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  • Helen Bentley: leading the search
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    Baltimore boss in shock resignation

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Port of Baltimore executive director James White''s decision to step down as the head of the Maryland Port Commission came as a shock to the maritime community, reports the Baltimore Business Journal. White was instrumental in launching strategic initiatives to boost the port''s cargo traffic. "I think it''s a tremendous ...

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    INVESTMENT BONANZA FOR PANAMA

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    White brought much needed stability to a job that had seen seven administrators in eight years. He was respected throughout Maryland's shipping industry and was considered instrumental in positioning the Port of Baltimore to become a leader in handling automobiles and other ro-ro cargoes.Concession holders of the Panamanian ports of ...

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    Dredging re-commences at Cabedelo

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The president of Brazil''s Paraiba Port Company has confirmed that dredging work to remove a large piece of rock from the access channel at the port of Cabedelo recommenced in February. Once concluded this will enable the port to guarantee a minimum of 10 metres of depth in the access ...

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    PSA completes purchase of Hong Kong assets

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    PSA International has completed the purchase of NWS Holdings Limited''s Hong Kong port assets. The deal represents PSA''s first investment in the world''s largest container port and involves the transfer of NWS Holdings'' equity stakes in Hong Kong''s Container Terminal No. 3 (CT3) and Container Terminal No. 8 (CT8) West ...

  • Tony Gibson: a difference in interpretation
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    Auckland-P&O Nedlloyd in contract dispute

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    P& O Nedlloyd is understood to be seeking between US$735,000 and US$3.68m reimbursement in a contract dispute with Ports of Auckland. Having lost a service from the carrier in February last year, the port company is understood to be questioning whether P& O Nedlloyd''s remaining volume is sufficient to trigger ...

  • Martin Byrne: . . . the whole issue of fumigation in New Zealand would have to be revisited
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    Nelson port workers' deaths examined

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The work histories of six former workers at the port of Nelson who have developed motor neurone disease are currently being investigated by the New Zealand Department of Labour''s Occupational Safety and Health Service (OSH) and the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board.

  • Trevor Hanson: will defend permanent local jobs through strike action, pickets and protests
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    Union issues overseas labour warning

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The Maritime Union of New Zealand says it will shut down New Zealand ports if shortterm overseas casual labour is brought in under the guise of labour shortages.

  • As with Formula 1, tyre performance on the terminal can make a real difference
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    WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Alex Hughes investigates an area of yard operations where a competitive edge can still be gained.

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    KNOCK THEIR HEADS TOGETHER!

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    At Liscont, around 10% of all tyres never reach the 4,000-hour accepted working lifespan. Carlos Figueiredo reports that this is virtually always the result of driver error, identifying contact with the metallic fenders protecting lighting masts and suchlike as the most likely cause of premature replacement.

  • Figure 1: Scope and potential for ports to develop beyond a maritime logistics centre
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    THE STRATEGIC WAY FORWARD

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Landside port logistics represents a new phase in the development of port management systems, which have traditionally focused on sea access. In a summary of a recent study undertaken for UNCTAD, Khalid Bichou investigates the motives and the potential of port landside strategies, and the need to integrate them within ...

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    INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY TO GAIN THE EDGE

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Steel traffic at the port of Vigo in northwestern Spain is growing at a rate of 24% each year, with steel products being imported for use by industries located in the port''s hinterland. Vasco Gallega de Consignaciones is one of two multi-purpose terminals involved in this trade, discharging 213,077 tonnes ...

  • Gevelco DistriPort: All Weather Terminal to shelter transhipment products
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    ADDING VALUE TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Alex Hughes talks to three steel terminals in north and south Europe finding that it''s about more than pure stevedoring.

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    EFFECTS OF SHIP MOVEMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    All this leads into another contentious area.

  • ECT Rotterdams dedicated barge handling operations with Nelcon quay crane
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    IS IT A MACHO THING OR WHAT?

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Every one knows that big ports need big cranes and the major operators like to be seen to lead the field in buying big. This, however, is not entirely logical. Nick Elliott talks about it to Richard Clarke, director of ports at Halcrow.

  • The ROB may also be due to instability of some products rather than their waxy nature The inspector has access to both ship and the shore facilities which would be denied to the individual parties involved in the transaction
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    NOT JUST A NECESSARY EVIL

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Inspection services safeguard the commercial interests of clients and play a major role in facilitating global trade by ensuring the integrity of valuable bulk products is protected. Such commodities include crude oil, petroleum refined products, petrochemicals and agricultural products.

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    CREATING A COST-EFFECTIVE WORKHORSE

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    In many countries, manning requirements for tugs are determined by vessel length; the more compact a vessel, the lower the manning costs, and the more cost-effective they become.

  • The AVT 37/65-E escort tug VELOX is typical of the new generation of highly sophisticated, multi-role tugs BARUNGA is only 24m in length but is capable of a bollard pull of 70 tonnes
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    SOPHISTICATED SUPER TUGS SET NEW STANDARDS

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    More powerful, but compact and highly automated, the humble tug is growing ever more sophisticated, and assuming new roles that can help enhance ports'' balance sheets. David Foxwell reports.

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    Ports Ponder Fonterra’s Call

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The potential for shipper logistics decisions to have a direct bearing on port business strategies has never been better demonstrated than with the announcement by Fonterra - New Zealand’’s giant dairy exporter - to implement a new rail-based logistics solution for North Island export distribution.

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    Imbalance of trade

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The imbalance of visible trade which currently exists between China and the mature economies is growing into a feature of our times, one of the memorials to which are the lengthening queues of hauliers outside box terminals in places as far apart as Southampton and Long Beach.

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    LIEBHERR TO SUPPLY RTGS TO ABP

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The VTS also collects and records data to support ABP, as the Statutory Harbour Authority, in maintaining emergency procedures/ contingency plans and reporting and investigating oil pollution incidents. It complies with the IALA VTS Guidelines, all applicable IMO conventions, including SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 8-2, and takes account of the ...