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New biodegradable marine lubricant from Castrol
Castrol Marine is launching the world’s first comprehensive range of biodegradable marine lubricant to help shipping companies reduce their environmental footprint.
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NewsStriking the balance at Southampton
DP World Southampton successfully adopted a block stacking methodology five years ago and has recently increased the size of its empties park so it can accommodate about 10,000 teu at any one time.
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PEMA seeks to enhance industry efficiency
In a bid to assist the port equipment industry improve strategic planning, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has conducted its first ever market survey of mobile port handling equipment.
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PEMA welcomes new members
The Port Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (PEMA) has added four specialist manufacturing and consulting companies from Europe and the United States to its membership “PEMA’s work supporting the ports sector will be boosted with our new members – all of whom represent key interests in the ...
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NewsFinland mega port project opens for business
Touting itself as the "most modern of the Baltic harbours", Finland''s massive port relocation project is to open this month.
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Gladstone gets gassy
The Queensland port of Gladstone is consolidating as Australia''s major port for liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments. Arrow Energy, LNG Ltd and Shell are planning a 1m tonnes/year LNG export plant at Gladstone''s Fisherman''s Landing. GLNG is also proposing to develop a mid-scale 2.6m tonnes per annum plant
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Low maintenance plastic for Fleetwood port
Two 2.4m plastic buoys ordered by Associated British Ports from British manufacturer XJF Plastics are to be followed by another order after proving their effectiveness at Fleetwood, UK, in guiding the freight and passenger routes between the North of England and Larne in Northern Ireland.
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NewsFilling up with empties?
Empty containers are a fact of life - but that doesn''t mean busy ports want to run full-scale empty box storage operations. Felicity Landon reports on the issues
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NewsPort Louis
Port Louis is making sure that it secures a long term future to evade the threat of extinction. Stevie Knight reports
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NewsGreen initiatives from Tratos
A supplier of specialist cables, Tratos are always seeking to work with customers to find better, more environmentally friendly solutions to their challenges, one of its greatest strengths is the ability to tailor solutions to customers needs.
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GPPL offering
Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL) has filed its draft prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for an initial public offering of 5bn Rupees ($100.2m). The shares will be listed on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange. GPPL has as its major shareholder APM Terminals.
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NewsCutting down on noise
Konecranes of Finland, a leading manufacturer of grab gantry un loaders, reports that it is currently delivering two such machines to the Danish power company Dong Energy that will feature the most advanced noise reduction system that has ever been installed on this type of crane.
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Container and LNG infrastructure lacking in Europe
A study prepared on behalf of the European Commission identified a ''mounting need'' for investment in port infrastructure, specifically to handle containers and liquefied natural gas.
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Granskog joins Cavotec Board
Global engineering group, Cavotec MSL, has appointed Christer Granskog, former CEO of Kalmar Industries, to the Cavotec Board of Directors.
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Algeciras downbeat on short term box figures
Algeciras Bay Port Authority has agreed a series of very modest container traffic figures over the next five years.
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Transnet appointments
Former chief operating officer for Transnet''s container business, Solly Letsoalo has taken over as chief of operations at the company. Reporting to Mr Letsoalo will be a team of divisional executive managers, each tasked with a separate sector of operations: Siyabulela Mhlaluka will be in charge of the container sector, ...
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Mombasa cancels tender for second grain handler
Kenya Port Authority unexpectedly cancelled a tender for a second grain handler at the port of Mombasa just three days before the bidding deadline.
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NewsAssociation provides common platform
The port authorities of Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion and Seychelles are all members of the Association of Ports of the Indian Ocean Islands (APIOI), which was officially established last year.
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NewsFirst shore-side power supply for merchant shipping in Germany
After successfully completing the testing phase, Siemens Energy and the Lübeck utility have commissioned Germany’s first shoreside power supply system for merchant shipping. The shoreside power supply, installed at the port of Lübeck’s Nordland dock, provides ships with an environmentally friendly ...
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NewsValencia no 1 Spanish box port
The Spanish Port of Valencia has overtaken Algeciras as the country''s leading container port.
