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NewsFuel cell technology at Honolulu
Clean hydrogen power that''s expected to lower emissions and reduce energy consumption will be coming to the Port of Honolulu in 2015 after the completion of a new fuel cell technology demonstration.
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NewsEnsuring 'fit-for-purpose' security systems
With the IT technology available today, integrating security systems is not as difficult as it may seem even where systems compete, security expert Henk van Unnik claims. In fact, the first demonstration of what can be achieved in this respect will be made public in early 2014 at the Port ...
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NewsMonitoring challenges met with automation
The logistics of monitoring biomass storage can be challenging for ports. Pete Griffiths, managing director of UK-based Monitor & Manage, scopes the challenges by saying that with all stakeholders singing off the same ''hymn-sheet'', sentry internet services ensure focus is retained on operational excellence rather than, literally, time spent fire-fighting.
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NewsPower supply
Dave and Iain MacIntyre sift through the facts for a sustained need for biomass handling
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NewsESPO plea over Clean Fuel Strategy
ESPO has urged the European Parliament and Council to reach an agreement on the Clean Fuel Strategy before the forthcoming EU elections.
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NewsFederal funding rejection for Savannah deepening project
America’s Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has been dealt a huge blow this week by the Obama Administration, which has decided not to fund the full deficit in the US$652m Port of Savannah harbour deepening project.
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NewsJoining the security dots
Disjointed security solutions in European ports ultimately slow operations down, explains Alex Hughes
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NewsButting heads
Two factors continue to hinder labour efficiency in the US, explains Martin Rushmere
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NewsHow to solve a labour problem
There is no right answer to solving the labour problem, as US ports are well aware.
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NewsGreen diesel investment at Gothenburg
Swedish oil company, Preem, is investing around €33.6m to redevelop its refinery at the Port of Gothenburg, where it has produced diesel-based tall oil since 2010.
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Political pressure blamed for withdrawal of Israel port bidders
There has been intense speculation in the Israeli press as to why two international pre-qualified companies unexpectedly dropped out of the bidding process to build new ports at both Ashdod and Haifa. Companies with interests in the Arab world, it has been suggested, fear losing existing work in that region.
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NewsUnpaid workers threaten new strike in Chile
Port workers in Chile are once again threatening to go back out on strike, citing the non-payment of agreed bonuses as the reason.
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Magnetic levitation to solve container transport problems in Russia
National Speedways OJSC has presented a project to the Leningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry involving the use of magnetic levitation to move containers.
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NewsRotterdam losing out to unfair subsidies
“Unfair competition” means that Rotterdam could be missing out on 1m teu of additional container traffic every year, claims a report commissioned by the Netherlands’ Ministry of Infrastructure.
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NewsUkrainian ports still going strong
Ukraine’s three largest ports, Odessa, Ilyichevsk and Yuzhny, are all “stable” and “under control”, despite the current unrest in the country, but others are less secure.
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NewsUAE’s ‘first’ bulk and container railway terminal
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Etihad Rail to plan an integrated bulk and container railway terminal facility at Khalifa Port.
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NewsNigerian seaport Bill woes
The Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), says that the continued delay in the passage of the Ports and Harbours Bill might inhibit foreign investment in the port industry.
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NewsHMM to sell LNG transport business
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is to sell its LNG transport business for KRW 1.1 trillion (US$1.3bn) in a bid to boost its crippling financial status.
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NewsMOL LNG newbuild contract
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has ordered a new 165,000m³ LNG carrier which will be built by Japan Marine United of Tokyo.
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NewsJoint collaboration for green marine R&D
Research and development (R&D) in the marine industry has been thrust into the spotlight with the new collaboration between DNV GL and the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
