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    Ports: always another challenge to pursue, TBA

    2018-06-28T14:29:00Z

    The ports and terminals industry will never be state of the art, the commercial director and owner of TBA told Port Strategy (PS) at TOC Europe 2018.

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    Terberg tells of ship size and fuel cost challenge

    2018-06-28T13:49:00Z

    Alternative fuel lines, fuel costs and emissions reduction; automation; and the scale of terminal operations constitute the three biggest challenges for the port and terminal industry today.

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    Fake mortgage detained vessel losing millions

    2018-06-28T11:53:00Z

    A vessel detained at Bulgaria’s Port of Burgas since November over an alleged unpaid mortgage has seen its owner face losses of US$20,000 per day with no end in sight to the legal process.

  • Trelleborg’s SmartDock system provides vital information to ensure the vessel is safely docked Photo: Trelleborg
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    Trelleborg equips Indian floating LNG terminal

    2018-06-28T09:23:00Z

    Trelleborg Marine Systems has been commissioned to supply a suite of LNG solutions to India’s first floating re-gasification unit (FSRU) LNG terminal.

  • The work will allow Gate Terminal to load the new standard size vessels of around 180000 m3 in less than three days Photo: Port of Rotterdam
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    Rotterdam looks to speed up LNG ship loading

    2018-06-28T09:06:00Z

    The Port of Rotterdam’s Gate Terminal is looking to increase LNG ship loading flow rate in order to lower port time for larger container vessels.

  • ANTAQ has announced five new port terminals will be put out to tender in July and September Photo: gleidiconrodrigues/Pixabay/CC0 Creative Commons
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    New round of port tenders in Brazil

    2018-06-27T17:06:00Z

    In Brazil, the Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários (“National Waterway Transportation Agency”, or ANTAQ) has announced five new port terminals will be put out to tender in July and September.

  • The Chilean Construction Association has calculated that Chile needs to invest $5.242bn in port infrastructure from 2018 to 2027 (image is of Chile) Photo: Free-Photos/Pixabay/CC0 Creative Commons
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    Chilean ports need investment

    2018-06-27T16:54:00Z

    The Chilean construction association Cámara Chilena de la Construcción has calculated that Chile needs to invest $5.242bn in port infrastructure from 2018 to 2027.

  • The retrofit is forecast to cut over 45 tonnes of exhaust emissions each year at the Port of Oakland Photo: Christopher/flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0
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    Oakland goes hybrid to ‘green’ terminal ops

    2018-06-27T16:27:00Z

    In the US, SSA Marine is to retrofit 13 of the Californian Port of Oakland’s diesel-powered cranes with diesel-electric hybrid engines.

  • It will be a number of weeks before the clean-up at the Port of Rotterdam is complete, the Port of Rotterdam Authority has indicated. Photo: Quistnix
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    Port of Rotterdam oil spill devastation

    2018-06-27T16:17:00Z

    It will be a number of weeks before the clean-up at the Port of Rotterdam is complete, the Port of Rotterdam Authority has indicated after more than 200 tonnes of heavy fuel oil was released into its waters when a chemical tanker collided with a jetty.

  • Warrenpoint Port has placed an order for a Konecranes Gottwald Model 3 Mobile Harbor Crane to cater for a “substantial rise in trade” Photo: Konecranes
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    New cranes to take Warrenpoint traffic surge

    2018-06-27T15:57:00Z

    The UK’s Warrenpoint Port has placed an order for a Konecranes Gottwald Model 3 Mobile Harbor Crane to cater for a “substantial rise in trade”. The port expects ro-ro trade alone to increase by up to 80% by 2040.

  • Delegates were warned at the start of the second day that the effects of climate change would effect harbour masters' job load
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    Climate risk high on harbour masters’ agenda

    2018-06-27T13:06:00Z

    Protecting infrastructure from the fallout of climate change was high on the agenda at the 11th International Harbour Masters Congress.

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    Rotterdam oil spill forces partial closure

    2018-06-26T17:34:00Z

    A major clean-up operation is taking place at the Port of Rotterdam after a tanker spilt around 200t of oil contaminating over 50 inland vessels and closing the port’s 3rd Petroleumhaven and Geulhaven to traffic.

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    Exercise caution with AI

    2018-06-26T16:39:00Z

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is still not what we would consider really intelligent behaviour and companies should think carefully about whether it will benefit them before investing, a technology expert has stressed.

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    Big ships delaying US port projects

    2018-06-25T17:52:00Z

    Money spent by port authorities on catering for big ships is being taken from the capital available for projects, claims the associate vice president and director of US maritime planning at WSP.

  • MoorMaster, integrated with its shore power systems have moored and charged the world’s first fully electric car ferry, the ZeroCat MF Ampere
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    Doubling up on tech to drive sustainability

    2018-06-25T12:35:00Z

    Cavotec is increasingly combining the separate areas of automated mooring and shore power into an integrated package – one that delivers environmental and operational benefits in parallel, writes Sofus Gedde-Dahl, sales director e-ferries at Cavotec.

  • In a port or terminal, the main channel directly linked to open sea is most at risk as it is directly affected by tides and adverse weather
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    Assessing climate risk at ports

    2018-06-25T12:26:00Z

    First, the bad news, assessing risk within ports and terminals is extremely challenging thanks to multiple factors in play. It’s not just the possibility of accidental pollution but the added risk from natural disasters such as flooding and storms By Weynand Haitjema, Pinkerton regionional managing director, EMEA

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    Supporters signing up for GreenPort Valencia

    2018-06-25T12:17:00Z

    Key industry bodies such as the European Sea Ports Organisation and the International Windship Association have reaffirmed their support of GreenPort Congress for the 2018 edition to be held in Valencia.

  • GP programme topics released
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    Your final chance to be part of this exciting programme

    2018-06-25T12:07:00Z

    The topics on the programme at this year’s GreenPort Valencia have been confirmed and the programme will focus on the theme of ‘Profiting from green initiatives’.

  • LNG bunkering in Valencia
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    Host port update: Port of Valencia bunkering operation first

    2018-06-25T12:07:00Z

    Valenciaport has taken a step further in its policy of reducing emissions, especially those of ships docked at the Port of Valencia; which will bring immediate improvements in the air quality of the surrounding neighbourhoods.

  • Prince Rupert Fairview Container Terminal
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    Prince Rupert set for capacity of 1.8m teus

    2018-06-22T16:36:00Z

    The next phase of expansion for the DP World Prince Rupert Fairview Container Terminal will increase annual throughput capacity to 1.8m teus when complete in 2022.