Gunther Bonz is new chairman of FEPORT

iTerminals is an EU-funded project that has contributed to the testing and development of the communication standards and protocols developed by the Terminal Industry Committee 4.0

FEPORT and PEMA have launched a joint initiative to establish “Terminal Industry Committee 4.0” to try and get the industry to agree on standards that support the development of innovation, including terminal automation.

FEPORT and PEMA have agreed to start work on standards that could include terminal automation, but not everyone agrees on what to standardise, and where to start, writes Paul Avery

European organisations representing shippers, freight forwarders, terminal operators and port authorities are calling on national authorities to ensure there is a level playing field when it comes to implementing and enforcing the new SOLAS verified gross mass regulation

The IMO has made it crystal clear that verified container weights are mandatory after 1 July and there will be no extension of time for the industry to prepare

James Cooper, CEO of Associated British Ports, has again called on the British Government to turn down the European Commision’s proposed Port Services Regulation