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NewsThe Thessaloniki saga
COMMENT: Over 10 years on from the time of the first concession attempt for the northern Greek port of Thessaloniki the port has finally been privatised, but is the result the best one and did the process really live up to European Union standards of transparency or are the Greek ...
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NewsChances and challenges
There''s renewed focus on the opportunities for Europe’s ports, as Felicity Landon explains
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NewsBrave operators
Carly Fields finds out why you need nerves of steel to run a port in today’s business environment
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NewsA coal-free future
Amsterdam is bucking trends to carve its own path, as Felicity Landon explains
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NewsLacking resiliency focus
Too often ports wait for a disaster to put in place proper resilience planning. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsBalancing automation and taxation
Olaf Merk explains why ports should take the lead in defining how to tax automated industries
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NewsFuelling the LNG revolution
Carly Fields spoke with SEA\LNG chief operating officer Stephen Cadden and Port of Rotterdam business manager LNG, bunkering and cruise, Maud Eijgendaal about the opportunities for ports looking to join the liquefied natural gas bunkering revolution
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NewsZero emissions ferry in testing phase
An air-supported and battery powered zero emissions ferry in its testing stages is believed to be the world’s fastest electric commuter vessel.
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New political scandals undermine Brazilian reform
Specialists in the Brazilian ports sector believe that the latest set of political corruption scandals could undermine recent changes to ports legislation that seeks to modernise the industry and speed up investment.
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Go slows undermine Spanish port productivity
In Spain, the port employers’ association, Anesco, has criticised the decline in productivity of stevedores.
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NewschainLOG: “Yellow Pages” for ports
Innovative logistics platform chainLOG, funded by Hamburg Port Authority and administrated by Port of Hamburg Marketing, is vying to become a LinkedIn for ports.
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NewsEcoship builder confirmed
Japan’s Peace Boat cruise organisation says it will construct its unique Ecoship green concept cruise vessel with the Finnish shipbuilder Arctech.
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NewsMaking ports and terminals more efficient
Digitisation, connectivity and automation are crucial to making ports and terminals more efficient, Dr Yvo Saanen, managing director and founder of TBA, has said.
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NewsRecord order for Konecranes
Konecranes has won its largest order to date for Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes in the Asia-Pacific region.
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NewsBPA calls for better planning ahead of election
British Ports Association (BPA) called for trade facilitation, fast-tracked planning and connectivity investment, as it issued a briefing ahead of the UK general election on 8 June.
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NewsHybrid system to part replace engine
A Wärtsilä hybrid system with batteries aims to make offshore supply vessels less dependent on generators.
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NewsGreenPort Congress and Cruise 2017
The programmes have been released for the 2017 GreenPort Cruise and Congress conference where the focus will be on ‘Creating Partnerships for sustainable development.''
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NewsPort Tampa Bay secures USD$9m funding
Florida’s Port Tampa Bay will be allocated federal funds of USD$9m towards a $55m project to widen and deepen its Big Bend Channel, in southern Hillsborough County.
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NewsLi-ion battery powered AGVs
Germany’s Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has ordered 25 Konecranes Gottwald Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) with lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery drives for the Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA).
