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NewsTaking it neat - or home brew?
If a port wants to go the whole way to reduce its carbon footprint or, for example, if it is in a developing country, one alternative may be to convert the engine to burn straight plant oils.
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Melbourne opens up capacity question
The Port of Melbourne Corporation is consulting industry and community views on how projected increases in container freight throughput can be handled.
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NewsDon’t let the bugs bite
Going ‘green’ with your fuel is not as straightforward as you might hope. Stevie Knight reports.
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DBCT investor merges with Brookfield
Australian utilities investor Prime Infrastructure, which owns 50.1% of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, the world’s third-largest coal export facility, is to merge with co-owner Brookfield Infrastructure Partners of Canada.
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NewsJury out on PM fenders
Dave MacIntyre and Iain MacIntyre consider the future for PM type fender systems.
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NewsJapan to establish ‘super-ports’
The Japanese government is to create two mega-ports, labelling them International Strategic Freight Ports.
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NewsUK campaign to save ports fund
A campaign has been launched to highlight the necessity of investment into port facilities in order to safeguard the UK’s place in the wind farm supply chain.
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NewsNew Kenyan Ports’ boss to target reform
Yet another new managing director -the fourth in ten years- has been appointed at Kenyan Ports Authority, although this time with a remit to introduce reform needed to boost the competitiveness of the port of Mombasa.
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NewsLA truck clean-up programme approved
Los Angeles’ Clean Truck Program has been given the green light by a US District judge, overturning an injunction obtained 16 months ago by the American Trucking Associations (ATA).
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Two international NZ hubs identified
Development of the Port of Tauranga and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) as the sole 7000-teu vessel-capable ports in New Zealand could deliver a NZ$338m (US$244m) per year benefit to the country’s economy from 2015-2016.
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Teamwork for Antwerp and Panama
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Antwerp Port Authority to “foster commercial activity between the two authorities”. It is hoped that the MoU will increase cooperation - such as joint marketing and coordination on modernisation and expansion projects - and help boost trade. In ...
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Ranking shows Asian ports hold their own
Eight of the world''s top nine ports are, according to the new Top 50 World Container Ports ranking, in Asia, with the Port of Singapore keeping its top spot despite falling volumes during the downturn.
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NewsCutting corners doesn't pay
According to some industry experts, a low-grade fender will typically end up costing two or three times that of a well-made system over 20-25 years.
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New Dutch coastline takes shape
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is proceeding according to plan. Over a quarter of the necessary sand was applied during the last year by contractors’ consortium PUMA. The trailing suction hopper dredgers have started to create two islands in the North Sea. One of these is already over 4 km ...
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NewsShanghai overtakes Singapore
Shanghai is celebrating taking Singapore’s crown as the world’s busiest container port after the last eight month''s figures put it ahead on boxes.
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NewsTechnology can trump human error
The biggest challenge in introducing best practice into the ports industry is people’s “wariness of change”, Hannu Oja of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) claims.
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NewsAustralian stevedore’s price hike quashed
The New South Wales government has stopped a stevedoring company raising its charges by 67% after fears that this would bring the Port Botany area to a standstill.
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Brazil needs private sector investment
A Brazilian parliamentary representative has called for greater private sector investment in port infrastructure to support growth in the agricultural sector.
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DP World now third largest operator
DP World is now the world''s third-largest port operator, according to a report from Drewry Shipping Consultants.
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Vietnam ports to move
Government plans to move ports from the inner parts of Vietnam''s Ho Chi Minh City to outlying areas have stalled because of delays in infrastructure construction at the proposed new sites as well as a lack of funds, port management officials have said.
