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NSW unveils 20-year ports strategy
The state of New South Wales has unveiled its first Freight and Ports Strategy, aiming to cater for a near-doubling of freight volumes in 20 years. The strategy document says the growth in the NSW will impact significantly on ports, road and rail networks, intermodal terminals and freight corridors.
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NewsCold snap, warm will in NY
In New York, the conversations have all about bad weather: cargoes of road salt not arriving, straddle carriers slipping around at Port Elizabeth, trucks sliding around the Brooklyn docks, and tankers punching through ice as they move up to Albany to load Bakken crude.
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Containers in, people out
“Every year there are accidents with people in the yards, but technology is at a stage where we can avoid these extremely dangerous work patterns, so why not do it?” says Leander de Nooijer of Certus Automation.
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NewsWorries of US West Coast extremes
Dockworkers strike at the ICTSI terminal in Portland, while the employers association on the US West Coast says there should be no problems in reaching a new contract agreement this year.
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Arctic works to prevent oil pollution
The Arctic Council’s Task Force on Arctic Marine Oil Pollution Prevention (TFOPP) is to develop an urgent action plan to protect the fragile environment.
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NewsEC appoints 11 new TEN-T coordinators
The European Commission has appointed eleven European coordinators for each of the nine core network corridors of the trans-European transport network (or TEN-T), as well as for the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and for Motorways of the Sea.
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NewsNewbuild dual fuel pure car and truck carriers
United European Car Carriers (UECC), jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, has signed a contract to construct two dual fuel LNG Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs).
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Valencia struggles to retain transhipment
Valencia''s ongoing difficulties over the cost of handling transhipment containers have handicapped its ability to retain business.
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Antaq fines bulk terminals for blocking access ways
Brazil''s National Agency for Waterway Transport (Antaq) has revealed that it has fined seven dry bulk terminals operating in the port of Santos for rule violations.
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NewsStrategic partnerships to build Hong Kong hub
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Trust is working to strengthen Hong Kong’s position as a long-term transhipment hub through strategic partnerships with COSCO Pacific and China Shipping terminal Development Company (CSTD).
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NewsToo clever by half
Optimisation is great as long as different technologies work together, finds Stevie Knight
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NewsType approval for Canadian BWT system
Trojan Technologies of Canada has announced that its Marinex BWT product suite has obtained IMO type approval from DNV on behalf of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.
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NewsECA – more harm than good?
Short sea shipping representatives have hit back over the ‘expensive’ new ultra low fuel Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements set to come into force in North America in January 2015.
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NewsAmsterdam lights up Rietlanden Terminals
Rietlanden Terminals BV at the Port of Amsterdam has become the ‘world’s first’ terminal to be illuminated entirely by high-power LEDs.
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NewsHitching an uninvited lift
Mice, rats and cockroaches usually come under a fairly intense prevention program: not only do they spread disease but if they get a foothold in a food import facility it’s difficult to get rid of them without damaging food stocks.
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NewsNuisance calls
Wildlife is coming to town, causing ports all kinds of problems. Stevie Knight reports
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NewsEast Coast draught and capacity issues
Port Strategy has spoken alot lately about the struggles which US East Coast ports are experiencing in the rush to get upgrade works completed to cater for post-Panamax ships when the Panama Canal extension opens in 2015.
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NewsAntwerp procedures for LNG bunkering
The Port of Antwerp has published its own specific procedures this month for LNG bunkering to enable the process to be carried out as safely as possible.
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NewsTaking responsibility for waste
Waste disposal lines remain blurred: according to IAPH''s Fer van de Laar it is Flag States rather than ports that have to make provisions for waste disposal.
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NewsUK boycotts EU wide Port Services Regulation
Momentum appears to be building in the UK over the boycott of the EU wide Port Services Regulation with reassurance being gained from the Secretary of State for Transport that the government will not accept the regulation in its current form.
