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  • Port Phillip Bay dredging has benefitted Melbourne, says the port authority. Photo: Ian Kluft
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    Melbourne quick win from deepening project

    2010-04-14T12:22:00Z

    The Port of Melbourne is already gaining the commercial benefit of its controversial channel-deepening programme.

  • Port Strategy: "It come down to making sure your project or proposal fits into Europe’s priorities – the challenge is understanding what those priorities are," Richard Morton, Jura Associates
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    The European dimension

    2010-04-14T10:00:00Z

    Interreg funds for regional cooperation projects; Structural and Cohesion funds; TEN-T funds for infrastructure projects; Marco Polo and Motorways of the Sea funds for shifting freight on to shortsea shipping ... no wonder many ports give up at the first hurdle of applying for European Union funding.

  • Port Strategy: Might Antwerp's international drive be a step too far?
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    A step too far, asks The Strategist

    2010-04-14T10:00:00Z

    The Port of Antwerp made an interesting announcement last month, namely that it “aims to strengthen its position on a world scale” and “for this purpose the Antwerp Port Authority has opted to develop activities beyond Europe, especially in growth regions with the potential to generate cargo for Antwerp".

  • Port Strategy: "Investors will be looking to see whether the port is handling large volumes, and how captive those volumes are for that particular port," Jos van de Leur, MTBS
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    Back to basics

    2010-04-13T10:00:00Z

    Ports looking to position themselves to secure finance would do well to go back to basics, Felicity Landon advises

  • Port Strategy:The Brazilian port has blossomed through incremental expansion driven by the market
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    Taking the bull by the horns

    2010-04-12T10:00:00Z

    Michael Mackey investigates the secrets behind the Port of Navegantes'' success

  • Port Strategy: "We intend to assure the port sector increased reliability and efficiency, improvement in performance, low operating costs, and lower tariffs for users, with the adoption of a clear and perennial policy," Pedro Brito, Sepcial Secr...
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    Counting on the economy

    2010-04-09T10:00:00Z

    Ports and ports policy are two of but not the only reasons why Brazil has become the star of the emerging markets class.

  • Port Strategy:Port expansion in Brazil, such as at Navegantes (pictured), has lit up the path for further development in the region
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    Still shining

    2010-04-08T10:00:00Z

    Michael Mackey revels in the region''s drive to succeed

  • Mundra port, owned by Adani, looks like benefitting from coal throughput from Columbia
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    India’s ports to benefit from Colombian coal

    2010-04-07T16:05:00Z

    India’s ports stand to gain from yet another coal stream as Colombian coal joins the imports from Indonesia.

  • At the moment the size of the vessels is limited, but demand is expected for larger vessels to be serviced at Savannah in 2014. Photo D Russell
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    US may fund Savannah’s keep-up game

    2010-04-07T16:05:00Z

    Savannah is eyeing US federal money to support its development in line with the Panama expansion.

  • Coracle offers an easy way to keep tabs on the industry’s social media following
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    Free port podcast service gains following

    2010-04-07T16:04:00Z

    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

    2010-04-07T10:00:00Z

    Some observers have likened the US Congress to a sporting venue, as both sides seem to be engaged in a continual sparring match.

  • Port Strategy: "Trust Ports share the benefits around to a broad range of stakeholders in a way that private ports can’t, and don’t, aspire to," Capt Mark Sansom, Falmouth Port
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    A matter of Trust

    2010-04-07T10:00:00Z

    Stevie Knight examines the mystique surrounding UK Trust Ports

  • The industry needs to find the long view
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    Only the beginning of the end

    2010-04-07T10:00:00Z

    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.

  • Spoke
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    A spoke in the wheel

    2010-04-07T10:00:00Z

    It''s easy to get caught up in the ‘us’ and ‘them’ mindset working in the shipping industry.

  • Port Strategy: "Staying optimistic is very important because it is not just an economic and financial crisis but a psychological one,” Hans Smit, Rotterdam chief executive
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    A good dose of optimism

    2010-04-06T10:00:00Z

    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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    Recycling tyres into fenders

    2010-04-06T10:00:00Z

    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, ...

  • Port Strategy: Rotterdam has been tackling the crisis in a bullish way. Credit: Freek van Arkel
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    Tough get going

    2010-04-05T10:00:00Z

    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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    Tyre-maker recycles its water

    2010-04-05T10:00:00Z

    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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    Hamilton inland port

    2010-04-05T10:00:00Z

    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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    LA gets smarter

    2010-04-03T10:00:00Z

    Managing the 46 miles of waterfront and more than 350 fixed cameras on site at the Port of Los Angeles can be arduous.