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NewsCorrosion feature
Saline and the erosion of port structures go hand-in-hand, so why aren''t ports doing more to protect their assets, asks Carly Fields
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Get in early and get the jump on corrosion
Operators looking to start construction of a new port or terminal should consider corrosion early on. While it''s often low on the list of priorities, a few dollars spent at the start could protect ports from serious profit erosion down the line.
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Newsterminal tractor item
Los Angeles is coming down hard on polluting terminal tugs, as Stuart Pearcey finds out
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Future electric
Kalmar has launched an electric forklift series, designed as a productive, cost-effective, fossil-fuel free and environmentally-friendly unit.
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Seamless radiation scanning
VeriTainer, specialist in crane-mounted radiation scanning solutions, has been invited to participate in an Operational Readiness Test by US customs and security departments at the Port of Tacoma.
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NewsNZ news snippets for July (pics to come)
Recent shipping service losses have forced PrimePort Timaru to make 23 permanent full-time and part-time positions redundant.
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Traffic slowing at Shanghai
China Merchants Holdings predicts that Shanghai International Port will handle 30m teu this year, despite the slight downturn in the global economy. However, in the four months to the end of April, throughput had risen by 11.4%, compared with an increase of 20.4% the previous year.
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Three in the frame for Salonika
Salonika Port in Greece says that it will have addressed all objections raised as part of the bidding process in respect of privatisation of port handling by the end of July.
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Financial Performance of NZ Ports Criticised
A hard-hitting report on the New Zealand port sector by investment bankers Rockpoint Corporate Finance suggests that the vast majority of the increase in shareholders'' funds achieved by port companies over the last decade has been due to revaluations of land and property holdings.
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Otago on strike notice
Port Otago has narrowly avoided its first serious industrial action in 21 years, with two unions issuing notice of an overtime ban after failed mediation talkes on pay.
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Tanger Med takes its toll
The reach of Morocco''s Tanger Med behemoth is already being felt across the Mediterranean, with Las Palmas Port reporting a drop in container throughput over the first quarter.
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NewsAgreement means stability for Lyttelton
A three-year collective employment agreement has been signed by Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) and the Combined Unions.
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PS Page
The contrast between achieving market reach in mature and emerging economies has perhaps never been greater. In northern Europe, for example, the battle is one of delivering enough capacity and removing the landside bottlenecks that can slow road and rail traffic especially at peak times.
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NewsInvestment for Hull
A new eight-year agreement for Hull Container Terminal includes a £ 4m investment by PD Ports to be used to implement IT systems, refurbish the existing ship-to-shore cranes and reconfigure the terminal layout to improve efficiency.
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News50th Anniversary -- Oz NZ Main Lead
Has a ''fewer and bigger'' mantra paid off for the ports industry down under ask Dave and Iain MacIntyre
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50th anniversary Oz-NZ 2nd story
Fifty years ago the wharves of Australia and New Zealand''s ports were lined with goods almost exclusively headed for and received from the ''Mother Country'', namely the British Isles.
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Oz-Nz 3rd story
The coastal shipping network that bound New Zealand''s ports together fifty years ago was struck a severe blow following the introduction of the Maritime Transport Act in 1994.
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News50th anniversary 4th Oz NZ story
Australasian ports have had to buy-in to the demands of cold chain monitoring, as the international meat trades have grown more sophisticated over the last 50 years.
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50th feature OZ NZ 5th story
An aerial view of most Australian and New Zealand ports 50 years ago would have revealed a profusion of narrow timber wharves lining river banks and copious finger piers protruding into harbours and bays.
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Israeli port reform
A tariff reform being considered for Israeli ports could save up to $290m over the next 10 years. In addition, port users willing to undertake operations outside normal daytime shifts will receive fixed discounts as an incentive.
