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    Yilport: Tertir skimped on tech investment

    2017-11-30T11:58:00Z

    Yilport, part of the Turkish holding that acquired the assets of Portuguese terminal operator Tertir from Mota-Engil in September 2015, has accused the former owner of a lack of investment in technology.

  • Alejandro Miranda Oceguera quit Manzanillo as of November 16. Credit: Sarah, via Flickr, Creative Commons licence
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    Mexican ports switch to civilian control

    2017-11-30T11:31:00Z

    A rejig of port management is taking place in Mexico. According to the Ministry of Transport (SCT), overall responsibility for ports is being transferred from the Naval Secretariat (Semar), which has been in charge for the past three years, to civilian control. This has prompted the replacement of many senior ...

  • Reducing congestion: Hamburg Port is the first German seaport to introduce pre-allocated time windows for truckers
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    First German slot-booking system for truckers

    2017-11-30T11:29:00Z

    Hamburg Port is the first German seaport to introduce pre-allocated time windows for truckers in order to relieve peak times and reduce waiting times.

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    Supersize ships weigh on Barcelona

    2017-11-30T09:50:00Z

    The Port of Barcelona and its terminals are feeling the pressure of larger container ships.

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    Waste heat recovery system reduces emissions

    2017-11-29T17:57:00Z

    A new waste heat recovery system could help ship owners and operators reduce emissions and cut fuel usage and costs.

  • Port of Olympia
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    Olympia rides out rail blockade protests

    2017-11-29T16:45:00Z

    Port of Olympia has said a rail blockade by an anti-fracking protest group is not impacting port operations.

  • Wärtsilä will equip a new articulated tug barge (ATB) being built to supply cruise ships in the US
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    USA gets its first Wärtsilä LNG fuelling barge

    2017-11-29T13:28:00Z

    Wärtsilä will supply a broad scope of technology to a new LNG supply barge to fuel cruise ships on the US east coast.

  • Secretary-General of IMO Kitack Lim
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    IMO says GHG goals should be ambitious

    2017-11-29T11:29:00Z

    Member states have been told they should set ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals at the IMO’s 30th assembly session.

  • The Port of Lisbon Photo: Juntas/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Full merger for Lisbon and Setúbal

    2017-11-29T10:32:00Z

    In Portugal, the Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino has revealed that the government is to go ahead with the full merger of Lisbon Port Administration (APL) and the Setúbal and Sesimbra Port Administrations (APSS).

  • The European Union’s Port Services Regulation will be "consigned to the dustbin" in the UK due to Brexit, shipping minister John Hayes has said Photo: Yanni Koutsomitis/flickr/CC BY 2.0
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    Port Services Reg "consigned to the dustbin"

    2017-11-29T10:32:00Z

    The European Union’s Port Services Regulation will be "consigned to the dustbin" in the UK due to Brexit, shipping minister John Hayes has told members of the UK Major Ports Group.

  • The European Commission is now rebooting its project to standardise and harmonise data in ships' reporting
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    EC reboots Reporting Formalities Directive

    2017-11-29T10:32:00Z

    Old habits and processes, resistance to change and a ‘turf war’ over the control of data flows all contributed to the failure of the European Commission’s drive for national Maritime Single Windows, delegates at the IPCSA conference in Brussels were told.

  • Peruvian potential: The Salaverry port concession project is scheduled to be put up for bids next year Photo: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0/MIKE_USA2004
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    Chinese investors eye up Peruvian potential

    2017-11-28T13:44:00Z

    Chinese investors are looking to build a US$1bn port on Peru’s central coast.

  • The cranes are low-maintenance and low in fuel consumption, as well as producing almost zero C02 emissions
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    Electric cranes save on emissions in Thailand

    2017-11-28T12:53:00Z

    Vahle electrification systems are helping to clean up crane operations at Thailand''s Laem Chabang port.

  • British Ports Association’s chief executive Richard Ballantyne
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    Ports must be prioritised in UK industrial strategy

    2017-11-28T12:27:00Z

    Ports should be prioritised in the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy White Paper, British Ports Association’s (BPA) chief executive has said.

  • BoxTech aims to make the whole chain more efficient for shippers, terminals, ports, and rail and motor carriers
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    Simplifying supply chains to improve efficiency

    2017-11-28T11:43:00Z

    A technical database of containers is helping to improve transparency and efficiency in global supply chains.

  • International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Dockers has highlighted the discrimination displayed when employers fail to provide decent toilet facilities for women in their ports.
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    Women’s discrimination shown in port toilet provision

    2017-11-28T10:43:00Z

    International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Dockers has highlighted the discrimination displayed when employers fail to provide decent toilet facilities for women in their ports.

  • John Woodcock MP (L) with Associated British Ports' (ABP's) Short Sea Ports director Andrew Harston (R)
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    Port of Barrow could see £30m growth

    2017-11-28T10:43:00Z

    The UK Port of Barrow’s annual contribution to the UK economy could be set to grow by £30m in the next decade, taking its total annual contribution to £137m.

  • The port joins about a hundred private partners already active in the greening of private and institutional lands in the city of Montréal (image is of the city) Photo: Hubert Figuière/flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
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    Port of Montréal to plant 375 trees

    2017-11-28T10:43:00Z

    The Port of Montréal is partnering with Socie´te´ de verdissement du Montre´al me´tropolitain (Soverdi) – the Greening Society of Metropolitan Montréal - and Alliance Forêt urbaine – the Urban Forest Alliance - to extend the canopy of greenery on its lands, with a first step for the alliance being the ...

  • Industry figures have applauded Peel Ports Great Yarmouth’s decision to focus on the offshore wind industry in a new expansion project Photo: John Fielding/flickr/CC BY 2.0
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    Great Yarmouth venture applauded

    2017-11-28T10:43:00Z

    Industry figures have applauded Peel Ports Great Yarmouth’s decision to focus on the offshore wind industry in a new expansion project – a venture which, it has emerged, could exceed £30m.

  • First delivery of LNG
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    First Tornio Manga LNG unloading

    2017-11-28T10:40:00Z

    The Wärtsilä-powered Tornio Manga liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Finland has unloaded its first LNG shipment.