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Montevideo must offload empties
Uruguay''s National Ports Authority (ANP) wants to move empty containers outside the port of Montevideo to avoid operational collapse at the container terminal.
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TSB wins Busan community contract
Korea’s Total Soft Bank is to play a “key role” in BPA-NET, Busan’s port community system designed to “increase the efficiency of port operation”, to improve service quality, and create value-add. The company will provide software and service for the PCS.
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Meeting differing customer demands
When there’s no such thing as a ‘standard customer’, manufacturers face the challenge of producing a variety of products, each with their own characteristics, all priced differently.
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Libyan ports resume international operations
The security situation at the Libyan port of Tripoli and Benghazi has stabilised to such an extent that cargo vessels from both Italy and Malta have both made calls.
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NewsKiel’s opens up its vista
The Port of Kiel has opened its doors to the public with a new viewing terrace at its Schwedenkai Terminal.
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Humber region wins 'Enterprise Zone' status
The Humber region has been awarded ‘enterprise zone’ status creating significant financial incentives for new renewable energy businesses.
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Koper Plan Adopted
The Government has endorsed the National Spatial Plan (NSP) for the Port of Koper.
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NewsPort of Gothenburg receives International Environmental Award
THE PORT OF GOTHENBURG has received an international award for its contribution to cleaner shipping.
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NewsIndia’s major port shake up
Following India’s plan to create seven new deep water facilities, it also seems that its major ports, so named because they are government owned, may be facing a challenging reorganisation.
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NewsChallenging a communication culture
Ineffective communication could be losing port and terminal operations significant sums of hard money. Or, as Captain John Wright of WrightWay Training told Port Strategy, “One plus one plus one doesn’t always equal three.”
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NewsClean fuel will save lives in port areas
A research paper published this week showed that air pollution near ports and next to shipping lanes drops dramatically when vessels shift to cleaner, low-sulphur fuels.
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Productivity now mandatory at Santos
All concessionaires at the port of Santos will have to meet minimum productivity standards in future or risk having their concessions withdrawn.
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EU to reform ports legislation
European Commissioner Siim Kallas has announced a policy to be in place by 2013 to reform ports policy by reducing the administrative burden placed on ports.
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Dover welcomes Brazilian mission
The Port of Dover recently welcomed a delegation from the Association of Road Freight companies of Brazil, a syndicate of over 7,000 freight companies in the Great São Paulo area as part of their fact finding trip to the UK.
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ICTSI's automation boost
International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) has stepped up terminal automation at its flagship Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in the Philippines and Suape Container Terminal (SCT) in Recife, Brazil.
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New AGVs replace first-generation vehicles
Gottwald is supplying 22 automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in Rotterdam, a long-term customer.
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Kalmar grows Chinese presence
Cargotec is continuing its growth in the competitive Chinese port equipment market through a new order from Cosco Pacific subsidiary Jinjiang Pacific Ports Development (JPPDC).
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TOS for Polish inland facility
PCC Intermodal is to start to deploy an Autostore Terminal Operating System (TOS) at its Kutno inland terminal in central Poland, a key national and international railroad nexus.
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Crane gives Odense flexibility
The recent acquisition of a Liebherr mobile harbour crane has gained the Odense Port Terminal at Lindø more than one kind of efficiency.
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Barcelona gains information system
HITT''s subsidiary in Canada, Klein Systems Group, is to provide the Spanish port of Barcelona with a Port Management Information System.
