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NewsPakistan project opens to tenders
June sees the opening of the tender process for Pakistan''s port optimisation project.
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NewsTotal recall: thinking outside the boxes
Forget expansion, focus resources on better box placement on dock, advises Stuart Pearcey
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Antwerp launches unique trial project with shore power for seagoing ships
At the Port of Antwerp, seagoing ships belonging to Independent Container Line (ICL) will now be able to use a shore-based electricity supply when they are lying at berth. As a consequence they will no longer have to run their polluting onboard engines to generate power. The environmental impact of ...
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SC Ports, Trucking Community Launch Partnership to Reduce Emissions
Trucks serving the Port of Charleston are getting cleaner and greener through a new program that reduces truck emissions while saving companies big bucks on their fuel bill.
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BBI offers distress sales
Offers for Babcock & Brown Infrastructure''s (BBI) Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal asset are expected to close in July, following a due diligence process with several parties. BBI is also currently in talks with parties interested in buying PD Ports in the UK.
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Box slump continues in Hong Kong
In March, Hong Kong registered its fifth consecutive month of falling container traffic. It handled 1.625m teu, equivalent to a decline of 18.9%. For the first quarter of 2009, throughput amounted to 4.542m teu, down 21.1%.
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40 years for Auxema-Stemmann
This year the company Auxema- Stemmann is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Originally founded as Auxema in 1967, after two years the formed a partnership with the German company August Stemmann (1912), incorporating the company name as it is today: Auxema-Stemmann.
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NewsPureBallast for petroleum tankers
PureBallast, Alfa Laval’s chemical-free system for ballast water treatment developed in cooperation with Wallenius Water, will be installed aboard two new bitumen tankers for Nynas, a word-leading supplier of specialty petroleum products.
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Reducing diesel emissions: Tacoma applauds ocean carriers
Celebrating the maritime industry’s continued efforts to reduce diesel emissions in the Puget Sound region, the Port of Tacoma Commission recently applauded the voluntary environmental stewardship of ocean carriers and authorized a new, fee-free, market based program to reduce emissions from trucks that serve the Port.
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DPW nets ISO first
DP World has become the first Australian terminal operator to gain the international standard ISO 28000:2007 certification in supply chain security management at all of its Australian container terminals. The certification covers processes to address security vulnerabilities at strategic and operational levels, as well as establishing preventative action plans.
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NewsMobile cranes get a move on
Forth Ports has taken the mobile crane concept to heart; since the UK operator added four Sennebogen 870 Mobile Special machines to its traditional port crane fleet the machines have been moved, on average, between seven and eight times a month between port locations.
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NewsCongo gets going
Work on Congo Terminal, the new name of the container terminal in the Port of Pointe-Noire (Congo Brazzaville), has started.
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NewsSIAG turns to Linde for mobile yard operations
Establishing new markets outside of container handling for existing products is always a difficult task to undertake. However, one market that the Linde Heavy Truck Division has been successful in breaking into is equipment used in the production of wind energy products; this is a very important step for the ...
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Long Beach Commission approves $881 million port budget
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday, May 18, 2009 approved an $881 million budget for the Port of Long Beach that reflects the sluggish state of world trade and reduced cargo revenue but maintains the Port’s aggressive investment in environmental projects.
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Moves division secures CLPE future
Some years ago, CLPE decided not to rely wholly on second-hand sales in order to stay in business over the longer term.
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News“Drive-In” makes green ports a possibility
Conductix-Wampfler AG has developed a new alternative for the electrification of rubber tired gantry cranes (RTGs). This so-called “Drive-In” solution is a system extension for the conductor bar systems already on the market.
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Workforce management made easy
Under the title of ''Project Byng'', software producer Rostima is bringing together a number of different management modules into one easy-to-use software package.
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2nd hand photos
Operators looking for relatively youthful second-hand equipment in today''s market may have to consider acquiring slightly older units, for which demand is less strong.
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Clean Fuels Group honours Long Beach Harbor Commissioner
The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute, a US group that promotes alternative fuel use, recently gave its “20/20 Vision Award” to Long Beach Harbor Commissioner Mario Cordero for his leadership role in implementing the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) and his ardent advocacy for the use of ...
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Shoreham Port CEO leaves for Scottish role
Rod Johnstone, the chief executive who oversaw the investment of over £ 30 million in Shoreham Port in the last five years, is moving back up to Scotland, where he will be taking over as chief executive at Scrabster Harbour Trust, near Thurso.
