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NewsMajor operator boasts of volumes growth
Port operator DP World handled 71.4m teu across its container terminals last year, with gross container volumes growing by 1.9% year-on-year on a reported basis and 2.9% on a like-for-like basis.
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NewsTrump pays lip service to ports
Ports made the cut for US President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address.
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NewsLeixões embraces accelerator programme
The Port of Leixões is undertaking a nine-month pilot programme aimed at modernising and boosting efficiency through the use of digital technology.
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NewsSpanish service providers make strike threat
Spanish mooring and tug providers voted to call strikes in ports if the go-ahead is given to allow vessels operating under flags of convenience to provide services.
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NewsSubsea tunnel to link Spanish ports
The Port of Valencia is to build an undersea tunnel costing €400m, with half of the funding coming from an economic development ministry and Valencia port authority Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV).
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NewsKonecranes stands by its UK scale-back move
Konecranes has said its business has slowed down in the UK and it is confident the decision to scale back its UK operations in 2018 was the right move.
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NewsYamal LNG hits shipping milestone
Yamal LNG has shipped its ten millionth tonne of LNG from the Port of Sabetta since it commenced operations.
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NewsMobile batteries to help electric stability
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and Next Kraftwerke GmbH are investigating the extent to which industrially used mobile battery capacities can be connected to the German power grid to stabilise it and help the Port of Hamburg go electric.
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NewsBunkering pontoon to be built at Antwerp
Fluxys and Titan LNG have joined forces to build a bunkering pontoon to make LNG more widely available as shipping fuel in the Port of Antwerp and surrounding area.
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NewsSavannah ups its vessel capacity
Georgia Ports Authority’s Big Berth/Big Ship programme will enable the Port of Savannah to simultaneously handle six 14,000 TEU vessels by 2024.
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NewsValencia’s hydrogen energy project progresses
A project to implement fuel cells and hydrogen technologies in ports, and that aims to make the Port of Valencia the first port in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy, has had its first internal technical meeting.
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Fremantle narrows tender selection to incumbents
The West Australian Government is passing up the chance to open up Fremantle container operations to new competitors by narrowing the choice of tenderers to the current two operators, DP World and Patrick.
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VICT latest to apply surcharge Down Under
Melbourne’s Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) has become the latest Australian stevedore to apply an infrastructure surcharge, a move which has drawn criticism from industry.
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NewsPracticality remains priority for Brexit planning
Port operators and bodies are standing by their pledge to support trade movement as they responded with caution to the UK''s Her Majesty''s Revenue and Customs'' (HMRC) declaration that EU imports will not be subject to extra checks at UK ports in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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NewsStudy to explore blue hydrogen production
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has teamed up with 15 companies to explore the large-scale production and application of blue hydrogen in the Rotterdam industrial area.
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StocExpo Europe 2019 Conference Unveiled
StocExpo Europe 2019 returns to the Ahoy in Rotterdam on 26-28 March, bringing with it the highly-anticipated and CPD-certified conference programme, which will be hosted on the show floor for the very first time.
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World's Biggest Tank Terminal Event Returns to Rotterdam
StocExpo Europe set to celebrate 15 years of industry success in March 2019
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NewsDP World manager shot dead
A DP World construction port manager has been shot in Somalia’s Bosaso Port, according to media reports.
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NewsRotterdam trials water and weather app
A water and weather application being trialled as part of the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s new Internet of Things (IoT) platform is anticipated to improve operational safety and efficiency.
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NewsGCT limps back from crane collapse
Vessel operations at GCT Vanterm at the Port of Vancouver are expected to fully resume by February 4 following the collapse of a GCT Vanterm Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC) ship-to-shore crane on the Ever Summit boxship after it was struck by the vessel earlier this week.
