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NewsGreen Port Hull plans submitted
There’s good news today for the UK'' s city of Hull – multi million pound plans have been submitted by Siemens and Associated British Ports (ABP) for a wind turbine factory at the proposed Green Port Hull facility.
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NewsPropulsions & Emissions Conference 2012 - Call for papers
The 2012 Motorship Propulsions & Emissions Conference, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, has opened its call for papers today.
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NewsIMO pressed on container weight issue
Organisations have joined together in an effort to encourage the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to amend the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) to incorporate a condition for verifying weights of loaded containers.
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NewsCaterpillar supports sustainable cities
Much of the world’s population lives in coastal cities built up around ports so a new injection of funding by the Caterpillar Foundation to the Sustainable Cities Initiative this week is important news.
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Bureaucracy and eco-regs worry developers
Huge environmental costs and lengthy bureaucratic processes on the US West Coast are starting to make investors take a second look at the whys and wherefores of building terminals.
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Connecting Europe Facility: €50 billion boost
EU – The European Commission has tabled a plan foreseeing EUR 31.7 bln for developing the Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T). The plan sets off new guidelines, determining which projects are to be implement into TEN-T, and establishes the ‘Connecting Europe Facility’, that defines procedures for providing EU financial aid ...
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Summa Group and VTTI to build oil terminal
The Netherlands - The President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte have attended the signing ceremony for a major long-term agreement between the Port of Rotterdam and Shtandart TT B.V.
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NewsZero emissions project wins award
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and Gottwald Port Technology have been awarded the Hanse Globe 2011 sustainability prize for their ‘Zero Emissions’ pilot project.
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NewsAuckland strikes out at union on Maersk loss
The Port of Auckland has hit out at the Maritime Union of New Zealand and said that the loss of the Maersk Southern Star service is a “sad attempt” to deflect blame for the situation from the union.
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NewsGuaranteed return a must for ABP
Long-term demand planning has always been paramount; but it''s the level of protection that is built into those forecasts that varies widely.
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NewsDB Schenker new rail transport to China
Germany/China - DB Schenker Rail Automotive, Deutsche Bahn’s specialist in automotive rail freight transport, is overseeing auto part transports from Leipzig to China on behalf of BMW.
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NewsEfficiency or effectiveness?
Stevie Knight asks why ports still lag behind the other industry sectors on performance indicators
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NewsFirst Rainbow Warrior newbuild delivered
Europe - Greenpeace’s new 57.9m LOA Rainbow Warrior III has gone into service after completion in north Germany as the first purpose built newbuilding for the internationally active environmental organisation.
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Pelindo II plea to change tack
The Indonesian Stevedoring Companies'' Association has asked that state port operator Pelindo II abandon its current contract with PT Kaluku Marítima Utama to operate berths 201-203 at the port of Tanjung Priok.
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New turbine foundation installation vessel
Norway - With the wind farm industry eyeing the first examples of the crop of newbuilding turbine installation vessels being delivered, other interesting design concepts are also emerging.
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Daikin breakthrough in low energy refrigeration
Japan & UK – Daikin Reefer has unveiled new container refrigeration technology that meets carrier and shipper demands for low energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions while providing precise cooling performance for chilled and frozen cargoes.
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Stevedores revolt at San Antonio
Following a decision to withhold a mitigation bonus to more than 1,000 stevedores, Puerto Central, which has recently taken over the management of the Costanera Espigón container terminal at the Chilean port of San Antonio, is being taken to court to have this overturned.
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Auckland strikes force business elsewhere
There is more bad news for the Port of Auckland as a result of current strikes diverting vessels to the Port of Tauranga instead – it has lost one of its most lucrative container shipping contracts to its rival entirely.
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NewsOil and gas sector boosts sales
UK - 2011 has seen sales for SOLASOLV anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge and control room windows increase in the offshore oil and gas market.
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NewsTraffic returns after price war
The traffic has returned to German ports after the price wars of 2009, and a “realignment of market share” has been seen in 2011.
