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NewsInnovative new oil recovery system
Global environmental solutions company, Lamor Corporation, has demonstrated an innovative new way to recover oil in Halifax, Canada, which is based on the fish net trawling principle.
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NewsMelbourne second box port developments
An independent authority is gathering together the evidence it will consider in developing its future advice to government on a second container port for Australia’s state of Victoria.
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NewsYilport celebrates 'year to remember'
Yilport Holding’s portfolio reached 20 marine terminals and three dry terminals across the globe with growing business results in 2016.
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NewsAalborg ready to meet PRF directive
The Port of Aalborg in Denmark is to install a Port Reception Facility (PRF) to enable cruise ships to discharge both black and grey water directly at the terminal by 2018.
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NewsZero emissions equipment grant
The Port of Long Beach is set to receive a major grant which will fund a demonstration project for zero-emissions cargo-handling equipment.
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Rotterdam partners Maersk in blockchain first
Maersk and IBM are joining up in a new collaboration to use blockchain technology to help change the global, cross-border supply chain.
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NewsEnergy innovation at Marseille Fos
Marseille Fos released its 2016 results which show a total cargo of 81m tonnes and a spike in passenger numbers with 2.7m visitors overall and 1.6m cruise visitors.
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NewsICTSI orders mega vessel handling equipment
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) plans to order new, modern equipment to equip its terminals with the largest vessel handling capability in the Philippines.
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NewsABP invests in the Port of King’s Lynn
ABP has invested £3.3m in the construction of a new bulk warehouse and hydraulic crane at the Port of King’s Lynn.
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NewsPSA unboXed launches second call for action
PSA International’s corporate venture capital arm PSA unboXed is sending out its second call for action for its incubator program, inviting start-ups and potential partners to propose technology solutions in support of PSA’s technology vision for the Port of the Future – CP4.0.
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NewsElectric cranes for LNG ops
Liebherr is delivering efficient electric cranes to Puerto Rico which will be used to load and discharge containerised cargo aboard Crowley’s two new LNG powered Con-Ro ships.
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Fill your dance card
COMMENT: The race is on to find a dance partner on the US East Coast to deal with the quick-stepping shipping lines, heavy-footed container ships and twirling alliances, writes Carly Fields.
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NewsAlibaba's port plan
Shipping line tie-ups with Alibaba give insight of online partnerships to come, finds Martin Rushmere
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Shipping and the physical internet
COMMENT: The term ‘physical internet’ has emerged in recent years as a metaphor for the future of freight transport. While the metaphor possibly obscures more than it enlightens, it nevertheless makes sense to explore the implications for ocean shipping, writes Peter de Langen.
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Collaboration not confrontation?
COMMENT: Around the world port labour reforms are in train. There are not many locations where such reforms are undertaken on a proactive basis; it usually involves legislative change and grinding out a solution between employers and unions often with some sort of mediation in-between. As is now the case ...
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NewsInnovate and standardise
Ericsson AB’s John Taxgaard explains the benefits of closer supply chain and ICT integration
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NewsUltimate threat to trade
COMMENT: We live in a new global reality where diplomacy is practiced via Twitter if we are to believe President Trump and the Lithuanian Prime Minister. This is, in my view, a very sad state of affairs with Twitter driving populism globally. Today, there is truth and alternative truth; in ...
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News2020 vision
What will happen at ports when global shipping has to switch to low sulphur fuel in 2020? Stevie Knight reports
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NewsAn end to paper?
Stevie Knight investigates the advantages of digital trading and the hurdles to widespread acceptance
