Latest News – Page 383
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NewsRealities of 'working waterfront' visions
COMMENT: The inevitable is likely to happen to the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsPorts should care about CTU Code
COMMENT: Take a straw poll in any grouping of 100 container supply chain professionals with the question “who is aware of the CTU Code?” and the response is invariably disappointing, writes Richard Brough.
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NewsDealing with renewed inflation
Ports should consider adopting more dynamic tariff mechanisms to counter the impacts of inflation, advises Johan-Paul Verschuure
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NewsMaking the climate call count for ports
What role should ports play in reducing emissions from shipping? Felicity Landon reports
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Pay attention to data guys
COMMENT: Admittedly, I am a transport aficionado, so imagine my delight when I discovered a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey podcast - really an audio file with an interview - of in-house data analysts, prepared by the US Office of Planning and Development, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsEconomic growth won't save everyone
COMMENT: World trade is on a roll with growth not seen since 2010 and for a change it is synchronised across all major economies, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsThwarting modern-day smugglers
Intelligence and collaboration key to port security, finds Iain MacIntyre
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NewsSeeing the bigger picture in concession bids
Sudan’s terminal tender serves as a reminder to mind the gaps in the assessment of concession bids. John Burgoyne investigates
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NewsSouth Korean cargo growth recorded
Cargo processed at ports in South Korea was up 4.1% year-on-year in 2017, Yonhap News Agency said that data from the country’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries showed.
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NewsNew waste rules to disrupt trade
As much as 5m teu of waste could become landfill under China’s sudden decision to impose more stringent quality thresholds on different waste imports, dramatically changing seaborne trade patterns.
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NewsBPA calls for post-Brexit port zoning
Cross-border trade facilitation has been neglected in Brexit negotiations, the British Ports Association’s (BPA) chief executive Richard Ballantyne has claimed.
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MSC negotiating second Montevideo box terminal
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is reported to be in negotiations to build a second container terminal in the Port of Montevideo, having put forward a proposal to the National Ports Authority (ANP) at the end of last year.
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San Antonio to be site of new Chilean port
Chile’s president, Michelle Bachelet, has announced that the country’s proposed new mega-port will definitely be built at San Antonio, on the southern coast of the Valparaíso Region.
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Frustration over stevedoring legislation delays
Spain’s leading stevedoring trade union, Coordinadora, has written to the Development Minister, Íñigo de la Serna, and the Employment Minister, Fátima Báñez, asking what progress has been made in the drawing up of legislation governing reform in this sector.
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NewsUS$600,000 for LA community projects
Ten grants totalling US$644,794 will be given to community projects as part of a Port of Los Angeles-supported grants programme.
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NewsLNG pontoon gets Amsterdam home
Amsterdam has signed a long-term contract to become the home port of Titan LNG’s FlexFueler001 underpinning its ambition to facilitate LNG bunkering at the port.
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NewsABP acquires 41-acre site to boost UK exports
ABP has acquired a 41-acre site near the Port of Southampton to boost UK exports in a multi-million investment deal.
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NewsLong Beach shares environmental plans
The Port of Long Beach’s future will encompass only zero emissions technology and equipment according to executive director Mario Cordero.
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NewsLong Beach shares future vision
The future of the Port of Long Beach will encompass 24/7 service and more information technology, according to Mario Cordero, its executive director.
