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NewsThe Port of Cork
The Port of Cork has ordered a new pilot launch to be built by Cobh based Safehaven Marine.
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Real-time cargo monitoring
IBM and AP Moller-Maersk have introduced Intelligent Trade Lane, a global supply chain solution they claim will transform the logistics industry and improve crossborder security.
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Palm image claimed more reliable
Ocean carriers, manufacturers, retailers and governments will be able to share reliable, real-time cargo shipment information worldwide.Palm Vein is much more reliable than digital fingerprinting and iris scanning as it can't be forged, claims Fujitsu. Its Palm Vein captures an individual's palm image with near-infrared rays. The deoxidized hemoglobin in ...
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Barco claims breakthrough
Visualization specialist Barco has been awarded a contract by EADS of Munich to deliver software and services for a large-scale Vessel Traffic Control System (VTCS) in Portugal. The new system will allow the country to reliably monitor its maritime traffic, protect the outer borders of its mainland, and improve the ...
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NewsWhat is going on?
Ports are hot all of a sudden - that''s what. Dubai Ports World (DPW) are aiming to gobble up as much capacity around the world as they can lay their hands on, their almost indecent haste fuelled by deep pockets filled with petrodollars. At the end of October they were ...
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NewsChange of guard for Port of Tauranga
New Zealand''s shipping fraternity will be watching the Port of Tauranga''s future with some interest following the consecutive retirements of chairman Fraser McKenzie and chief executive Jon Mayson.
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Port pay request raises eyebrows
Shareholders of the disputeplagued Lyttelton Port of Christchurch have been asked to consider a 29% pay increase for its six-member board.
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Ports undergo security drill
Security efficiency and access controls at ports throughout New Zealand have recently been tested in " level two" Maritime New Zealand security drills. The half-day exercises have involved port security and operations staff, police, Customs officers, sniffer dogs and x-raying equipment.
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THAMESPORT
Thamesport has ordered 13 new terminal tractors from MOL Group. Coo David Gledhill, says:
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NewsCleaner and Greener
The Californians and Scandinavians seem to lead the way when it comes to matters green so Nick Elliott turned to these two regions for the latest thinking.
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NewsPeering inside the box
Bill Mawer of Smiths Detection explains to Alex Hughes how those who need but cannot afford scanning equipment, can be helped out.
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Katrina - The shame of it all
Ben Hackett laments the tardiness of the US Administration and its agencies
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NewsBring back the Big Easy
In the short life of this magazine we have had to report on three major calamities wrought upon us by Mother Nature: Typhoon Maemi flattened Busan''s container terminal; then the Boxing Day tsuname wiped out whole coastlines; and now Hurricane Katrina. Each one an Act of God.
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NewsCEM steps up to Irish Harbour
Dun Laoghaire: people watchingAnti-terror police reviewed thousands of hours of CCTV footage to help trace the movements of the 7 July suicide bombers, as well as to identify suspects in the attacks a fortnight later. A leading surveillance expert later warned that London was facing a "security nightmare" and that ...
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PASS ISSUE OFFICE BOOMING
Teesport''s pass issue office and CCTV control room have been a big success since opening in January. With five members of staff covering all the bases twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the facilities are proving indispensable. The team report brisk business.
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NewsKatrina's ill wind
At time of press US Gulf ports were showing signs of getting back to something vaguely resembling normality. New Orleans'' port was just reopening, Gulfport had reopened, Biloxi remained closed as did several others whilst along the coast yet more were operating on restricted draughts. The Mississippi itself had re-opened ...
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Who's Building What?
DALIAN: COSCO Pacific/Dalian Port Container Co/PSA China/APM Terminals: Two berths at Dalian Dayaowan Phase II, quay length 652m, capacity 700,000 TEUs annually.
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NewsHave they gone overboard?
Well on the road to becoming the world''s workshop, a port building frenzy has hit China in recent years. But does it amount to too much, asks Neil Madden .
