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Out of sight
COMMENT: Statisticians claim that a ship arrives or departs Singapore every two to three minutes. Normally, you need to take statistics of that ilk with a pinch of salt and ask what a port authority might stand to gain from artificially inflating that figure.
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NewsSafety at the sharp end
Safety systems success depends on everyone buying into the idea of ''safety first''. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsBreaking the mould
Innovation abounds in breakbulk handling and operations management. Alex Hughes investigates
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NewsA fine project
Favourable location and direct infrastructure links can lead to a boom in project cargoes, finds Alex Hughes
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NewsPushing boundaries
Dredging has come a long way in the past 50 years, as the IADC can attest to. Felicity Landon finds out more
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NewsA fruity mix
Hueneme’s dominance in perishable goods handling kept the US labour dispute at bay. Martin Rushmere reports
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Piraeus farce
The on-off nature of the concession plans for the port of Piraeus has become something of a joke since the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras and his coalition party took office In January.
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NewsTackling truckers head on
Port Metro Vancouver knew it had to find a fix for its dysfunctional trucking sector. Carly Fields reports
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NewsBenefits of environmental ratings
RightShip’s Warwick Norman explains why ports are getting on the emissions-cutting bandwagon
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NewsMoving boxes off the roads
DNV GL has unveiled a new eco-friendly maritime transport concept, the Cargo Ferry project, which will use a new type of LNG vessel to transport containers that are usually carried more than 200km across land.
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NewsRotterdam ups its LNG activity
The port of Rotterdam and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to exchange information on marine services and to jointly collaborate on research and development (R&D).
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Tampa's 'positive' rating spurred by economic success
Fitch Ratings has reaffirmed Florida’s Port Tampa Bay’s credit rating of ‘A’ and has provided the authority with a “positive outlook”, backed by the nation’s economic success.
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NewsThe importance of planned maintenance
In this article Laurence Jones, director global risk assessment at TT Club, offers advice on how carefully considered and implemented planned maintenance of cargo handling equipment saves not just time and resources but also radically improves the safety record and reputation for clean, quality performance at terminals.
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NewsSustainable marine planning
BMT says that Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) contributes to sustainable future development as ports and harbours have to manage an ever growing volume and mix of activity across an often compact water space.
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NewsKalmar nets Philippines and Algerian orders
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received two separate large equipment orders from International Container Services Inc (ICTSI) in the Philippines and Algeria’s Groupement D''Interêt Commun Des Entreprises Portuaires (GICEP).
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NewsLighting the way at ports
Lighting is a key consideration when it comes to cutting pollution and saving power and cost at ports because energy consumption and costs can account for a large portion of a terminal’s operating expenses.
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NewsLooking after Ghent’s inland waterways
The lock complex at Terneuzen is the gateway to the ports of Terneuzen and Ghent and provides a good shipping connection between the Netherlands, Belgium and France, but the new lock project will make the flow of the inland waterway even better, writes the new lock project team at the ...
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NewsChanging times for green ports
The port sector and shipping industry are not immune from the spotlight of media attention, focus for legislation and scrutiny by local communities, particularly when it comes to considerations of environmental management, writes Dr Christopher Wooldridge, academic associate, Cardiff University, UK.
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News2015 Congress venue and accommodation
The 2015 GreenPort Congress and GreenPort Cruise venue has been announced. Located in downtown Copenhagen, the DGI-byen dynamic meeting and conference environment will provide an excellent setting for both events.
