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NewsFurther orders for emissions monitors
US company WR Systems has announced further contracts for its Emsys emissions monitoring system, comprising orders from several shipyards in China and Korea as well as retrofits from two scrubber manufacturers.
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NewsFirst Inland Port for Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s Rupayan Port and Logistics Services and the UK-based Port Evolution Management are going to develop the country’s first private inland container terminal.
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NewsPOLB continues with infrastructure projects
The Port of Long Beach’s Board of Harbour Commissioners was due to formally approve yesterday a $1.2bn budget for the Middle Harbour terminal expansion project, but it was pulled from the meeting’s agenda due to the need for additional briefing.
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NewsKonecranes to reallocate resources
Global lifting equipment provider, Konecranes, has announced that it is terminating its straddle carrier manufacturing unit in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, as a result of new equipment demand moving towards emerging markets.
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NewsKalmar to supply India with all electric RTGs
As part of the global cargo handling solutions company, Cargotec, Kalmar has won a contract to supply three of its E-One² rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Container Corporations of India Ltd (Concor).
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NewsSamsung and Hanjin to research ship efficiency
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Hanjin Shipping have singed an agreement to carry out joint research on ship energy efficiency management, in a bid to ensure efficient operations and reduce operating costs.
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NewsAutomated technology proves popular
Global maritime technology providers, Cavotec and Cargotec, have seen a steady flow of orders for their automated MoorMaster and Kalmar SmartLanes OCR technology solutions.
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NewsMaritime World reduces Dubai tariff rates
Drydocks World and Maritime World has reduced its tariff rates for all aspects of business at its subsidiaries Dubai Maritime City (DMC) and Jadaf.
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NewsNew joint initiative on container safety
The leading exponents of risk management in ports and container yards, TT Club, PEMA and ICHCA International, have come together for the first time to publish recommended safety standards for container yard equipment.
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NewsICTSI terminates Syrian operations
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has taken the decision to terminate its business in the Syrian Arab Republic through subsidiary, Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT), due to the ongoing civil war.
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NewsBucking the trend in South America
Terminal de Contêineres de Paranaguá (TCP) is helping to set new standards for container ports in South America by putting paid to the reputation that all Brazilian ports are expensive and slow.
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NewsShipping on the up as scrapping increases?
According to the latest quarterly shipping confidence survey from international accountant and shipping adviser, Moore Stephens, confidence levels have recovered slightly from their lowest level for over four years.
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NewsLocking in funds Africa-style
In August 2012 the Kenyan government opened a tender for the design and construction of the first three berths at the new port of Lamu, to be financed by the annual sale of 13bn shillings ($154.4m) of infrastructure bonds over five years.
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NewsAdvances to acquisitions
Advances in straddle carrier technology have led to some notable recent acquisitions.
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NewsSound carriers
Can automation tick the safety first box for straddle carriers. John Bensalhia investigates
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NewsYilport acquires majority share in Gemport
Yilport Holding, part of Turkey’s Yildirim Group, has acquired a majority share in the country’s first private port operator, Gemport Port and Warehousing Administration.
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NewsStrike averted as USMX and ILA reach agreement
Following a meeting with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) on Thursday, the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached an agreement, averting a strike along America’s East Coast.
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NewsBenchmarking Green Corridors
The corridor approach is an effective way to address the fragmented nature of European transport networks, say George Panagakos, Research Associate and Harilaos Psaraftis, Head of the Laboratory for Maritime Transport at the National Technical University of Athens.
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NewsHouston urges port to do its bit
Houston is upping the ante to reduce emissions on the back of the new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PM2.5 standard for fine particle emissions – but some say that the port needs to do the same.
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NewsLawsuit filed over Oz fossil fuel project
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the EU Export-Import Bank for providing almost AUS$3bn to finance a fossil fuel facility in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
