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NewsNot as 'London' as it used to be
How fares the London marine insurance market? Generally as active and influential as ever, it seems, although it is not as ‘London’ as it used to be.
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Jealously fires up regional rivalry
Callao’s progress has made its neighbours wake up and get jealous, as they are realising that Callao is rapidly becoming the regional gateway.
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Moving target
The tales of two recent labour struggles underline continuing fraught relations between port operators and workers in all parts of the world.
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NewsChilean port gets carbon savvy
Terminal Puerto de Arica (TPA) has achieved an important milestone in its environmental strategy – by measuring its carbon footprint using a new Greenhouse Gases (GHG) estimation system.
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NewsChilean port gets carbon savvy
Terminal Puerto de Arica (TPA) has achieved an important milestone in its environmental strategy – by measuring its carbon footprint using a new Greenhouse Gases (GHG) estimation system.
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NewsUkrainian port reforms open up privatisation
The port sector in Ukraine is facing landmark reforms as, after ten years of discussions, a new national seaports law has been adopted to come into effect in June 2013, writes Arthur Nitsevych, managing partner, and Olena Losevska, counsellor, Interlegal, Odessa.
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NewsWestern wins
Operators and consultants are on fire over the region''s prospects, writes Martin Rushmere
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NewsICS wants action over low sulphur switch
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has called on the IMO to fast track a critical study into the global availability of low sulphur for ships.
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NewsStrategic new quay for Vlissingen facility
In order to be able to handle the upcoming large size vessels, as well as being pushed by the rising need for coal imports into Germany, a new quay has been opened in Zeeland Seaports’ East Vlissingen facility.
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NewsMaasvlakte bans dirty trucks
According to a new traffic order at the Port of Rotterdam, from 1 January 2014 onwards, all trucks with a diesel engine must have a clean Euro VI engine if they wish to enter Maasvlakte 1 and 2.
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NewsLNG brings benefits and challenges to ports
The US is talking up liquefied natural gas as a world fuel, and praising its virtues as a greenhouse gas reducer.
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NewsNew tool to map the US ECAs
The imminent arrival of Emission Control Areas (ECAs) in the US is providing ship operators with new challenges in providing cost effective operation - but there is a new market opening up to address the issue.
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NewsPre-construction work underway in Poland
The preparatory work has begun for the proposed €13m project to modernise port infrastructure, build new terminals and buffer car parks at the two northern Poland ports of Szczecin and Swinoujscie.
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NewsEU grants €268.4m for environment projects
Last week, the European Commission approved financial support for 202 new projects under the LIFE+ programme.
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NewsBeyond electricity
Electricity could become the poor cousin to hybrids and LNG. Martin Rushmere reports
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NewsPATCH workshop reveals blue energy potential
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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NewsOften fuel cell ingredients are already on dock
Introducing fuel cell technology is often easier than first thought; many industrial gas companies will provide and operate a hydrogen station on site and will make packaged hydrogen deliveries, points out Margery Ryan of Fuel Cell Today.
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New Chilean deep water port confirmed
The Chilean government is preparing a tender for a new deepwater port in its central area.
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Irregularities confirmed in Paita and Callao concessions
The report into the concession process undertaken for the North Terminal at the Peruvian port of Callao and also of the port of Paita has concluded that there were irregularities in both operations.
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PPPs the favoured expansion choice
Variations of public-private partnerships are the driving force behind terminal developments on the US East Coast.
