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    Smart processes speeds customs process

    2012-07-19T21:11:00Z

    US Customs and Border Protection have used Smartphone technology to boost security and customs operations even further.

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    Ports need to be a lot less relaxed

    2012-07-19T16:55:00Z

    Ports need to raise their marine security game before pirates start to pay more attention to them and try to repeat the highjacking of a ship anchored in Omani waters, outside Salalah.

  • Shanghai's wide-scale RTG electrification programme led to a 47% reduction in energy consumption
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    All or nothing

    2012-07-19T16:54:00Z

    Zero emissions are the new goal, but the dispute about who shoulders the environmental burden rumbles on. Martin Rushmere reports

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    World leader cap fits Los Angeles

    2012-07-19T16:54:00Z

    Los Angeles is developing its emissions control programmes at a blistering pace. Their claim to be the leading and most successful port in the world in cutting emissions is based on the speed of progress and the variety of initiatives.

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    Moving the SOx and NOx debate on

    2012-07-19T16:54:00Z

    It''s not enough just to talk blithely about reducing emissions, without considering the cost and the lack of responsibility by polluters, says Del Redvers, head of sustainability at BMT Group.

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    Inland attractions

    2012-07-19T16:53:00Z

    Surprisingly, China''s northern and central box terminals grew faster last year than the traditional southern powerhouse. Michael King reports

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    Portugal invests in new box terminals

    2012-07-19T16:49:00Z

    The Portuguese government is to invest €2.5bn ($3.5bn) in building new container terminals in the ports of Lisbon, Leixões and Sines.

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    GreenPort South Asia 2013 launched

    2012-07-19T16:22:00Z

    Mercator Media has announced that it will hold the inaugural GreenPort South Asia conference on 20 to 22 March 2013 at the Trident Hotel, Nariman Point, Mumbai, India.

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    The positives of private investment

    2012-07-19T12:55:00Z

    Port authorities and governmental bodies have a great deal to gain when the deep pockets of big corporate entities are opened up.

  • Hydrogen power is already here
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    Chemical reaction

    2012-07-19T12:43:00Z

    Fuel cell technology could be the perfect partner for localised port fleets. Stevie Knight reports

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    NZ port plan calls resurface

    2012-07-19T12:42:00Z

    Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter says the Government needs to develop a national ports strategy so ports, which are majority or wholly-owned by local bodies, stop under-cutting each other.

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    MUNZ Auckland workers earn bonuses

    2012-07-19T12:42:00Z

    Maritime Union of New Zealand national president Garry Parsloe says productivity bonuses earned by his Auckland members are a demonstration of their “strong commitment” and hard work.

  • There's a hub war in Poland
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    The jury's still out on Poland

    2012-07-19T12:14:00Z

    At the end of March, Hapag Lloyd announced that the G6 Asia-Europe Loop 3 service would not call at the port of Gdansk, Poland.

  • The Port of Botany – trouble ahead? Photo: Brent Pearson
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    Automation – Asciano’s double edged sword

    2012-07-19T12:09:00Z

    Australian container terminal operator Asciano has announced a AUS$348m automation project for its Botany Bay facility which when implemented could see the workforce there reduced by over 50%.

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    Essar to rein in international activities

    2012-07-19T10:30:00Z

    Essar Ports says that it is to cut back on its international ambitions and instead focus more heavily on its home market of India, where it intends to grow current capacity of 88m tonnes to 160m tonnes by 2014.

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    New legislation threatens Italian port autonomy

    2012-07-19T10:30:00Z

    New legislation in Italy, it is claimed, threatens to cannibalise the financial autonomy of ports.

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    PSA invests in automation

    2012-07-18T19:07:00Z

    PSA Singapore Terminals (PSA) has made a strategic investment in automation technologies to help maintain its status as one of the world’s largest transhipment hubs.

  • Laura Sandys MP at the PATCH Workshop
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    PATCH workshop reveals blue energy potential

    2012-07-18T15:42:00Z

    Exploring the potential of wave and tidal power, or blue energy, for ports was the agenda of the recent PATCH workshop held recently in Ramsgate, UK.

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    Dust Control Technology introduces new tower units

    2012-07-18T11:00:00Z

    Dust Control Technology, one of the global leaders in open area dust suppression introduced a new family of tower mounts for the company’s atomised misting equipment which extends droplet hang time and range, while providing more precise aiming capability.

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    Brazil faces investment bottleneck

    2012-07-18T10:30:00Z

    Brazil''s National Economic and Social Development Bank has suggested that continuing growth in the country is going to lead to an investment bottleneck.