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NewsDutch ports under EU tax break microscope
An in-depth investigation into Dutch Corporate Tax Law has been launched by the European Commission to ensure fair competition between EU ports.
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European Council finance for EMSA
The European Council has adopted a regulation to finance the actions of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in the field of response to marine pollution caused by ships and oil and gas installations from 2014 to 2020.
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NewsConnecting the process dots
Ports are latecomers to the Enterprise Resource Planning party, as Iain MacIntyre discovers
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Teekay LNG secures Yamal contract
Through a joint venture with China LNG Shipping, Teekay LNG is to build six 172,000m³ ARC7 LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project.
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NewsNew technology, old habits
Terminal tractors need to balance sensitive features with regular rough handling, finds Stevie Knight
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UK shipowner fined over Oz pollution incident
UK-based Lombard Corporate Finance Limited has been fined AUS$5,000 (US$4,700) after its car carrier, ‘Morning Midas’, was involved in a ‘pollution incident’ in Port Phillips Heads, Australia, in 2012.
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NewsMaersk sulphur regulation implications
Maersk Line says that the projected financial impact of the new Emission Control Areas (ECA) coming into force in January 2015 will cost it more than US$250m.
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NewsSouth Oz ports pre-mortem report
Experts at the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics at Victoria University in Australia have completed a “pre-mortem” report warning of the dangers of pushback by private operators and of the haste towards building a new port.
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NewsNew online BWM tool unveiled
A new online ballast water management tool has been developed by Helcom and Ospar Commissions to make ballast water treatment easier for shipowners.
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NewsAPMT sells off US terminal
APM Terminals is selling its state-of-the-art container terminal located in Portsmouth, Virginia, US, because it doesn’t want to remain a non-operating lessor of the facility to the Commonwealth of Virginia for the next 16 years.
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Heading for a new economic crisis
China has scuttled the development of super alliances with its negative decision on the P3 whose rationale was for joint fleet management by the top three carriers which would have resulted in a reduction of capacity, which in turn would lead to a rise in freight rates.
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NewsGet to the truth of it
COMMENT: ''Spin'' – what can be called bending facts to suit your own purposes – is no longer confined to governments and large commercial organisations, writes MIke Mundy.
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NewsWeighing it up
Felicity Landon considers the impact of the new container weight verification requirements on ports.
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Haiphong orders TPS eRTGs
Haiphong Port has placed an order for six electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Terex Port Solutions.
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CODESP to adopt new management style
The appointment of Angelino Caputo de Oliveira as head of São Paulo State Dock Company (CODESP) is a further step towards centralised management of Brazilian port companies - which is a prerequisite of the new Ports Law adopted by nation in 2013.
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Vinalines to sell off five more ports
Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) is to undertake IPOs at five additional large ports by the end of the current year.
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NewsDust free loading process
ISG Pit to Ship Solutions has designed a dust free logistic system to transport products from the mine site into the ship’s hull using sealed containers and a tippler. The product is not handled again until it is tipped into the ship’s hull, says Garry Pinder, Managing Director of ISG ...
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NewsDFDS gets scrubber funding
The EU has awarded DFDS Seaways funding of DKK47.2m towards the installation of scrubbers on five of its freighters that sail between Gothenburg and Ghent and England.
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New renewable energy partnership
Japan''s Eco Marine Power (EMP) has entered into a new agreement with MINs Control System Solution to sell its renewable energy solutions into Singapore and Myanmar.
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Asciano looks to sell ports stake
Australian transport group Asciano is in talks with third parties regarding the potential sale of a “non-controlling interest” in its terminals and logistics business division.
