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PSA unboXed launches second call for action
PSA International’s corporate venture capital arm PSA unboXed is sending out its second call for action for its incubator program, inviting start-ups and potential partners to propose technology solutions in support of PSA’s technology vision for the Port of the Future – CP4.0.
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Electric cranes for LNG ops
Liebherr is delivering efficient electric cranes to Puerto Rico which will be used to load and discharge containerised cargo aboard Crowley’s two new LNG powered Con-Ro ships.
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Fill your dance card
COMMENT: The race is on to find a dance partner on the US East Coast to deal with the quick-stepping shipping lines, heavy-footed container ships and twirling alliances, writes Carly Fields.
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Alibaba's port plan
Shipping line tie-ups with Alibaba give insight of online partnerships to come, finds Martin Rushmere
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Shipping and the physical internet
COMMENT: The term ‘physical internet’ has emerged in recent years as a metaphor for the future of freight transport. While the metaphor possibly obscures more than it enlightens, it nevertheless makes sense to explore the implications for ocean shipping, writes Peter de Langen.
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Collaboration not confrontation?
COMMENT: Around the world port labour reforms are in train. There are not many locations where such reforms are undertaken on a proactive basis; it usually involves legislative change and grinding out a solution between employers and unions often with some sort of mediation in-between. As is now the case ...
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Innovate and standardise
Ericsson AB’s John Taxgaard explains the benefits of closer supply chain and ICT integration
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Ultimate threat to trade
COMMENT: We live in a new global reality where diplomacy is practiced via Twitter if we are to believe President Trump and the Lithuanian Prime Minister. This is, in my view, a very sad state of affairs with Twitter driving populism globally. Today, there is truth and alternative truth; in ...
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2020 vision
What will happen at ports when global shipping has to switch to low sulphur fuel in 2020? Stevie Knight reports
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An end to paper?
Stevie Knight investigates the advantages of digital trading and the hurdles to widespread acceptance
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Repelling terrorist attacks
Ports need to seriously consider implementing hostile vehicle mitigation measures, finds Barry Cross
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Driving port modernisation
Argentina’s ports are powering ahead with development to meet growing volumes. Alex Hughes reports
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Part of UK heritage
Out of the limelight, Barrow enjoys the fruits of the offshore industry. Felicity Landon reports
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Everyone's a critic
What are the best ways of monitoring port performance? John Bensalhia finds out.
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Finding allies
It''s high time that terminals followed lines and ports and get in on the partnerships act finds Felicity Landon
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When boxes don’t quite stack up
TT Club’s Laurence Jones looks at straightforward remedies for an all too common complaint
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Trade thinking of Millennials
COMMENT: Maritime business always presents a conflict between old and new; as New York basked in warm weather, I heard about generational change at a Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) lunch; but later the same day, celebrated old tugboats at a big dinner hosted by the Working Harbor Committee, writes Barry ...
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Writing on the wall
COMMENT: The Spanish Government has passed a draft law which aims to achieve compliance with European Union regulations governing the hiring of port labour.