Ports feature in INFRA Grants Announced for 2019

Responding to report findings, AAPA has issued several recommendations for policymakers and relevant stakeholders to help create a level playing field and expedite decarbonization activities for ports.

The trimodal hub, located in the Yvelines Département around 60 kms from central Paris, is aimed at serving the construction and civil engineering sectors in the Greater Paris/Seine Valley region in a cost-effective and environment-friendly manner

Works to provide direct access for barges to the Port 2000 berths in Le Havre are due for completion in 2026 and the immediate aim is to double container barge traffic on the Seine between HAROPA Le Havre and the Paris river terminals

MARAD, the US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration unit, and the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) are to survey the country’s port authorities and terminal operators in a bid to more accurately identify their cargo handling requirements, particularly for electric machines, over the next five-to-10 years.

The Port of Long Beach will receive US$283M from the federal government to assist in building what it calls “America’s Green Gateway”

Another new automated stacking crane module has been commissioned at DP World Antwerp Gateway; three more quay cranes are now operational and another nine hybrid straddle carriers have joined the fleet