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NewsNeptune Orient terminal sale
CMA CGM is said to be seeking a buyer for Neptune Orient’s container terminals in the US, Japan and Taiwan, as well as its joint ventures in Vietnam, Thailand, China and the Netherlands.
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NewsSeattle concludes environmental study
The Port of Seattle has completed the environmental analysis and prepared the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Terminal 5 Improvements project.
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NewsHost port and 2017 dates confirmed!
The final stages of the 2016 GreenPort Congress saw the Port of Amsterdam take over the baton as hosts of the 2017 GreenPort events. Delegates will be welcomed to Amsterdam from 10-13 October 2017.
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NewsPorts get PERS certified
The Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven in Germany, Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and Morocco’s Tangier MED have achieved PERS certification.
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NewsCleaning up the Thames
The Port of London Authority has joined its Cleaner Thames campaign partners to clean up the River Thames at Woolwich Arsenal.
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NewsLow-flashpoint fuels focus at GFS 2016
The seventh Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference will focus on the innovation and investment driving the uptake of LNG and other low-flashpoint fuels in the commercial shipping sector.
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NewsVirginia confirms bumper Konecranes order
The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) has provided Konecranes with Notice of Intent to Award Contracts in the US Stock exchange release, which will be the largest deal in the history of Konecranes.
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Brazil amend ports legislation
The Brazilian government is to make changes to port regulations some three years after the new Ports Law was approved in order to attract $7.2bn of new investment. This will speed up the tender process and reduce unwanted government interference.
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NewsIndiana pushes forward with new port
Ports of Indiana is moving ahead with its plan to build a fourth port at a 725-acre former coal-fired power plant on the Ohio River, which previously belonged to Indiana Michigan Power and was decommissioned last year.
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NewsGuinea signs contract to upgrade Conakry
Guinea’s government has signed a $770m contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to upgrade the port of Conakry.
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NewsNigeria losing out to port inefficiency
A study jointly conducted by the Financial Derivatives Company and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry titled Nigeria: Reforming the Maritime Ports has revealed that Nigeria is losing N1tn (US$3bn) per year in revenue due to inefficiency at the nation’s ports.
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NewsIran, Netherlands sign MoU for port co-operation
Iran’s minister of roads and urban development Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi and minister of infrastructure and the environment of the Netherlands Schultz van Haegen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for bilateral maritime transport and port co-operation.
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NewsPort of Mariel’s US transhipment potential
Opportunities for the port of Mariel to capture US transhipment volumes have significantly improved since the US government lifted a ban restricting foreign vessels from calling at US ports within six months of calling at Cuba.
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NewsChinese firms to help Malaysia build deepwater port
Three Chinese firms have been selected to help build a new deepwater port in the Strait of Malacca, Malaysia.
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NewsJLT delivers mobile computers to Basra Gateway Terminal
JLT Mobile Computers has delivered a batch of 50 JLT VERSO 12 mobile computers to Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT).
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NewsGothenburg to shift intermodal terminal
Plans are in place to move the freight terminal currently located in the central city of Gothenburg to the Port of Gothenburg to allow for a higher proportion of transport by rail instead of road.
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NewsEPA reports on port strategy
The latest US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study has found that technology standards and fuel sulphur limits are expected to significantly reduce emissions, but there is still a lot more than can be done.
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NewsHyster static weighing solution
Hyster has launched what it calls a quick and easy solution to the recently introduced SOLAS Legislation on container weighing.
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NewsMotherwell Bridge buys Konecranes subsidiary
Motherwell Bridge Industries has acquired the Moroccan engineering firm Techniplus, from its partner Konecranes of Finland.
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NewsGreen innovation up for efficiency awards
ABB has been shortlisted for a prestigious environmental award for modernising two vessels that will become the largest emission-free electric ferries in the world.
