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    Dredging will expand Hedland’s infrastructure

    2024-09-30T11:31:00Z

    Jan De Nul is helping Hedland expand port infrastructure and increase cargo capacity

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    Europe and Asia collaboration on alternative fuels

    2024-09-30T10:51:00Z

    For Hamburg, Busan and Ulsan, the focus is on alternative fuels

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    BPA announces 2024 awards nominees

    2024-09-27T06:40:00Z

    The BPA has announced its nominees for the 2024 BPA Awards, recognising excellence, innovation, sustainability and leadership across UK ports

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    HIF Global launches e-methanol facility in Brazil

    2024-09-27T06:36:00Z

    HIF Global has announced its first Brazilian project, partnering with Port of Açu to produce 800,000 tonnes of e-methanol annually

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    Insider threats: IMO tool kit

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    International Maritime Organization (IMO) in association with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has taken the interesting step of introducing a new ‘tool kit’ designed to bolster the maritime sector’s ability to tackle ‘insider threats.’

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    Project Pipeline Builds

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    Phoebe Davison looks at the consulting engineering sector and asks key players about their recent projects and innovations

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    Charting West-Med port congestion

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    The Red-Sea attacks are approaching their first anniversary in early November and the maritime world has become used to the new situation of structural re-routings around Cape Good Hope. JP Verschuure, Director at Rebel, asks if the problems are reducing or whether supply chains are just as congested as in the Spring of this year?

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    More Capacity Required

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    Will there be sufficient container port capacity developed in the North Atlantic region moving forward? Are intermodal rail capabilities at the region’s ports effectively competing with facilities elsewhere? These two key questions are addressed by AJ Keyes

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    RISEE act proposes sharing wind power returns

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    A reinvigorated legislative effort may propel the guts of The Reinvesting In Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems (or RISEE) Act into the Federal statutes.

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    Forecasting economic growth: an uncertain activity

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    Using economic forecasts to help investors make decisions is an uncertain activity. 

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    Geo-politics and the Anaklia, Georgia, port project

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    A couple of months ago, the Georgian government announced that a consortium of firms from China would construct the new deep-sea port of Anaklia, located in western Georgia, following a bidding process in which only this consortium placed a bid. 

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    Big numbers

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    The North Atlantic port region serves some of the most densely populated areas in North America and container growth is outperforming the national average. AJ Keyes assesses why this is a port region of ‘big numbers’

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    Sri Lanka struggles

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    Good and bad news for Sri Lanka’s leading container port, Colombo. The facility ended the first half of 2024 with a 9.6% increase in transshipment cargo, due to double digit growth for the January to end of April period.

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    Portland plots to enlist a private operator

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    The Port of Portland in Oregon has confirmed that it hopes to have a new third-party operator in place by early 2025.

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    Neighbourly Help

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    The African nation of Malawi looks is set to lease a terminal at the port of Nacal…

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    Tbilisi Deal

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    AD Ports Group (AD Ports) has confirmed the acquisition process for Tbilisi Dry Port, making the Group the…

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    On-Dock is Go

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    A US$52 million infrastructure project to significantly improve on-dock rail capacity at the Pier 300 terminal in the…

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    Drug tsunami: counter measures

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    The drug problem in international trade is growing. Increased cooperation between all stakeholders has proven it can deliver results but arguably the wider application of new technology holds the greatest promise to reduce the scale of the problem over time

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    S.A. sour grapes?

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    APMT’s lawyers are busy nowadays fighting offensive and defensive actions but is right on their side or is it ‘lawfare?’ The Editor assesses the situation

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    River Amazon resourcefulness

    2024-09-26T12:00:00Z

    With access to the jungle port of Manaus restricted by low water levels in the River Amazon a highly creative solution has been developed to keep essential supply lines open. Rob Ward charts an unfolding story