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NewsNamPort secures US loan
Walvis Bay: another aspiring hubThere are inherent difficulties with the bid which requires certain conditions that the Indonesian government might find difficult to approve.The United States Trade and Development Agency has awarded Namibian Ports Authority (NamPort) a grant of $400,000 for port development and expansion projects. NamPort is trying to ...
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NewsWildlife habitat preserved in Tacoma
Expansion of facilities at Tacoma may be creating thousands of jobs, but it is also benefiting wildlife.
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NewsEverglades eco plans
Balancing economic growth with ecological concerns is never easy - this is the challenge discussed by Broward County Port Everglades Department staff, approximately 60 Broward County residents and environmental experts, looking to generate ideas about how the South Florida port can further its environmental stewardship. Participants in the Environmental Workshop ...
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NewsOperator sought for Cape Fear River
North Carolina State Ports Authority is seeking one or possibly two companies interested in building a new container terminal on Cape Fear River in Brunswick County.
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No shortage of interest in P&O
Following the political outcry in Washington over P& O''s change of ownership to Dubai''s DP World, both trade and private equity buyers have already expressed interest in P& O''s US port assets that are once more up for grabs. Some industry sources put the likely value of the company at ...
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NewsThe greening of Long Beach
Long Beach is to see changes for the better in an environmental sense in the years to come.
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SMART TAGS FOR MANZANILLO
The Port of Long Beach 2006-2016 Strategic Plan has been unveiled, focusing on Environmental Stewardship as well as six other key areas.Manzanillo Port Authority in Mexico is to implement a programme that will reduce the time it takes to locate a container in any part of the terminal. The aim ...
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Suape seeks alternative investment
Suape is seeking alternative investment sources over and above those allocated to it by the government which are often difficult to access.
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SECURITY CONCERNS REJECTED
The US Coast Guard has rejected a claim by politicians that it had raised " concerns" about DP World''s potential support for terrorism.
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LA/LONG BEACH
Long Beach and Los Angeles are working together to reduce congestion. The two giants have finally settled a squabble that threatened to undermine an innovative plan to speed up cargo moving through the two gateways. The free time allowed for containers has been reduced from five to four days. The ...
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NewsFlexible friends
Felicity Landon finds out why these flexible friends have so much to offer to small and medium-sized ports.
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Bespoke tailoring
This year Gottwald officially launches its new Crane Generation 5 range, which it says has been designed in response to the specific requirements of terminal operators, stevedoring companies and shipping companies, and are higher, more powerful and faster.
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NewsModelling for safer solutions
Mooring ships can be dangerous. Every year thousands of terminal and ship staff are injured in mooring line accidents, and in some cases, the accidents can be fatal. David Foxwell reports on the risks and how to mitigate them.
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NewsGetting it right
The TT Club explains how the right policy can lead to greater operational efficiency - and better terms from your insurer.
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TT Club weathers market volatility
This is the time of year when many insurers report their results. The TT Club, which nowadays can be considered as the market leading specialist insurer for the ports and terminals sector, reports very fair results for 2005 and indeed says that the loss ratio for the year has been ...
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NewsTruck crime: the good news
Now the TT Club''s TT Talk is always an interesting read. From a recent edition comes this statistical gem: " Good news reaches us from the United States where reader Alan Spear, reports that there has been a remarkable reduction in cargo crime, mainly as an indirect consequence of some ...
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NewsShips that go bump in the night
TT Club in Sydney are highlighting the problems of enforcing claims on those (hopefully rare) occasions when ships cause damage to terminal property during berthing/unberthing, loading and discharge operations.
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Sabah chooses Kalmar
Sabah Ports has placed an order with Kalmar for seven shuttle carriers, four reachstackers, nine 5-high empty container stackers and 26 terminal tractors for its facility at Kota Kinabalu.
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NewsCommission Denies Deficiencies in Environmental Legislation.
Speakers at the first GreenPort Conference in Antwerp in February had a clash of opinion as to whether European environmental legislation, and in particular the Habitats and Water Framework Directives, has inherent deficiencies causing bottlenecks for port development.
