Latest News – Page 434
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NewsSeason’s Greetings from GreenPort
GreenPort would like to wish all of our supporters and readers season’s greetings and send our very best wishes for a happy and successful 2018.
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NewsUS port in hydrogen power plant first
Toyota is building what it calls the world''s first Megawatt-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen plant at the US Port of Long Beach.
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NewsMoving with the times
COMMENT: Slowly but surely, port agencies in Africa are becoming more sophisticated about how they offer port properties – container terminals, multipurpose terminals and so on – for a public-private partnership (PPP), writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsAutonomy preparations
Valenciaport Foundation’s Alexandre Sánchez Pérez and Jonas Mendes Constante highlight questions that port authority managers should be asking about autonomous ships.
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NewsSanctuary for seafarers
Ports need to balance commercial realties against funding seafarer welfare. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsA new chapter
Philadelphia rebranding highlights the port’s future focus, finds Martin Rushmere
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Safe as houses
COMMENT: In November, Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading port operator, launched its transformed property arm with a 960-hectare land bank, marking a further step in the gradual transition of the group from port operator to a development company of port, logistics and manufacturing complexes in 21 UK ports, ...
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NewsRead the traffic signs
TT Club''s Laurence Jones explains how simple traffic management procedures can reduce incidents
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NewsWho’s the greenest?
Felicity Landon asks if there’s a case for a sustainability ranking for ports
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NewsFinding fuel partners
COMMENT: The underlying shipping markets seem to be gathering steam, if presenters at recent ship finance conferences are to be believed, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsNigeria's new dawn
COMMENT: Finally, after more than a decade of delays at Nigeria’s National Assembly, the Nigerian Ports and Harbours Bill is in the final stages of approval that will lead to its enactment.
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NewsMuddying the water
Ballast water regs could create issues for ports as well as lines, warns Stevie Knight
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NewsDepth isn't everything
US East Coast ports continue to dig deep for business. Martin Rushmere reports
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Forging Chinese connections
COMMENT: Much of the major port and terminal investments over the past ten to fifteen years have been made by private and corporatised companies from the likes of DP World, PSA, ICTSI and SSA Marine, as well as from firms linked to carriers such as APM Terminals (Maersk), Terminal Link ...
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NewsDropping coal position
As environmental initiatives bite, coal is losing favour at European ports. John Bensahlia reports
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NewsRekindling the flame
The rollercoaster West African port sector might be on the rise again, finds Stevie Knight
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NewsWork begins on Los Angeles’ AltaSea incubator
The Port of Los Angeles'' (LA) marine research centre AltaSea has heralded the start of construction of the La Kretz Blue Economy Incubator, a facility forming a key part of its campus.
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NewsYilport bemoans Bolívar ‘smear campaign’
Put up or go elsewhere and suffer: that seemed to be the main takeaway from a defiant statement from Yilport Holding’s (Yilport) boss following a call to examine Ecuador''s Puerto Bolívar port contract following protests by banana producers.
