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NewsBelow the waterline: the weak link?
Underwater security is currently considered a weak link for ports in the battle against terrorism. " We are working to augment divers with technology," says Dr Douglas Todoroff, director of sensing and systems division of the Office of Naval Research in the US. " There''s a need for regular surveys ...
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NewsMarket overcomes safety fears
A few years ago public unease about new LNG terminals looked set to limit the aspirations of the US, the biggest potential market for LNG imports. But things are changing as Mike Corkhill, editor of LNG World Shipping, reports.
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So farewell then, P&O Ports
At first P& O Ports was hardly a group of ports at all, more a higeldy-pigeldy collection of Australian and English Channel terminal operations acquired over the years during the early phases of containerisation.
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Congestion? What congestion?
Does anyone still remember the panic about US West Coast port congestion and that this evil was going to be with us for years to come? And do you remember thinking that the PierPass scheme which penalises daytime truck traffic to the ports was a whimsical gasp of desperation?
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NewsP&O Act 1 or 2?
Will DPW''s bid for P& O prevail or is Temasek/PSA rewriting the script? Mike Mundy investigates.
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ACCIDENT STATS
The UK''s Department for Transport estimates 1.2 in a hundred port employees is likely to experience an accident in a given year. But Port Skills and Safety Ltd estimates 2.8 per 100 will suffer a mishap though they use a different definition of port employment, slanted in favour of blue ...
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NewsSeattle backs security bill
The port of Seattle is supporting a bill to improve maritime security and provide funding for additional grant programmes.
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ITALIAN CUSTOMS
The bill would also call for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to enhance international supply chain security for all modes of transportation by which containers arrive in, depart from or move through the United States.Smiths Heimann, part of Smith Detection, has won a ...
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NewsWhat's happening where
The major European contractors Royal Boskalis Westminster, Van Oord, Jan de Nul and DEME, are estimated to share 60% of the global dredging market whilst contractors based in Asia and the US, namely Penta Ocean, Hyundai, Samsung and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, together with various regional and local players, ...
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Hot potato
In the dredging business the impact of environmental and social factors can never be overlooked and there is no better example of these interests clashing with commercial and economic considerations than Port Phillip Bay, the conduit to the port of Melbourne.
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NewsPolitics never far away
As container ships get bigger, as LNG projects proliferate, as ports compete for traffic, inevitably the call to deepen approach channels, harbours and berths grows louder. And in some cases, so do the howls of protest. Nick Elliott reports.
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NewsThe reclaim game
The rationale for capital and maintenance dredging is one thing but land reclamation is driven by an entirely separate set of criteria. Many ports still have little idea of the economics involved and so don''t even consider reclamation.
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LONDON GETS GREEN GONG
The work of the London Port Authority in safeguarding continued high environmental standards has been recognised with the awarding of an EcoPorts Port Environmental Review System (PERS) Certificate.
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Valencia grows and grows
Valencia expects to achieve nearly a 9% growth in volume over its 2004 total of 2.145m TEUs and is in the final throes of adding significant new capacity to help it absorb further forecast substantial volume increases. A total of 2,332m TEUs is estimated for 2005 representing an increase of ...
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CONGESTION DOWN BUT PROBLEMS PERSIST
UK port congestion has eased this year, but there is no room for complacency, according to the Freight Transport Association.
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GENOA
The new Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) terminal being developed adjacent to the port's largest container terminal facility, operated by Maritima Valenciana, is expected to commence operations in June/July 2006 and the unofficial word on the street is that Maritima Valenciana will operate this facility on behalf of MSC. Given the ...
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Isla Verde expansion goes ahead
Acciona and ACS have been awarded a ?124.3m contract to build the third-phase expansion of the port of Algeciras. This will be concentrated in the outer harbour area of the Isla Verde quay. Work will consist of building a 2.05km outer dyke which will be 412 metres wide and allow ...
