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  • Port Strategy: Hamburg is one of few terminals to escape Eurogate's cuts. Credit: Vielmo and EUROGATE
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    Eurogate puts back investment

    2010-05-24T17:10:00Z

    Eurogate has confirmed that it is postponing some planned investments, although it has stressed that it remains committed to its main terminal projects.

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    Vado Ligure box terminal to go ahead

    2010-05-24T17:10:00Z

    AP Møller-Maersk has been given a definitive go ahead to build a major container handling facility at the Italian port of Vado Ligure, Savona. The decision was made recently following the meeting of the Ligurian Superintendency of Public Works.

  • Virtual veiws of the new London Gateway are available online
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    Glimpse of the new London Gateway

    2010-05-24T17:10:00Z

    The first images of the £1.5billion London Gateway port and logistics park have been revealed. Futuristic animations of the site show what the development will look like once complete.

  • Barloworld’s system captures live performance data
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    Barloworld fleet management

    2010-05-24T17:06:00Z

    Barloworld Handling has launched a new fleet management system for materials handling equipment which captures live performance data from trucks for analysis via a dedicated web portal.

  • APMT CES
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    APMT pushes independent crane consultant

    2010-05-24T17:04:00Z

    APM Terminals Crane & Engineering Services (CES) has been launched as an independent service provider offering ports and terminals expertise and project management skills in the design, procurement and installation of STS cranes, RTG cranes and other heavy terminal equipment.

  • Port of Las Palmas, where expansion plans include extending the existing free zone area.
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    Escape the red tape tangle

    2010-05-24T16:47:00Z

    Free trade zones are evolving into another critical ingredient in slick supply chains, as Felicity Landon discovers

  • Port Strategy: Sometimes qualtity is better than quantity
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    Volume not the whole story

    2010-05-24T10:00:00Z

    When it comes to awarding a port concession inevitably a lot of importance is attached to the new cargo volume that a given operator is able to attract.

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    Tacoma unveils “Fee-Free” truck emissions improvement programme

    2010-05-23T16:09:00Z

    A critical component of regional freight transportation, heavy-duty trucks represent 1 percent of maritime industry diesel emissions at the Port of Tacoma. To reduce this impact, the Port Commission recently authorized a market-based programme to reduce over-the road emissions.

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    Devil in the detail

    2010-05-21T10:00:00Z

    ACTI Engineering first demonstrated the technology used in AMECS to reduce emissions from railroad locomotives and has since developed a version of the technology suitable for use with ships in port, whether based on a barge or ashore, on the quayside.

  • Port Strategy: AMECS has been successfully tested on a number of vessels at Port of Long Beach
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    Another way

    2010-05-20T10:00:00Z

    David Foxwell investigates a cost effective alternative to shore-based power systems designed to reduce emissions

  • Did the battle on the port’s bills tip the UK coalition government scales?
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    UK port business rates campaign close to victory

    2010-05-19T17:20:00Z

    Port companies around England and Wales seem close to victory in their battle against millions of pounds of backdated business rates, after the new coalition government pledged to cancel the retrospective demands.

  • Argentina's ports may gain from growing soybean demand. Photo:IAState.Edu
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    Welcome boost for Argentine ports

    2010-05-19T17:19:00Z

    Things are looking up for Argentina’s ports since a number of factors, from politics to rainfall, might make for a short-term boom.

  • CES is marketing its approach to design, procurement and installation of STS cranes, RTG cranes and other heavy terminal equipment
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    APM’s engineering consultancy opens its doors

    2010-05-19T17:19:00Z

    APM Terminals Crane & Engineering Services (CES) is spreading its wings, and offering its consulting services to other ports and container terminal operators as a way to save time – and capital.

  • Port Strategy: Cargotec is offering customers flexible rental options to meet shorter term handling solutions
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    Cargotec sees increased demand for pre-owned cranes

    2010-05-19T10:00:00Z

    With shorter-term business contracts of around six months now the norm, ports, terminals and distribution operators are now looking for greater flexibility in rental agreements with equipment suppliers, according to Cargotec.

  • Port Strategy: A refurbished unit can be up to half the cost of a brand new machine
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    One careful owner

    2010-05-18T10:00:00Z

    The secondhand crane market is still languishing, depressed by a flood of units. Alex Hughes reports

  • It’s time to point out the importance of infrastructure to those who can influence its funding
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    Kickstart a port funding campaign

    2010-05-17T10:00:00Z

    Here''s a call lto arms: everybody across the port industry should send media clips to the US'' 534 Senators and Congressmen.

  • Port Strategy: A soft loan from China could dramatically improve Phnom Penh's future
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    Cambodian rebirth

    2010-05-17T10:00:00Z

    The historic capital city port of Phnom Penh is being reborn after years of neglect, reports Michael King

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    Trade liberalisation to boost region's port business

    2010-05-14T10:00:00Z

    The 10 member countries of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have been taking rapid steps to build up trade between members and with other parts of Asia.

  • Port Strategy: ICTSI is investing at its flagship operation at Manila International Container Terminal in the Philippines
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    On the rebound

    2010-05-13T10:00:00Z

    A comparatively quick recovery in South East Asia’s leading container ports has put shelved investment plans back on track. Michael King reports

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    Politicians battle to keep Liscont

    2010-05-12T16:21:00Z

    Two political parties in Portugal are collaborating in an attempt to avoid Liscont container terminal from having its concession contract revoked.