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British Ports Association Welcomes New Border Pragmatism
The British Ports Association has welcomed news that the UK Government will postpone its plans to introduce full border checks on traffic arriving from the EU for six months from January 2020. This will be done for imports into the UK in three phases until July 2021. Richard Ballantyne, the...
Latest Figures Show Impact of Coronavirus Taking its Toll on UK Trade from BPA
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is only just beginning to be revealed in figures, but there are signs of recovery on the horizon for certain sectors, according to analysis published by the British Ports Association (BPA) and specialist analysts Port Centric Logistics Partners Ltd (PCLP)...
Realising Zero-Emission Waterborne Transport to the Benefit of Future Generations
A partnership comprising key players within the European waterborne transport sector, working together within the Waterborne Technology Platform, propose a new Research and Innovation Partnership which over a period of seven years will implement R&I which will by 2030 demonstrate the...
Green Maritime Fund Critical to Emissions Reductions
The British Ports Association has published new research examining the barriers to shore power in UK ports, setting out three proposals to support the industry to meet ambitious emissions reductions targets. Shore power, also known as cold ironing, is the provision of shore-based...
Singapore - Maritime technology partnerships
A maritime organisation wants technology partners for collaboration and innovation on industry projects. Description It wants partners for projects to boost resilience in the maritime sector post Covid-19.The organisation is looking for: - Artificial Intelligence (AI)- cloud software...
Green airports and ports as hubs for sustainable and smart mobility
Specific Challenge A clear commitment of the European Green Deal is that “transport should become drastically less polluting”, highlighting in particular the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in aviation and waterborne transport. In aviation, traffic volumes are...
The NI launches new edition of Stowaways by Sea
The Nautical Institute announced the launch of a new edition of Stowaways by Sea webinar. Stowaways are an age-old problem for shipping, but the threats they pose and the potential consequences and costs of stowaways getting on board have increased greatly in recent years. This popular...
IHS Markit gains UK Women in Maritime Charter Certification
Maritime UK, the industry body for the maritime sector, has announced IHS Markit as the seventh company to gain Charter certification as part of the Women in Maritime programme. In September 2019, Maritime UK launched the Women in Maritime Charter as the centrepiece of its efforts to boost...
BPA - UK Ports now face greater uncertainty due to COVID-19 than they did Brexit
Just 36% of UK ports feel confident about their business outlook over the next 12 months and 86% reported either substantial or severe impacts on shipping and customer activities, according to new data published by the British Ports Association (BPA). Data also shows that...
Winners of £1.4m Clean Maritime call announced!
£1.4m has been awarded to 10 organisations as part of the Clean Maritime Call, a Maritime Research and Innovation UK (MarRI-UK) initiative supported by the Department for Transport (DfT). The grants will help find innovative ways to develop technology to assist the UK’s transition to...
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