE THRIVING AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES

New Study Shows Greatest Biodiversity to date in San Pedro Bay

 

Port of Seattle:

Port of Seattle Marks Earth Day with Focus on Actions to Reduce Emissions

 

April 25

Port of Seattle:

Port Equity, Sustainability Priorities Succeed in Olympia

 

April 26

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA):

GPA details capacity, operations expansion

 

Port of San Diego:

Port of San Diego to Double Shore Power at Cruise Terminals

 

Asia and Oceania Region

April 4

Kuwait Ports Authority:

Ports achieve record profits of 56.45 million dinars in

 

April 13

PORT KLANG AUTHORITY

UPDATE ON FIRE INCIDENT ON BOARD MV INTERASIA CATALYST

 

April 14

Busan Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries:

Busan Seawater Administration promotes improvement of Jodo and Oryukdo breakwater lighthouse

 

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority:

Subic mega facility for Covid-19 treatment and monitoring launched

 

Taiwan International Ports Corp., Ltd.:

Position adjustment of senior executives of Taiwan Port Corporation

 

April 15

Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited (GPCL):

Quirky switch room transformation

 

Guangzhou Port Authority:

Innovative, pragmatic and efficient solution to difficult problems

 

Lyttelton Port Company Ltd.

LPC becomes a principal sponsor of conservation trust

 

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA):

Joint Media Release: BHP, Oldendorff and GoodFuels successfully complete first trial with biofuel supplied in Singapore

 

Solomon Islands Ports Authority:

SIPA in danger of silent takeover?

 

April 16

China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited:

Win the Battle against Poverty and Promote Rural Revitalization

 

Guangzhou Port Authority:

Changtong Wharf promotes the opening of China-Europe Express–the first inland river terminal container to take the China-Europe Express to Russia directly

 

Lyttelton Port Company Ltd.

Game-changing sweeper cleans up the log yard

Training Advisor John Healy talks Health & Safety

 

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority:

SBMA warns illegal settlers

 

April 17

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority:

24 NAMRIA crewmen contract Covid-19

 

April 18

Incheon Port Authority:

IPA, Incheon Port Promoting Safety Checks Against Natural Disasters in Summer

 

Maldives Ports Limited:

VP Faisal visits MCH

 

Sri Lanka Ports Authority:

IMO regional webinar targets increased safety for fishing industry

 

April 19

Abu Dhabi Ports:

OFCO – Offshore International Joins Forces with Mammoet to Deliver Turnkey Logistical Solutions

 

Busan Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries:

Busan Seawater Administration starts the business of establishing a route mark management and operation system

 

Guangzhou Port Authority:

The Party Branch of Xintang Branch of Guangzhou Port Authority organizes party day activities with the theme of national security education

Three units of the Guangzhou Nansha International Cruise Terminal Project successfully passed the delivery quality verification

 

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA):

Resilience, Digitalisation, Decarbonisation and Talent take centre stage at Singapore Maritime Week 2021

4th Advanced Maritime Leaders’ Programme to Focus on Leadership in Times of Global Crisis

10 Companies and One Individual Recognised for Contributions to Maritime Singapore at Singapore International Maritime Awards 2021

550 Industry Leaders Discussed Navigating Maritime Industry Transformation through Collaboration

 

Sri Lanka Ports Authority:

Sri Lanka Ports Authority celebrates Sinhala-Tamil New Year

Ever Given Fiasco Illustrates Importance of the Shipping Container

 

April 20

Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited (GPCL):

Board advises of senior management changes at Gladstone Ports Corporation

 

Guangzhou Port Authority:

The Guangzhou Port Construction Project Quality Supervision Station organizes the theme party day activities of the National Security Education Day

 

Incheon Port Authority:

Incheon Port hinterland complex, reborn as a specialized logistics cluster

 

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA):

Maritime Innovation in Singapore Receives Boost

Launch of Singapore’s Maritime Drone Estate as Test Bed for Drone Technologies

 

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority:

SBMA to adopt shift work to maintain safety, productivity

 

Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (YGPA):

Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority participates in the job creation type developmental disability social enterprise promotion project

 

April 21

Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited (GPCL):

Sponsors revealed for Port to Park Fund Run 2021

 

Incheon Port Authority:

Incheon Port International Passenger Terminal acquired BF certification 

Running’Flogging’ to save the earth

 

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA):

Joint Release by MPA and SMF: International Advisory Panel on Maritime Decarbonisation unveils nine pathways to support decarbonisation in the maritime industry

 

MPA Inks Collaborations with Partners to Advance Decarbonisation Efforts in Maritime Industry

 

OPENING REMARKS BY MS QUAH LEY HOON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE, AT THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF MARITIME ARBITRATION WEBINAR ON 21 APRIL 2021, 3:00 PM

 

Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Iran:

Korean Register and Hyundai to Collaborate on Environmental Solutions

Mundra Edges Out JNPT to Become India’s Busiest Container Port

 

Sri Lanka Ports Authority:

CPAC meets to review current state of Covid-19

 

April 22

Busan Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries:

Reinforcement of measures to reduce fine dust on ships through public-centered communication

 

Incheon Port Authority:

Incheon Port Records 12 Consecutive Increases in Container Volume in March… The largest volume handling in March New post

 

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA):

OPENING ADDRESS BY MR NIAM CHIANG MENG, CHAIRMAN, MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE, AT THE MARITIME MANPOWER FORUM VIA SINGAPORE MARITIME WEEK PLATFORM LIVESTREAM ON 22 APRIL 2021, 10:00 AM

 

Joint Release by MPA and SMF: MPA and SMF step up efforts for maritime workforce transformation

 

Ulsan Port Authority:

December 2019-December 2020 Announcement of the verification results of the Ulsan Port Low Speed ​​Vessel Operation Program

 

April 23

Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited (GPCL):

Marina Lounge Officially Opens

 

Taiwan International Ports Corp., Ltd.:

Optimize the management system of dangerous goods in international commercial ports and improve management practices

 

April 24

Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Iran:

EUROPEAN PORTS PREPARE FOR SUEZ CONGESTION

China Takes Steps in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development

 

April 25

Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Iran:

Crowley Previews Design of All-Electric, Autonomous Tug

First Vessel Receives DNV Notation for Quiet Underwater Operations

 

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority:

Drug suspect nabbed in Freeport buy-bust

 

April 26

Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Iran:

Intensive Covid-19 related measures and protocols for Indian ships in Iranian ports

AUSTRALIA’S FIRST GREEN PORT IS UNDERWAY

 

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority:

SBMA posts P820.8-M operating revenue in 1st quarter