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Waterfront issues top the political agenda
In New York, last year’s Hurricane Sandy has been a game-changer in many ways: a recent panel featuring candidates in the upcoming Mayoral race showed that waterfront issues have moved to the top tier of issues facing the candidates.
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NewsEconomic realities continue to bite
The concept of active government support during economic downturns (Keynesian economics) versus Milton Friedman’s Chicago School favouring monetarism - whereby government did not expand money supply nor support easy credit and tax and spend policies - remain at loggerheads.
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NewsLiverpool2 port project begins
Peel Ports has welcomed the news this week that Liverpool''s maritime sector in the UK has received a £35m regional growth fund (RGF) grant from the government - now the operator can begin to realise its expansion plans at the Port of Liverpool.
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NewsVancouver labour lockout continues
The lockout is still in force at the US Port of Vancouver after nearly three months prompting the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to make an official complaint to Mitsui Ltd, owners of the United Grain Corporation (UGC), the company at the centre of the dispute.
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NewsETF concerned over port policy proposals
Following the European Commission’s adoption of a new regulation and communication, ‘Ports: en engine for growth’, earlier this week, the European Transport Workers Federation (ETF) has expressed concerns that the proposals could have on workers in technical-nautical services.
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NewsControversy continues to court Brazilian port reform
Both houses of the Brazilian parliament have voted into law interim measure 595, which it is hoped will greatly increase the competitiveness of the Brazilian ports industry.
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NewsAshdod and Haifa ‘accused’ of box handling oligopoly
The head of Israel''s Anti-Trust Authority has written to both Haifa port and Ashdod port to ask them to meet him prior to them being accused of operating a container handling oligopoly.
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NewsBlack future
Washington and Oregon ports travel new and old roads to viability. Martin Rushmere reports
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NewsHyster facility celebrates 60th
Global equipment manufacturer, Hyster, part of NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG), is celebrating 60 successful years of manufacturing at its factory in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, writes Rachael Doyle.
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Getting on with the neighbours
For Los Angeles, one of its most urgent projects has just been finished, the 10-year $370m deepening of the main channel from 45 to 53 feet, aimed specifically at the mega-container ships.
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NewsAPMT Liberia on track
APM Terminal’s new wharf at Monrovia Freeport in Liberia has officially opened nine months ahead of schedule, opening the door up to the next stage of the port modernisation project.
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NewsHyster extends low emissions offering
Global equipment manufacturer, Hyster, part of NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG), has extended its ‘profitable low emissions’ approach to its new range of 8 to 16 tonnes lift capacity forklift trucks.
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NewsBromma spreaders in demand
Swedish crane spreader provider, Bromma, has reported a strong start to the year, with a significant amount of STS spreaders on its order intake list, which it says is driven by larger vessels and the increase in productivity across the logistics chain.
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NewsCavotec pushes shore power
Global engineering group, Cavotec, has co-hosted an outreach event at the Port of Ystad in Southern Sweden aimed at raising awareness to the environmental and economic benefits of shore to ship power.
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NewsUpgrading EU seaports
Siim Kallas, European Commissioner for mobility and transport, has announced a new initiative to improve port operations and transport connections at 319 key EU seaports.
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NewsEfficiency focus in Turkey
Grup Marítim TCB''s Turkish Container Terminal (TCEEGE) at the Port of Nemrut Bay, is continuing its strategic plan to implement more efficient technology to the terminal as part of its new expansion.
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NewsKonecranes hybrid reach stacker
Sweden’s Konecranes Lifttrucks AB, has launched the world’s first hybrid reach stacker, the SMV 4531 TB5 HLT for container handling.
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NewsTale of two halves
There''s a clear divide in the ambitions of US West Coast ports, as Martin Rushmere explains
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NewsPort of Liverpool: where carbon efficient meets cost efficient
There are many things that make the Liverpool City Region a great place for retailers and manufacturers to do business: it’s home to the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal – a 36 mile inland waterway from Liverpool to Manchester - and a wealth of multimodal facilities and ...
