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NewsTata to sell off loss-making Port Talbot
Tata Steel is to sell its entire UK business, including Port Talbot steelworks, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
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NewsBusan invests in developing economies
Busan Port Authority (BPA), the world’s sixth-largest container port, is planning to invest in overseas port and logistics facilities as a key strategy that will help define the future of the South Korean port.
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NewsEMSA expands THETIS to curb substandard shipping
Each year, over 18,000 ship inspections feed into the EU’s database for inspections, reporting, monitoring and verification, THETIS, writes Markku Mylly, executive director of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).
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NewsProactive approach of terminal operators in carbon emission reductions
The reduction of carbon emissions is one of the major challenges facing the European transport chain. For many years terminal operators have taken concrete steps to reduce their emissions, writes Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid, FEPORT secretary general.
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NewsManaging air quality at Port of Oslo
For the first time in 2014, the Port of Oslo carried out a comprehensive emission inventory for air pollution applying international methods based on bottom-up approach including all air emission activities connected to oceangoing vessels (OGV), harbour vessels (HV) and shore, writes Heidi Neilson, head of environment, Port of Oslo, ...
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NewsIBIA and Trident Alliance join forces
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) and the Trident Alliance have joined forces to try to ensure that an important cap on emissions is met.
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COSCO-PSA invests in new container berths
Joint venture company COSCO-PSA is investing in three new container berths in Singapore to serve the next generation of mega container vessels.
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NewsESPO priorities for ports
ESPO has released results from its recent environmental review 2016, with the aim to update the top ten environmental priorities of European ports.
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NewsESPO: Top environmental priorities for ports
ESPO has released results from its recent environmental review 2016, with the aim to update the top ten environmental priorities of European ports.
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NewsChallenging the norm
Malaysia''s grand Sapangar development could give Port Klang a run for its money, explains Stevie Knight
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NewsDo your homework
Dave MacIntyre finds out how investors can take the rough with the smooth in port commitments.
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NewsPoliticising port investments
Should local politicians be made accountable for the decisions made by their regional ports? It is an interesting question which is currently being debated in New Zealand, where all ports have either majority or 100% regional council ownership, often through a holding company.
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NewsReady or not
The path to July’s container weighing deadline is littered with confusion, as Felicity Landon explains
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NewsLearn from past mistakes
By Peter de Langen and Jonas Mendes Constante highlight the top five strategy errors made by ports
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NewsTapping into growth potential
COMMENT: A quick way to get an understanding of the development potential of the ports industry in a country is to look at the throughput per capita, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsTurbulence ahead
Southeast Asia has everything going for it – apart from timing, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsCyber: just another risk to manage
COMMENT: One theme running through New Yorker opinion pieces is the need for ports to break out of silos to acknowledge the greater good of a particular port, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsControl and contain
The rapid spread of the Zika virus has prompted ports to take action, finds Alex Hughes
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Batten down the hatches
COMMENT: It seems when things are bad in the maritime industry, they are really bad, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsScreen time
Simulators offer flexibility and time savings at a price to suit a range of budgets. Alex Hughes reports
