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Safety performance: important progress
Henrik Kristensen detailed APM Terminals’ Safety Culture implementation and approach, which have established new standards of safety performance for the container industry, while addressing the 2nd ICHCA Safe Cargo Handling Seminar in Stockholm, Sweden.
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NewsGijon monitors its ecological footprint
MC3 methodology has been used for the past nine years to measure the Carbon Footprint of the northern Spanish port
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NewsLong life promises
If well maintained, there is no reason a Sennebogen materials handler cannot remain in service for at least two decades, claims the manufacturer.
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NewsProposed “tax holiday” for LA port businesses
Port of Los Angeles executive director Geraldine Knatz has welcomed the proposal of a “Business Tax Holiday” for new businesses opening in Los Angeles.
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NewsInternational ports confirm commitment to cluster study
An agreement has been signed that brings a wide ranging and international group of port clusters together with Valencia port to examine best practice issues.
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NewsUK budget brings backdated rates reprieve
This week''s UK Budget announced funding to waive £175m of backdated business rates demands that had been levied on ports businesses.
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NewsIris scanner for Philadelphia terminal
The Port of Philadelphia has started to enrol warehouse workers at its Greenwich Terminal into a new - and fast - biometric security system.
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NewsPort Botany expansion benefits region
Construction companies and workers across New South Wales have reaped the rewards from the State Government’s A$1bn (US$876m) Port Botany Expansion project.
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Marco Polo call passes landmark
With 101 proposals received by the call deadline, the third Marco Polo II call for project proposals has attracted a record number of submissions in 2010, beating all previous calls since its 2007 launch.
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NewsUkrtranscontainer will have its day in court
The claim by Ukrtranscontainer (UTC) against the Ukrainian Government for investment rights violation is moving into the European Court of Human Rights.
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NewsFree and easy
Alex Hughes investigates why mobile harbour cranes continue to meet the needs of many terminals
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NewsAstute management could have repercussions
The global container terminal operators reported profits in 2009 despite the shipping global recession and shipping calamity.
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NewsSustainability: Accelerating Environmental Initiatives
Henrik Kristensen, Head of Corporate Responsibilities at APM Terminals, outlines the company’s strategy for sustainability implementation strategy at
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NewsHow to evaluate transport’s environmental performance
Society’s environmental interest has evolved from a strong focus on local health effects towards more regional impacts on nature. Now, the focus is on global climate change and the use of finite and fossil resources. Thus, evaluation models for transport logistics environmental performance follow the same development path. Magnus Swahn ...
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NewsThe gate keepers
An intelligent gate system is fast becoming a terminal ''must-have'', as Alex Hughes explains
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NewsKuifeend nature conservation area
The Kuifeend + Grote Kreek nature conservation area lies within the Antwerp North railway marshalling yard, right in the middle of the port of Antwerp.
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Ready for biofuels?
Richard Sadler, CEO of Lloyd’s Register, analyses the effect of biofuels on the shipping industry.
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NewsAutomation can reduce gate opening hours
In a bizarre twist of time, Allen Thomas of APS notes that automation often results in gates staying open for less time, since more work can be done in less time.
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NewsAdvantage: Rail
Rail is the key to Duisport’s commercial success. Kasia Kurek, of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, reports
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NewsTackling the challenges of inland ports
The “Binnen_Land” Research project has been established in response to the urgent need to handle increasing volumes of freight more sustainable. Femke Grabbert and Verena Meister of the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg provide an update on the project
