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OPS technology gets its own website
Onshore Power Supply (OPS), the concept whereby vessels at berth replace onboard generated power from diesel auxiliary engines with electricity supplied by the shore – thereby reducing emissions and noise, is now served by a new website available at www.ops.wpci. nl and www.onshorepowersupply. org.
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NewsPanama promise
Ports on the US East Coast are shrugging off last year’s nightmares and looking firmly ahead. Felicity Landon reports.
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NewsA much needed correction
Are the good old days back or were the good old days really the bad old days?
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NewsAn oily mess
As I write this column, we are one month on from the devastating Deepwater Horizon explosion and the inevitable ecological disaster is still to be fully realised.
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Earthquakes shake ports sector
Two catastrophes in the first quarter of 2010, namely the terrible earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, have been a grim start for the ports sector, as well as on the broader humanitarian scale.
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Houston approves enviro-tractors
Earlier this year the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) approved awarding a $1.3 million contract to Adobe Equipment to replace 15 yard tractors at the Barbours Cut container terminal with the cleanest-burning engines available.
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NewsFelixstowe wins green award
The Port of Felixstowe, UK, is celebrating after gaining one award, and being runner-up in a second category at Suffolk County Council’s ‘Creating the greenest county awards 2010’.
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NewsThe dryport concept
The use of a dryport should reduce CO² emissions, queues and long waiting times at sea port terminals, and reduce road accidents, says Violeta Roso, who wrote her PhD thesis on ‘The Dry Port Concept’ at Chalmers University of Technology’s Logistics and Transportation Division, in Gothenburg.
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APMT to become world leader
APM Terminals says it hopes to become the leading port operator within the next five years through opening new terminals, offering competitive prices and improving relations with clients.
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Los Angeles commended for Wilmington Waterfront report
The environmental management staff of the Port of Los Angeles have received the 2010 Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document by the Association of Environmental Professionals for the preparation of the environmental impact report (EIR) for the Wilmington Waterfront project.
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Solar pilot project at Yusen Terminals
In early May Yusen Terminals Inc (YTI), a wholly owned subsidiary of NYK Line, announced completion of the first tenant-installed solar project at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA). The pilot system was installed in cooperation with NYK Trading Corp and has been designed by SeaPort Energy.
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Maersk eyes Bolívar
Shipping line Maersk is exploring the possibility of making use of Puerto Bolívar in Ecuador, where it already calls at both Guayquil and Esmeraldas. The port is building the new quay and warehousing area.
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Logsys ties knot with LXE
IT specialist LogSys has partnered with manufacturer LXE, pairing the former’s software with the latter’s rugged mobile computers.
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Seattle succeeds in eliminating polluting old trucks
The Port of Seattle has exceeded earlier expectations in its clean air initiative to remove drayage (container-hauling) trucks with pre-1994 engines from the road. The ScRAPS (Scrappage and Retrofits for Air in Puget Sound) scheme was initiated last November and by late April 168 trucks had already been removed from ...
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Seattle encourages low-sulphur fuels
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on 22 April, the Port of Seattle chose to highlight its environmental stewardship with one of its green initiatives, the At-Berth Clean (ABC) Fuels programme.
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Santos heads Latin American ports
Latest figures from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) detail a 6.8% drop in numbers of containers handled in the 20 leading ports in South America last year.
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Russian box traffic in the ascendency
Russian ports may see container traffic rise by 3% to 7% in 2010, despite a disproportionately high boost in throughput in the first quarter. For the first three months, tonnage handled rose by 40%, with St Petersburg reporting a 39.7% rise to 394,206 teu.
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NewsSilt system brings life
Georgia Ports Authority’s silt suspension system in place at the Port of Savannah has not only reduced the demands of maintenance dredging, but has also been modified to increase oxygen levels in the Savannah River.
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NewsOpening of the Outer Harbour at Great Yarmouth
With a number of customers already signed up before any final landscaping has been added, Great Yarmouth’s new outer harbour at EastPort UK, offers a promising start having just opened in January.
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NewsTicking the ‘E’ boxes
Dryports are increasingly attracting interest from shipping lines, shippers and logistics providers, as Felicity Landon explains
