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  • The conference will look at the benefits of LNG as a maritime fuel
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    Final GFS Conference 2013 programme

    2013-07-05T14:46:00Z

    The final programme for this year’s Gasfuelled Ships (GFS) Conference, which takes places onboard the Viking Line’s ‘Viking Grace’, has been released.

  • The new terminals at Ashdod and Haifa have been designed to handle EEE class vessels. Photo: Tsaiproject
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    Tenders for new Israeli terminals

    2013-07-05T11:53:00Z

    Israel Ports Company (IPC) has published the first stage of an international tender for operations of new container terminals to be built in Haifa and Ashdod, which it says is critical for Israel to remain competitive.

  • Wind farm components handling has been the catalyst for a major expansion of the port
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    Esbjerg's energy drive

    2013-07-05T10:00:00Z

    The Danish port of Esbjerg is dominated by offshore energy, including oil & gas and wind power, “but that doesn’t mean we should not explore new opportunities in the future", says Karin Rix Holländer, executive assistant.

  • Kalmar's Gloria marks the company's 5th generation reackstacker
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    Kalmar’s environmental focus

    2013-07-04T17:34:00Z

    At TOC Europe last week, Kalmar, part of Cargotec, told ''GreenPort'' that it''s focussing on the environment and sustainability to keep at the forefront of port equipment development.

  • Model 5 makes use of TPS low maintenance three-phase electrical system technology
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    New low emission harbour crane

    2013-07-04T17:29:00Z

    There’s a new low emission harbour crane on the market which promises to improve efficiency without compromising economical and sustainable cargo handling in ports and terminals.

  • Calais' expansion will begin in earnest next year
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    Calais concession sets path for growth

    2013-07-04T10:00:00Z

    A new concession agreement which will lead to a massive expansion at the Port of Calais is expected to be in place by the start of 2014.

  • The US government needs to invest in port infrastructure to stay ahead
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    US government lacks port focus

    2013-07-03T15:24:00Z

    The US government needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to funding national port infrastructure, according to Georgia Ports Authority executive director Curtis Foltz.

  • Navis believes container terminal users should help plan, monitor, analyse and control the operation process
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    Make optimisation a shared goal, says Navis

    2013-07-03T15:21:00Z

    Software specialist Navis wants to bring the user back into the automated container terminal optimisation process in a move away from the previous ‘black box’ approach.

  • The Navitus Bay windfarm project will bring business to local ports and marine businesses
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    Shortlist for windfarm ops base

    2013-07-03T14:32:00Z

    A UK renewables developer has shortlisted three local ports as an operations base for its new windfarm development and its entered into an agreement with them with regards to operation and maintenance.

  • Kalmar's Gloria marks the company's 5th generation reackstacker
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    Kalmar 'total cost' focus

    2013-07-03T11:22:00Z

    A focus on total cost of ownership of port machinery has kept Cargotec unit Kalmar at the vanguard of equipment development.

  • The industry needs to "figure out the gap between planning and execution"
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    Automation issues

    2013-07-03T10:51:00Z

    Automation was a hot topic at this year’s TOC Europe, which took place in the port city of Rotterdam last week.

  • Rotterdam is recording 'moderate' 2013 growth at the moment but is hoping for more. Credit: Freek van Arkel
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    Soldiering on

    2013-07-03T10:00:00Z

    Declining Asia-Europe container volumes hardly paint a positive picture for Northern European ports, as Felicity Landon explains

  • Schneider Electric has developed a standard and pre-engineered shore connection solution: ShoreBoXTM
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    The progress of cold ironing worldwide

    2013-07-02T22:30:00Z

    Cold ironing, onshore power supply and shore connection refer to the same process: plugging ships into the national grid. By turning ship engines off while at berth, and thus cutting emissions, shore connection enables a considerable reduction of emissions in ports areas, says Lorène Grandidier, Shore Connection Strategic Marketing ...

  • Pierre Girardin, Executive Vice President for CEVA Logistics in the Benelux and Christian Rönnholm, Director, Global Parts Management, Wärtsilä Services received the Lean & Green Star Award
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    Wärtsilä and CEVA receive Dutch green award

    2013-07-02T20:30:00Z

    Wärtsilä and CEVA Logistics have been announced as the winners of the Lean & Green Star Award 2013.

  • The size of the issue: A report into the MSC Napoli grounding found that the weight of a fifth of the boxes were underdeclared Photo: French Ministry of Defence
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    Container weighing forward thinking

    2013-07-02T18:01:00Z

    Strainstall, a leading stress analysis and design verification expert, is targeting the tricky issue of misdeclared container weights with its new container weighing system.

  • DFDS ro-ro ‘Magnolia Seaways’ is one of three additional ships due to receive Alfa Laval exhaust gas scrubbers
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    More vessels clean up their act

    2013-07-02T13:34:00Z

    Alfa Laval is supplying PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems for retrofitting to three DFDS Seaways ro-ro vessels - a move that many owners are making to comply with the new IMO sulphur emission regulations.

  • Model 5 makes use of TPS low maintenance three-phase electrical system technology
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    New low emission harbour crane

    2013-07-02T12:50:00Z

    There’s a new low emission harbour crane on the market which promises to improve efficiency without compromising economical and sustainable cargo handling in ports and terminals.

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    Business continuity of utmost importance

    2013-07-02T10:00:00Z

    Business continuity is the one area which has the greatest immediate impact and influence on infrastructure asset owners and operators.

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    Contship declares Civitavecchia interest

    2013-07-01T10:33:00Z

    The Contship Italia group has declared an interest in the proposed container terminal project put foward by the Port of Civitavecchia.

  • Planning for disruptive natural disasters will go some way towards improving resilience. Credit: Greg Bishop
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    Standing strong

    2013-07-01T10:00:00Z

    Ports need to be better prepared for natural disasters as recent events have shown. Dave and Iain MacIntyre report