Latest News – Page 488
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NewsThe digital age
It’s high time that the port and logistics industry embraces the age of digitalisation, finds Carly Fields
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NewsThe new rulebook
Felicity Landon examines the potential impact of the introduction of the EU’s Port Services Regulation
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NewsAt your service
Providing value-added services can be worth the time and effort, as John Bensalhia explains
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NewsExpansion on the horizon
Investments in North African ports are delivering on numerous fronts. Felicity Landon reports
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Corruption health check essential
COMMENT: Corruption in ports and at borders generally manifests itself in terms of collusive forms of corruption to evade tariffs and taxes and coercive bribery where port or customs officials extract bribes from companies or individuals for performing routine processes, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsNext generation automation
What’s in the design bank for the next wave of automated stacking cranes? Alex Hughes investigates
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NewsPlay at their own game
COMMENT: US political news has attracted quite a bit of attention of late. Much like a good reality show on TV striving for good ratings, the newsmakers have succeeded in creating a good - albeit maddening - formula for boosting viewer and readership, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsSound probe
Dave McIntyre examines the emerging trend to monitor underwater noise levels at ports
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NewsRising wind
Exactly what will a supersized wind industry ask of its ports? Stevie Knight investigates
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NewsIndustrial strength
Felicity Landon takes a closer look at new developments and opportunities in Tangier
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NewsA port with purpose
Cornwall Marine Network’s Paul Wickes explains how Falmouth achieves far more than the sum of its parts
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NewsMixed messages
The Black Sea’s terminal strategy fails to line up with statistics, finds Stevie Knight
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NewsBold move on coal
COMMENT: Last month, Port of Amsterdam took a bold move for a landlord port authority: it announced its ambition to end handling coal by 2030, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsSpain: Second time lucky
COMMENT: Spain is about to launch a second attempt to reform its stevedoring industry in order to put it on a more competitive footing and thereby achieve compliance with European Union (EU) requirements.
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Disruption solved
COMMENT: Hands up if you are sick of hearing the phrase ‘disruptive technology’. My hand is up, in fact both are up, writes Carly Fields.
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NewsPlugging leaks
Oil spill technology needs more interest from the private sector, finds Martin Rushmere
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NewsQueen's Award for carbon capture company
A carbon capture company has received the UK Queen''s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2017.
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NewsUS omnibus funding will benefit ports
The House and Senate leadership has released the FY 2017 Omnibus Funding Agreement, which includes increased or level funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER), Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) and Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA).
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NewsSaqr orders cranes for bulk operation
Saqr Port Authority has signed a contract for two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes LHM 800, in bulk handling configuration.
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NewsManaging marine debris
A company which develops and manufactures pump and oil spill response solutions is aiming to use its expertise to help strengthen technologies and partnerships with local governments and businesses to help turn waste into energy.
