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NewsNot in my Back Yard!
The relationship between ports that need to develop and their surrounding social and ecological environments is very often a matter for heated debate with the NIMBY factor usually to the fore.
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Deal with EIA sooner rather than later
Here Royal Haskoning makes a rational appraisal of a sensitive subject.Recommendations resulting from the EIA process may affect development by requiring changes that influence the design, economic viability or timing of implementation in order for the development to gain approval. To be of most benefit it is necessary for EIA ...
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Competition down the coast
Barcelona''s loss of position is the direct result of Valencia''s own expansion plans, which were partially realised at the end of the 1990s with the opening of the new public container terminal on Principe Felipe quay in the port''s southern expansion zone. Operator Maritima Valenciana currently benefits from having 120ha ...
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NewsDelta Dreams
The Delta Plan should be a win-win strategy for Spain''s second port aimed at accommodating the needs of both container and auto clients. Alex Hughes reports from Barcelona.
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NewsSealing the Box
Within the plethora of directives, regulations, codes and initiatives, and the accompanying smart technology that the reaction to 9/11 has given birth to, the container seal has always been in the cross hairs. Nick Elliott reports.
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What is Radio Frequency Identification?
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification - is an Automatic Data Collection (ADC) technology that uses radio-frequency waves to transfer data between a reader and a movable item to identify, categorize, and track. RFID is fast, reliable, and does not require physical sight or contact between reader/scanner and the tagged item. ...
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How and Who to Charge
A recent study by Cameron Maritime Resources has identified how governments and operators have been financing and recovering costs associated with the ISPS Code. Steve Cameron takes a snapshot of approaches around the world.
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NewsPlaying Hardball
70+% price hikes, entirely new sources of supply being developed? Australian iron ore producers are enjoying a bull-run in meeting demand from China. The ports are coping but more pressure is building. Mike Mundy and Kevin Chinnery report.
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Chinese Bottlenecks persist
Impediments to the cargo pipeline performing well, from iron ore producer to steel manufacturer, are not all, about what is happening at the exporter end in Australia.
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The Tesco Effect
Last week it was announced in the UK that the supermarket chain called Tesco was claiming one pound in every eight spent in the UK retail market. The effects on surrounding shops in the traditional high street can be easily imagined.
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NewsUK Port Plans - No Election fever here!
A UK election has been called and the last time this happened when there were any particular port issues on the agenda was when Margaret Thatcher was in power and overseeing a serious round of port privatisation. Suddenly, all the deliberations were over and decisions were made on who had ...
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Privatisation: Israeili Style
Ben Hackett pursues his analysis of the port privatisation process to the Levant
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NewsSustainability versus Progress
The Bengal tiger may be an endangered species but the Indian economy is certainly not. Investment bankers talk of it as the next Asian tiger - arguably it already is.
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The Squeeze is on
Ports must address the congestion problem to survive. Patrik Wheater reports from a recent BMT briefing.
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NewsDo simulators provide Effective Training?
Simulare Port Technology puts the case for the benefits of simulator training.
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NewsAnatomy of a Winning Tender
Nick Elliott reports on what''s behind ICTSI''s groundbreaking concession on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
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It's not all about Terrorism
There are clever criminal gangs out there hatching ingenious plots.
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NewsAnd the lessons are . . .
TT Club says that three main lessons can be learned from this case, though they apply equally to other types of cargo security breach. First is " know your shipper" - making sure his credentials are bona fide.
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P&O Nedlloyd and Voltri alliance
After weeks of speculation that " something was cooking" between P& O Nedlloyd and PSA International in Italy, where the latter group has container handling interests, it has been announced that the two parties are to form a joint venture in Genoa which will give P& O Nedlloyd a dedicated ...
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GRAVESEND CREWS IMPLEMENT CHANGE
As part of its move to 3-person crewing - agreed as part of a National Framework Agreement with the Transport & General Workers Union (TGWU) - Adsteam UK''s Gravesend crews have now agreed to implement changes in working systems and procedures. Commenting on his members'' decision to implement the agreed ...
