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ESPO's position on COP21
The European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) believes that the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21) was a historic milestone for enhancing global collective action and moving towards a low-carbon society.
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NewsCleaning up the neighbourhood
Volunteers from SOHAR port and Freezone have joined together with school and college students to clean-up the local Harmoul Beach.
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NewsAntwerp twins with Guangzhou
The Port of Antwerp has twinned with the Chinese port of Guangzhou in an arrangement which will see both ports working even more closely together in a commercial capacity.
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NewsWhere does COP21 leave shipping?
Although the outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP21 has been received positively by the shipping industry, there is widespread concern over the absence of an explicit reference to shipping.
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Chennai port operations crippled by floods
The city of Chennai, India has seen some of the heaviest and deadliest rainfalls in decades, with the flooding resulting in the death of more than 400 people.
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News"Dark year" for dockers' safety
The number of deaths and accidents at European ports has caused 2015 to be dubbed a ‘dark year’ for safety.
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ABB secures DP World project
ABB will deliver automation and remote control solutions to the underway Terminal 4 in Dubai, which is operated by DP World.
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NewsBMT planning expertise
BMT Asia Pacific and BMT ARGOSS have been appointed by Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Group (HKND) to undertake a series of marine and port assessments for the Nicaragua Canal.
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NewsImproving flood resilience
ABPmer will be presenting at Flood and Coast 2016, a unique event focused on the challenges faced by ports as a result of flood and coastal erosion.
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NewsEcoslops announces sale of light bitumen
Ecoslops has announced its first sale of light bitumen (XFO) from its industrial plant at the Port of Sines, Portugal.
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NewsChinese win Sydney port construction contract
China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) will participate in the Port of Sydney development project after coming to an agreement with Harbour-Port Development Partners (HPDP).
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NewsLNG bunkering market to expand
New rules on reducing sulphur emissions are driving the expansion of the global LNG bunkering market.
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NewsGujarat LNG project
A joint project by Swan Energy Limited (SEL) and Exmar Marine N.V will give India its first jetty-moored floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).
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NewsLNG Masterplan Safety Studies
New LNG Masterplan Safety Studies which focus on the technical, safety and operational risk aspects of LNG bunkering are now available from DNV GL.
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NewsBaltic ports in green collaboration
Three Finnish TEN-T core ports are working in collaboration with Ports of Stockholm and Viking Line to invest €8,100,000 in measures to reduce the environmental impact from shipping in the Baltic Sea.
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NewsShiploading systems for the grain industry
Dust problems can occur at every transfer point from one conveyor to the other. The height difference is a key factor, writes Tomas Kisslinger at Neuero.
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NewsLooking towards the hinterland
An inland port may be defined as a strategic, multimodal node that includes at least a ship or barge terminal with connection to other ports before reaching oceanic trade, writes Xavier Seguí, Master in Chemical Engineering, Martí Puig, PhD candidate and Dr Rosa Mari Darbra, associate professor, Universitat Politècnica de ...
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Callao: no to regional hub status
Peru has all but ruled out the possibility that Port of Callao will become a regional hub.
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NewsICTSI kits out Umm Qasr
Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received an order from a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) in Iraq for two Terex ship-to-shore cranes and three rubber-tyre gantry cranes.
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NewsIndonesia ratifies ballast water convention
Indonesia has become the latest country to ratify the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, according to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
