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    Impact of Europe’s transparency legislation unclear

    2012-01-05T12:12:00Z

    The European Commission has put forward a directive to modernise public contracts, with an aim of improving transparency and ensure a level playing field.

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    Indian terminal operators seek to revamp TAMP

    2012-01-05T12:12:00Z

    Delhi High Court has received a petition from the Indian Private Ports and Terminals Association, challenging the right of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports to determine tariffs at private cargo terminals situated in state-owned ports.

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    Spanish ports increasingly unprofitable

    2012-01-05T12:12:00Z

    Liabilities of Spanish ports are expected to total €4.5bn ($5.9bn) in 2012, up from the €4.1bn reached in 2011.

  • Unifeeder’s Emotion arrives to offload its first cargo at ULCT
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    Ust-Luga opening sets development agenda

    2012-01-05T11:40:00Z

    The call of its first container ship on December 29 marked the opening of the new NCC Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) in Russia, with weekly Unifeeder calls already in the bag.

  • The losses continue for the Ports of Auckland
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    Strikes leave Auckland licking its wounds

    2012-01-05T11:40:00Z

    Ports of Auckland has confirmed that it has lost more trade as a consequence of ongoing strikes, with New Zealand’s largest exporter, Fonterra following Maersk''s lead of shifting services.

  • Transhipment now accounts for 25% of Auckland's total throughput
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    Transhipment builds for Kiwi ports

    2012-01-05T10:00:00Z

    Even in smaller countries such as New Zealand, transhipment is changing the business cases for main ports.

  • Panama Canal
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    US concern over Panama Canal expansion

    2012-01-05T09:26:00Z

    Business, labour and public officials fear expansion of the Panama Canal could cut cargo business by a quarter at the twin Los Angeles-Long Beach ports, which currently handle 40% of the nation''s imported Asian cargo.

  • The efficient feeder ship concept from Knud E Hansen, in collaboration with ABB and Maersk Broker
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    New Danish green feeder ship concept

    2012-01-04T17:07:00Z

    Danish Naval Design and Marine Consultancy Knud E Hansen has developed a design for a fuel efficient 2,000 teu container feeder vessel in cooperation with ABB.

  • APM is aiming to make Mexico more competitive in world markets
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    APM wins Lázaro Cárdenas concession

    2012-01-04T10:40:00Z

    APM Terminals has won a deepwater container terminal bid at Mexico''s Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, snaring a project that includes a 32-year design, build and operate concession of a greenfield site.

  • Why should the East suffer from Western 'illness'?
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    Western malaise only mildly infectious

    2012-01-04T10:00:00Z

    The West consumes, the East produces, the population split is 1 billion vs 6 billion, and yet it seems strange that when the former catches a cold we expect the latter to sicken as well. The reality is quite different.

  • "Ports should acknowledge their position within the supply chain instead of focusing on their own operations," Joost Smits, Systems Navigator
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    Cooling off

    2012-01-04T10:00:00Z

    Chasing the transhipment rainbow may be a fool''s errand, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre explain

  • Gothenburg wants green bunkering to be adopted across Sweden
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    Gothenburg behind green bunkering push

    2012-01-03T16:38:00Z

    The Port of Gothenburg has produced a proposed bill for green bunkering in Swedish waters - which has been presented to the Swedish Transport Agency recently.

  • Port of San Diego businesses are cleaning up their act
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    San Diego port businesses clean up their act

    2012-01-03T15:32:00Z

    Port of San Diego tennant, Flagship Cruises & Events, is converting its 11 vessel fleet to take advantage of on-shore electricity – eliminating the need to run diesel engines to generate power whilst at dock.

  • Bromma's Green Zone applications are designed to aid maintenance and operations managers
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    In the zone

    2012-01-03T10:00:00Z

    Bromma has been helping to make the most of spreader fleet performance with the aid of the Green Zone initiative.

  • Stinis long twin spreader has proved a popular choice this year
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    Bells and whistles

    2012-01-03T08:45:00Z

    Today''s smart spreaders need to do much more than simply lift a container, as John Bensalhia finds out

  • 100% of containers in and out of Port Terminals now hauled by clean trucks in L.A.
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    New year marks end of dirty trucks at LA

    2012-01-02T15:07:00Z

    From the 1 January 2012, every local short-haul or drayage truck calling at the Port of Los Angeles will meet the strictest clean air and safety standards of any major port in the world.

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    Tandem lift splits manufacturers

    2011-12-30T10:00:00Z

    Straddle carrier customers usually plump for 40-ton single lift units or 50-ton twin lift, but today there is an increasing market demand for 60-ton expanding twin lift capability, allowing it to match the capacity on ship-to-shore cranes.

  • The MaRINET scheme aims to make marine renewable energy more commercially viable
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    European test scheme for marine renewables

    2011-12-29T18:05:00Z

    A new EU funded scheme worth £7.7m (€9m) is providing access for companies and researchers to specialist marine renewable energy testing centres across Europe.

  • The Maasvlakte 2 expansion Photo: Courtesy of Port of Rotterdam Authority
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    Rotterdam reacts to ECT lawsuit

    2011-12-29T14:59:00Z

    The Port of Rotterdam has been reserved in making comment on a pending lawsuit it''s facing – but the furor of media coverage surrounding the recent summons by Europe Container Terminals (ECT) has forced it to break its silence.

  • Konecranes believes that all-electric will only be adopted for straddle carriers once the technology has been proven in the haulage industry
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    Messy play

    2011-12-29T10:00:00Z

    All-electric straddle carriers remain a pipe-dream for operators fed up with leaky hydraulic components. Alex Hughes reports