Latest News – Page 444
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NewsTraining - to what degree?
Apprenticeships or graduates? Felicity Landon considers the way forward in the ports industry
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NewsEasy wins for traffic management
COMMENT: A number of recent fatalities resulting from mobile equipment accidents have again highlighted the need to improve traffic management in terminals, writes Laurence Jones.
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NewsSupporting clean tech in ports
COMMENT: The constant ripples of discord emanating from Brexit negotiations or the White House can leave us wallowing in negativity, writes Charles Haine
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NewsBreaking into the biomass arena
Martin Rushmere finds that more ports and terminals are dipping into biomass cargo handling
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NewsInvisible enemy at the port gate
Stevie Knight discovers that ports are, sometimes unwittingly, in the front line when it comes to cyber attacks
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NewsSoutheast Asia awash with possibilities
Some - but not all - of the region’s potential will live up to its promise, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsCoping with shifting operational sands
Barry Parker explains the financial strategies for ports caught in strategic crosshairs of lower trade flows and increased bargaining power on the carrier side
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NewsCold chain growth brings terminal challenges
Investment in port infrastructure to support swelling reefer trade comes at a price, finds Alex Hughes
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NewsDangers of mismatched passage plans
Ports need to marry onshore passage planning with the plans completed by calling ships to prevent incidents.
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NewsTrump’s tariffs hang heavy on US ports
Protectionist levies could have far reaching effects for America’s ports, finds Martin Rushmere
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NewsAvoiding slips, trips and weather dips
With health and safety standards at their peak, ports need to keep up with changing rules and regulations. John Bensalhia investigates.
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Changing data sharing paradigms
COMMENT: The conference season is in full bloom in the States with ‘disruption’ seemingly the topic of the day, writes Barry Parker
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NewsZagreb Pier: White elephant?
COMMENT: In 1970, Sonya Gandhi, former president of the Indian National Congress, presented two Indian elephants - Sony and Lanka - to former Yugoslavia President Josip Broz Tito at his Summer Residence on the Croatian island of Veliki Brujini. Sony sadly passed away in 2010 but it looks like Lanka ...
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NewsCoda Octopus launches 4G underwater inspection tool
Coda Octopus has launched its lightweight and compact fourth generation (4G) Underwater Inspection System UIS for inspection; change detection analysis; and search and recovery in ports.
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NewsGulftainer bid to operate Wilmington Delaware
Gulftainer is negotiating a deal to operate the Port of Wilmington Delaware with owner and current operator Diamond State Port Corp. (DSPC)
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NewsBollore and Maersk-funded Abidjan terminal
A planned new container terminal at the Port of Abidjanbe will receive €400m from Bollore Group with additional investment from Maersk.
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NewsExperts Highlight Viable Power and Propulsion Solutions for Next Generation Vessels
Lithium-ion battery expert Dr John Warner is presenting at the NEXT GENERATION Marine Power & Propulsion Conference at the Grand Harbour, Southampton on 18 and 19 April 2018.
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NewsTeesside free port vision mooted
Think-tank Policy North has offered a vision of what a free port in Teesside, located in the north east of England in the UK, following on from calls to grant Teesside free port status.
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NewsICS warning ahead of IMO climate talks
Ahead of critical meetings at the IMO which commence on 3 April the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) says that governments must compromise in order to agree a strategy for the further reduction of CO2 emissions.
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NewsESPO: EU directive fails to decrease admin burden
The implementation of Directive 2010/65/EU on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States (the Reporting Formalities Directive, or RFD) fails to succeed in lowering the administrative burden in maritime transport, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has said.
