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Chinese Port Of Shenzhen News

06 Jul 2018

Cavotec Tech for China's Cruise Sector

A battery-powered AMPMobile unit connects a ship to shore power at Shenzhen cruise terminal. (Photo:Cavotec)

As Chinese ports, shipping lines and authorities strive to reduce emissions from shipping, Cavotec's  shore power technologies are helping achieve this goal.Cavotec engineers recently commissioned a self-propelled, battery-powered shore power solution, Cavortec AMPMobile, at the Taiiwan cruise terminal at the Chinese Port of Shenzhen. The unit’s batteries are charged while it connects vessels to the grid. Two other cruise terminals, Wusong in Shanghai and Qingdao in Shangdong…

14 Apr 2015

Hapag-Lloyd and the Chinese port of Shenzhen Pact to Reduce Port Emission

Hapag-Lloyd and the Shenzhen Port Green Convention have entered into an agreement to cut back on sulphur oxide while the company's vessels are docked at port. "By joining the Shenzhen Port Green Convention, Hapag-Lloyd has demonstrated its commitment to environment," says Hapag-Lloyd’s Chief Operating Officer Anthony J. Firmin. Under the agreement, Hapag-Lloyd has voluntarily undertaken only to use fuel with a sulphur content of less than 0.5% while its ships are docked at the terminal. In doing so, Hapag-Lloyd is increasing its existing efforts to improve air quality in port cities. Hapag-Lloyd has taken part in various voluntary environmental programs that promote the use of low-emission fuels during idle periods.

16 Jan 2009

2009 Toughest Test for Container Industry

Drewry Shipping Consultants, in its latest Container Forecast, concluded that 2009 will be the toughest test yet for the Container industry and further casualties are a real possibility. During the last quarter of 2008, carriers have been doing their best to reduce capacity through suspension of a number of high profile east/west services. However, Drewry argues that the gap between supply and demand is still too big. For the short to medium term, carriers can at best only stabilize freight rates that, on the Asia to Europe trade, have recently fallen to uncommercial levels. Drewry’s revised estimate for 2008 global container traffic growth is 152.8 million teu…