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NewsPorts need clearer piracy procedures
Ports in piracy-threatened regions must make clear how they will accommodate armed guards and issue transparent guidelines to shipowners and operators, Dom Mee, president of Protection Vessels International, has warned.
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NewsVirginia port probe to go deeper
Virginia Port Authority’s top-to-bottom shake-up will leave no stone unturned in its quest to make the port more competitive on the US East Coast, the state’s transportation secretary has declared.
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NewsCapacity shortage cripples Indonesian ports
Shipping lines are unable to offer mainline services from Indonesia to North America and Europe because of a lack of port capacity, Jakob Friis Sorenson, president director of Maersk Indonesia, has claimed.
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Priority berthing for Israel Chemicals at Eilat
Under a new agreement, vessels operated by Israel Chemicals will be given priority berthing for 190 days each year at soon-to-be-privatised port of Eilat.
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Tideworks TOS to service APL
Tideworks is to implement its TOS solutions at APL’s new intermodal facility in Joliet, Illinois. Scheduled to go live in the fourth quarter of 2011, the project will serve APL’s customers in Chicago and the surrounding areas, and will eventually replace its existing Chicago container facility.
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ICTSI throws hat in Greek ring
Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has openly declared an interest in Greek’s two main ports.
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Prudent reserves policy pays off
The TT Club made a modest operating loss in 2010, which chairman Knud Pontoppidan said was a satisfactory result, for a mutual and in the light of market conditions.
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NewsTaking Sustainability as an important aspect of competition
AS HAMBURG WILL play host to this year’s 6th GreenPort Congress, where port industry, academia and policy-making executives will meet to learn about and discuss the latest in sustainable environmental practice, GreenPort Magazine would like to give the word to the big chief of Hamburg Port Authority, Jens Meier.
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New LIFE Focus
The EC has published a new edition of LIFE Focus journal under the title: “LIFE and resource efficiency: Decoupling growth from resource use”.
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NewsExhibitors enjoy the opportunity to network with delegates
ABB, BROMMA, Environmental Consulting, ewo, Fraunhofer CML and Schneider Electric all took the opportunity to talk with delegates during the breaks.
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NewsHamburg Port Authority hands over the baton to Marseille!
Marseille Fos Port Authority will be the hosts of the 7th GreenPort Congress from 3-5 October 2012.
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NewsDelegates were welcomed to the Congress at the beautiful Hamburg Town Hall
A warm reception was waiting for attendees at the 6th GreenPort Congress.
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NewsPorts are tackling the 'Green' Challenge
More than 200 delegates from 30 countries came together in Hamburg to discuss and debate key green issues affecting ports today
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NewsMaking the most of a supporting role
In this season of Labor Day, job creation and the inchoate 2012 Presidential campaign trail - now an eighteen month affair - ports continue to be a bit player in the larger script.
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NewsBenefits born out of adversity
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 brought fundamental change to the ports sector. And while this change was born out of adversity much of it is change that can now be regarded as positive.
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NewsClaims under control
TT Club''s Charles Fenton tells James Brewer how the insurer has steered its way through the financial shoals
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Fender choices driven by price
Price-driven fender purchases could “increase costs and reduce the efficiency of ports over the longer-term”, according to research from Trelleborg Marine Systems.
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NewsCargotec envisages game-changing 'Port 2060'
WITNESSING CARGOTEC’S COMMITMENT to support future generations of container terminal operators, the company recently launched the ‘Port 2060’ project, which aims to imagine how the container industry might evolve over the next 50 years as a result of what Cargotec envisages will be ‘game-changing’ technologies.
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Long Beach makes 70% diesel pollution cut
The Port of Long Beach''s clean-air efforts are achieving dramatic across-theboard reductions in air pollution, including a 72 percent decline in diesel particulates, according to the latest comprehensive study.
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NewsDover's focus on efficiency
WITHIN A PORT context, ‘efficiency’ is usually a word associated with operational rather than environmental management, but it has been the mantra used to deliver real carbon savings at the Port of Dover.
