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  • The third annual Ship Efficiency Awards were hosted on 2 November
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    Ship efficiency awards

    2016-11-04T12:32:00Z

    Wärtsilä Seals and Bearings won the Environmental Technology award category at the Ship Efficiency Awards 2016 in London on 2 November.

  • Cartagena is looking to integrate nature protection, biodiversity and society into all of its activities by 2020
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    Nature protection at Cartagena

    2016-11-03T12:23:00Z

    The Spanish Port of Cartagena is looking to integrate nature protection, biodiversity and society into all of its activities by 2020.

  • Barcelona’s main lines of action include using LNG as an alternative fuel
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    Barcelona air quality improvement plan

    2016-11-03T12:11:00Z

    The Port of Barcelona has presented its Air Quality Improvement Plan which aims to help effectively reduce emissions from port activities.

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    German expertise in Iran

    2016-11-03T11:43:00Z

    The Iranian roads minister has said that a German company has won a tender to develop the country’s Shahid Rajaee Port.

  • The heavy duty rock cutter dredger 'Ambiorix' will undertake the works at Port Louis Harbour
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    Mauritius dredging contract

    2016-11-03T11:41:00Z

    Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME has won a €41m dredging contract for the Container Terminal Quay Project at Port Louis Harbour in Mauritius.

  • ABP chief executive James Cooper addresses the Maritime Nation
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    Ports ‘should be at the forefront’ of UK strategy

    2016-11-03T10:22:00Z

    The UK government should put its ports at the heart of its Industrial Strategy, according to ABP chief executive James Cooper.

  • The Luneplate project consists of four different main areas
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    A commitment to biodiversity

    2016-11-02T16:08:00Z

    Bremenports GmbH & Co. KG has been raising awareness of environmental aspects and social needs to ensure a valuable green port infrastructure.

  • TraPac are ready to begin construction on a 57-acre expansion
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    Oakland to fast-track TraPac expansion

    2016-11-02T14:06:00Z

    Work to double the size of the Port of Oakland’s second-largest marine terminal is set begin next month.

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    Thai ports to go up for tender

    2016-11-01T16:16:00Z

    Apparently, Thailand’s Marine Department (MD) will open bidding for the operation of four ports in four provinces next month in a bid to boost water freight transportation.

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    Southampton's desire to re-instate Dibden Bay development

    2016-11-01T16:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports (ABP) is set to seek permission for a major expansion of Southampton Docks.

  • GreenPort Cruise & Congress 2017
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    CLIA cruise vision for the Baltic

    2016-11-01T11:13:00Z

    Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Europe has a new initiative for the cruise industry in the Baltic region which aims to foster solutions for cruise tourism by bringing stakeholders closer together to respond to the issues the region faces.

  • Port NOLA has welcomed N.O.T LLC joining Green Marine
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    New Orleans sustainability focus

    2016-11-01T09:42:00Z

    The New Orleans Terminal (N.O.T) LLC is continuing to take steps to preserve the environment and create an efficient operation.

  • Engineering services: Briggs Equipment has a new contract with Freightliner to supply and maintain ten Hyster RS4531CH reachstackers
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    Boosting operational efficiencies

    2016-10-31T16:04:00Z

    Leading UK intermodal freight company, Freightliner, is boosting operational efficiencies across its 13 inland rail sites with a new fleet of ten Hyster reachstackers, supplied and maintained by Briggs Equipment.

  • Diesel emissions at Port of Oakland down 98% in past decade
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    Truck emissions down at Oakland

    2016-10-31T10:31:00Z

    Diesel emissions from trucks serving the Port of Oakland has dropped by 98% between 2005 and 2015, while ship emissions also fell 75%.

  • Automated cranes to add productivity and capacity to Africa's new MedPort Tangier facility.
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    APMT adds automated cranes to Tangier port

    2016-10-30T20:55:00Z

    APM Terminals has announced orders for 12 remote-controlled ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and 32 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes (ARMGs) to equip its new 5m teu MedPort Tangier facility, currently under construction at the Tangier-Med II port complex.

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    APMT refutes Valencia 'collapse' claims

    2016-10-30T20:55:00Z

    Valencia''s association of road haulage owner and drivers, Transcont, has claimed that the APM Terminals box handling facility at the port is in a state of “collapse”.

  • Port of Liverpool
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    Better together

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    Port alliances bring synergies if regulatory hurdles can be overcome.

  • Ambitious: King Abdullah Economic City with its associated port will, when built, sprawl out across the desert
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    Breaking free

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    Money’s getting tighter for oil dependant Middle East ports finds Stevie Knight

  • Docking: a hyperloop could revolutionise ports
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    Moving by tube

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    Stevie Knight and Petar Pajevic examine the latest last mile technologies

  • Heavy-lift: project cargoes are increasingly visible on the Great Lakes. Credit: CMC/MarineDelivers
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    Co-operation and cargo

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    The ports of North America''s heartland present a united front, as Barry Parker explains