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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.
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NewsSpreader 'add ons' a necessity not a luxury
There is a time and a place for basic spreaders, Pedro Cisternas Fernández, who oversees Valparaíso-based container handling facility, Terminal Pacífico Sur''s gantry crane operations tells Port Strategy.
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NewsPortVision explains new MTMSA guidelines
American maritime technology company, PortVision, has explained that terminal optimisation platforms can help terminal operators meet the expectations recently set by the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF).
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NewsDNV and GL join to form mega-class society
Oslo-based classification society Det Norske Veritas has announced that it has concluded an agreement to merge with another major class society, Germanischer Lloyd. The new entity will be known as DNV GL Group.
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NewsBack to basics
Alex Hughes asks the leading spreader manufacturer whether greater sophistication equals more maintenance
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NewsGAC West African expansion underway
Global shipping and llogistics specialist, the GAC Group, is making headway with its expansion in West Africa – its signed a Global Network Agency (GNA) agreement with Oil and Marine Agencies (OMA) Ltd for support services for all ports in Ghana, Togo and Benin.
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NewsIntercargo worries over MARPOL changes
The International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (Intercargo) has expressed its concern over the lack of information and understanding of important changes to MARPOL Annex V for port reception facilities.
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NewsNegotiations continue to avoid US strikes
Following a disagreement over a contract extension, the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) continue negotiations to avoid work stoppage along America''s East Coast.
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NewsIPC focuses on being eco-green
Indonesian port operator, Indonesia Port Corporation II (IPC), has conducted a new programme to clean up the port of Tanjung Priok which includes litter collection and tree planting as part of its ‘Greening and environmental hygiene programme’.
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NewsLetter to the Editor
Dear Editor, as a specialist fender consultant I am non-aligned and provide support to manufacturers and end users of fenders on a variety of topics which I believe benefit and improve the fender industry, also investigations to identify the diverse causes of fender failures when these become an insurance or ...
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Punta Colonet project pulled
The Mexican government has cancelled the tender to build a new container terminal - as well as rail link to the US - at the port of Punta Colonet.
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Haldia Dock re-tender
Kolkata Port Trust is to re-tender berths 2 and 8 at the Haldia Dock Complex just three weeks after ABG Haldia Bulk Terminals abandoned its concession there.
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Valparaiso concession open to all
Competition authorities in Chile have given the go-ahead for incumbent operators in the country''s V region to bid for the concession to operate the new Terminal 2 at the port of Valparaiso.
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State to step in at Manta
Ecuador''s Minister of Transport & Public Works, Maria de los Angeles Duarte, has stressed that the government will fund the $106m Manta deep water port itself, if it has to.
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Improving fender quality tops the agenda
The fender debate is heating up, as industry experts clash on the quality of products available in today''s port industry.
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No end to Portuguese dock strike
Port unions active in Portugal''s central and southern regions have called a new round of partial strikes, which aim to paralyse activity at the ports of Lisbon, Setúbal, Aveiro and Figueira da Foz from December 31 to January 7.
