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Five bids for Port Centralny tender
Five bids have been placed on a Port of Gdansk Authority (ZPMG) opened tender for the design of Port Centralny.
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Kalmar to deliver tractors to St vd Brink
Cargo handling solutions provider Kalmar is set to supply four of its T2 terminal tractors to Dutch logistics operator St vd Brink.
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Lyttelton strike action as mediation fails
Last week’s gestures of mutual goodwill leading into mediation have failed to result in a breakthrough in the industrial dispute between the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) and Lyttelton Port Company (LPC).
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Qube Melbourne workers strike over EBA
Workers at Qube Ports’ Port Melbourne facility have carried out a 48-hour strike following a move by the company to terminate an agreement on salary and conditions.
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Green terminal tractors for Dutch logistics firm
Kalmar is to supply T2 terminal tractors to a leading Dutch logistics operator which will enable it to achieve both a sustainable increase in productivity and make its vehicle fleet more environmentally friendly.
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Brazil to auction seven more operating licenses
Brazil will auction seven additional port operating licenses as part of its privatisation plans, a government source has told Reuters.
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PSA International sees positive 2017 results
Port operator PSA International marked upbeat results for 2017 in a year which saw revenue increase by 7.8% and profit from operations rise 5% in comparison with the year before.
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More top keynotes announced for GreenPort Americas
More top keynote speakers from the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) and The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) have been added to the bill of the first GreenPort Americas Congress.
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Kalmar offers Essential range to Latin America
Cargotec company Kalmar has launched its Kalmar Essential range — which comprises products including reachstackers, empty container handlers and forklifts at value prices — to the Latin American market.
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Maersk reduced port calls in line with bigger ships
Plans by Maersk Line to reduce the amount of duplicate port calls and allocate more buffer time around hub ports to increase schedule reliability is a logical move as ship sizes increase, a shipping expert has said.
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Dover awards GB£15m DWDR terminal contract
Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd has been awarded a GB£15m contract to build a Refrigerated Cargo Terminal (RCT) at the Port of Dover''s Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development.
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Environmental focus for PEMA Student Challenge
The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) Student Challenge for 2018 will centre on ''Environmental challenge and productivity at ports'' focusing heavily on-air quality.
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Lowestoft to benefit from offshore wind power
The UK’s Port of Lowestoft is set to become home to a £2.5bn offshore windfarm.
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Liebherr materials handler lowers vehicle emissions
A new Liebherr materials handler crane could optimise cargo-handling efficiency and minimise emissions at ABP’s Port of Ayr.
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UN calls for Yemen ports to remain open to aid
The UN Security Council has called for ports in Yemen to remain open to allow commercial and humanitarian imports to reach people in need of them.
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DP World records strong 2017 results
DP World reported total revenue of $4.7bn and total profit of $1.2bn in 2017, marking increases of 13.2% and 7.3% respectively from 2016.
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Kalmar: box terminal overcapacity a myth
Container terminal industry overcapacity is “a myth” which is “based on a naïve additive calculation of container handling capacity and a simplistic model of how a terminal operates”, Kalmar vice president Frank Kho has said.
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New oil recovery package minimises spill damage
A new one-stop oil spill response package could help ports avoid, contain and manage environmental pollution.
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$72m in TIGER grants for port-related projects
Just five port-related grants totalling US$72.7m have been awarded in Round 9 of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) programme.
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Brief strike respite for Lyttelton
Industrial action planned from March 15-20 has been suspended by the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) ahead of further mediation with Lyttelton Port Company (LPC).