Latest News – Page 442
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Jiangsu to merge port assets
Nanjing Port and Lianyungang Port have announced that they have received a notice from their controlling shareholders regarding the establishment of Jiangsu Port Group.
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NewsUK-wide free trade zone proposed
Forget increasing the number of Free Trade Zones at and around UK ports, real thought should be given to whether Britain could become a nationwide FTZ, a panel discussion at Multimodal heard today.
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NewsArctic LNG terminal swings into action
Sabetta Port has received its first ice-breaking LNG tanker which will serve Russia’s Yamal LNG project, strengthening the position of the Russian Federation in the Arctic and contributing to the development of the Northern Sea Route.
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NewsSmart thinking
Kerry Dimmer examines the impact of South Africa’s pioneering spirit on the rest of the world
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NewsReform hiatus
COMMENT: In mid-March, Spain’s Parliament rejected voting into law the port labour reforms that are necessary to meet European Commission requirements. In effect, Spain, for the time being at least, remains out of step with the majority of EU countries.
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NewsMaking connections
Overseas offices are more than just a public relations outlet for a port. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsDiamond in the rough
WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Roy van Eijsden examines the investment potential of a post sanctions Iran
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NewsGrabbing the Brexit opportunity
The BPA’s Richard Ballantyne discusses potential opportunities for British ports to flourish post-Brexit
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Two extremes
COMMENT: It turns out that 2016 wasn’t such a bad year for the larger container terminal operators, despite the shroud of negativity caused by civil upset and political unrest, often intertwined, writes Carly Fields.
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NewsLess competition, more connectivity
South East Asia’s ports need to look beyond boxes to better serve customers. Mike King reports
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A question of branding
COMMENT: Walking around a large cruise shipping expo in Florida - where I escaped yet another New York snowstorm - I found representatives of an industrial port in Brazil, São Sebastião, emphasising its blue water, lush surroundings and its proximity to São Paulo as its key notes to attracting cruise ...
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NewsState intervention
Governments face increased pressure to take more interest in foreign port investment, finds Martin Rushmere
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NewsThe middleman
Changes at Port Elizabeth’s port have allowed it to re-invent itself, finds Kerry Dimmer
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NewsGo with the flow
Gates queues should be ''consigned to history'' say OEMs. John Bensalhia investigates
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Tax and tribulations
COMMENT: There is a lot of speculation about President Trump''s Border Adjustment Tax (BAT), but little consensus on what it means, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsThe value of connectivity
COMMENT: Ports create value for port users and thus also for society at large because they enable connections between consumers in the hinterland and producers overseas, and vice versa, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsA digital journey
HPA is well along the path of digital optimisation, but it still has some surprises in store, finds Carly Fields
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NewsLaying down tracks
Fine tuning port-rail operations is key to realising the full potential of rail traffic, reports Alex Hughes
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News"Major transformations" for CMPort
For China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort), focusing on homebase port development and overseas expansion helped to bump container throughput up by 14.5% (95.77 million teu) in 2016.
