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  • There's no easy route to implementing nationwide port reforms. Credit: Mariana Ceratti/World Bank
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    Another hurdle for Brazilian port reform

    2013-11-20T13:09:00Z

    Attempts by the Brazilian government to undertake a comprehensive reform of the ports sector have run into further legal problems.

  • Valencia questions financial worth of stevedores. Credit: Shemsu.Hor
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    Valencia stevedores accused of being overpaid

    2013-11-20T13:09:00Z

    The Valencia Shipping Association has claimed that stevedores in the port earn up to three times more than stevedores in other ports.

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    Post-quake build announced for Lyttelton

    2013-11-20T13:09:00Z

    Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has announced a “reinstatement and development vision” to shareholders at its recent annual meeting.

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    Long term lease for Newcastle

    2013-11-20T13:09:00Z

    New South Wales Government Treasurer Mike Baird has called for expressions of interest from qualified parties wishing to secure a 98-year lease of the Port of Newcastle.

  • Melbourne needs outside investment says ALC. Credit: © Port of Melbourne Corporation
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    Call to privatise Melbourne

    2013-11-20T13:09:00Z

    Privatising the Port of Melbourne would help facilitate the development of a container terminal at the Port of Hastings and deliver flow-on benefits, according to Australian Logistics Council chief executive Michael Kilgariff.

  • Carly Fields (R) presents Baha Eksioglu (middle) with the Port Strategy Award
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    Port Strategy celebrates award winner

    2013-11-20T12:31:00Z

    Port Strategy is delighted to announce that IHS Fairplay’s Baha Eksioglu scooped the Port Strategy Award at this year’s Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers’ annual prize giving ceremony in London.

  • Miami is one of many US east coast ports banking on increased post-Panama Canal expansion trade. Credit: Florida Sea Grant
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    No guarantees on post-expansion traffic

    2013-11-20T12:28:00Z

    The sense of excitement on the US East Coast around the seemingly limitless benefits of the expansion of the Panama Canal is palpable. Ports from Miami to Boston are riding the post-expansion train, and dishing out a great deal of hyperbole as to why they will get the diverted West ...

  • Montreal's 18.8-hectare Viau sector is being converted to handle boxes
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    St Lawrence rings changes for Montreal

    2013-11-20T01:00:00Z

    A project of major importance to shipping and consequently ports in the region is the optimisation of navigation in the St Lawrence River from Quebec City to Montreal.

  • Costa Pacifica (© Costa Cruises)
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    Turning waste on board into a resource

    2013-11-19T20:30:00Z

    “Sustainable Cruise”, the European project for innovative shipboard waste management is paving the way for the introduction of specific EU environmental legislation for shipping. Its aim is to set up a new voluntary certification scheme for shipboard waste treatment and its effects in terms of CO2 reduction.

  • Konecranes Volvo Penta powered lift trucks now have an auto start-stop function
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    Konecranes gets clever with emissions

    2013-11-19T16:45:00Z

    Konecranes Lift Trucks has come up with another clever way to save fuel and lower emissions which it says is “probably another first for heavy-duty lift trucks."

  • MICT is the hub for relief efforts following Typhoon Haiyan
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    Typhoon hit port gets assistance

    2013-11-19T16:33:00Z

    International Container Services (ICTSI) has stepped in to help rebuild and re-equip the Port of Tacloban following the damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan to help ensure safe delivery of humanitarian aid.

  • The new WSV fits in with Damen's 'E3' commitment
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    Damen unveils ‘Walk-to-Work’ vessel

    2013-11-19T15:06:00Z

    Damen Shipyards has unveiled its a new windfarm service vessel (WSV) to support and accommodate turbine maintenance crews at sea and allow them to ‘Walk-to-Work’.

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    Propulsion & Emissions Conference 2014 – Call for papers

    2013-11-19T14:37:00Z

    The 36th Motorship Propulsion & Emissions Conference, organised by Mercator Media, will take place in Hamburg, Germany from 21 to 22 May 2014.

  • Konecranes Volvo Penta powered lift trucks now have an auto start-stop function
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    Konecranes gets clever with emissions

    2013-11-19T14:09:00Z

    Konecranes Lift Trucks has come up with another clever way to save fuel and lower emissions which it says is “probably another first for heavy-duty lift trucks."

  • Halifax's Richmond Terminals expansion will provide additional capacity for breakbulk operations
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    Northern highs

    2013-11-19T01:00:00Z

    Canadian ports have survived the downturn and are looking ahead with renewed optimism as Alex Hughes finds out

  • Clean Marine's EGCS unit is based on Advanced Vortex Chamber technology
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    Clean Marine systems for Dorian LPG

    2013-11-18T10:11:00Z

    Clean Marine is to supply its exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) for Dorian LPG’s very large gas carrier (VLGC) to help it comply with future sulphur emission legislation.

  • Khorfakkan container terminal specialises in transhipment but still holds its own against the likes of Jebel Ali
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    Connecting the dots

    2013-11-18T01:00:00Z

    Khorfakkan pointst to luck as well as good judgement for its success as Stevie Knight discovers

  • 2013 is set to be a record year for infrastrucutre transport deals
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    Infrastructure deals set to boom

    2013-11-15T17:20:00Z

    This year is expected to be a record year for transport infrastructure deals which have risen sharply since the beginning of the year, according to an analysis by global advisory company KPMG.

  • The Port of Long Beach is looking at options to "remain competitive". Photo: Bruce Perry, Department of Eological Sciences, CSU Long Beach
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    Californian ports race to stay competitive

    2013-11-15T15:30:00Z

    Incentivising is becoming more and more popular among ports as Trans-Pacific trade is projected to grow and now the race is on to stay competitive between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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    Saying no to the shortcut

    2013-11-15T01:00:00Z

    Honesty is definitely the best policy but it’s not easy: “Trying to import equipment for a particular project we got tangled in huge customs delays,” says Peter Richards of Gulftainer.