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NewsFree port podcast service gains following
A free podcast service aimed at port professionals from Coracle Online is picking up a following.
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Finance fund details to be hammered out
Some observers have likened the US Congress to a sporting venue, as both sides seem to be engaged in a continual sparring match.
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NewsOnly the beginning of the end
At the recent Journal of Commerce conference in Oakland (TPM) one of the major carrier’s chief executives suggested that the industry had not been ready for the boom in cargo and had had no pre warning.
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NewsA spoke in the wheel
It''s easy to get caught up in the ‘us’ and ‘them’ mindset working in the shipping industry.
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Recycling tyres into fenders
American company Maritime International has developed a new style of marine fender made entirely from scrap tyres. Its ‘raw material’ is recycled waste tyres which would otherwise be sent to landfill, and the resulting product is being used by Shell, Kinder Morgan, Port of Los Angeles, Valero, Cargill, Motiva, Ergon, ...
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NewsA good dose of optimism
Perhaps one of the most surprising weapons in the anti-crisis armoury is a good dose of optimism, Hans Smits, chief executive of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, tells Port Strategy.
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Tyre-maker recycles its water
Two months of operation of water recycling and harvesting rainwater has allowed Goodyear South Africa to save 5.6m litres of water; enough to supply 180 homes for a month. The Uitenhage plant is finding a new use for wastewater from its boiler house, and saving steam condensate. The recovered water ...
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NewsTough get going
Ports in the Benelux face crisis head-on and investments continue to ensure they emerge stronger than ever. Helen Hill reports
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Hamilton inland port
An independent inland port and commercial hub operation serving the Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Waikato “golden triangle” has been proposed by Tainui Group Holdings.
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Queensland rebranding
Australia’s Far North Queensland Ports Corporation is rebranding itself as Ports North.
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Enhanced import container standard
Relevant documentation for containers imported to New Zealand will now have to be submitted 12 hours before a vessel’s estimated arrival and six-sided inspections (as opposed to four-sided) may be undertaken if quarantine declaration requirements have not been met.
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LA gets smarter
Managing the 46 miles of waterfront and more than 350 fixed cameras on site at the Port of Los Angeles can be arduous.
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NewsA solid argument
Scotland''s Cromarty Firth Port is going for the twin pronged approach of ‘big fence, high-tech solutions’.
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Saudi Arabia biggest port security spender in Middle East
Saudi Arabia is planning to spend $26.3m on port security, making it the largest spender in this area in the Middle East.
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Government to solve Burgas terminal problem
Bulgaria''s Minister of Transport has promised to help resolve problems at the new Terminal 2A at the port of Burgas.
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Kalmar’s Peruvian order
DP World Callao has placed an order for two Kalmar DRF450 reachstackers and two Kalmar DCE80 empty container handlers for its new terminal operations in Peru. Meanwhile, in Asia Yingkou Port Group Corporation has ordered eight Kalmar DRF450 reachstackers and one DCE80 empty container handler. The new machines will ...
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Itajaí working round the clock on reconstruction
The TSCC Consortium, in charge of the reconstruction works of the Port of Itajaí, has laid out a new plan to speed up the completion of works on berths 01 and 02, severely damaged by the floods of November 2008.
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Training provision goes further
GAC Training & Service Solutions Limited (GTSS) is a new initiative that will provide innovative and cost saving training solutions for the LNG and tanker markets, as well as other commodity and maritime sectors. The company will deliver a portfolio of training courses for both seafarers and shore-based shipping ...
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