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NewsBig is not always beautiful
COMMENT: It is the understandable desire of many ports to transition from feeder port to main port status, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsGreen Award Foundation wins Green4Sea honour
The Green Award Foundation has received the Green4Sea Initiative Award, given for its contribution to environmental sustainability in the shipping industry.
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NewsCreating a Nordic maritime hub
An EU funded project called the Nordic Maritime Hub project has been initiated at the Port of Frederikshavn in Denmark.
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NewsChina and Malaysia moot port alliance
China and Malaysia are apparently forming a ‘port alliance’ to fast-track trade between the two countries and reduce customs bottlenecks.
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NewsGreenPort Congress 2016
ESPO, FEPORT and Danish Maritime are some of the associations confirmed as supporters of the 11th GreenPort Congress being held in Venice from 12 to 14 October 2016.
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NewsEcoslops awarded innovation challenge award
Ecoslops has announced that it has won the Future Programmes’ Worldwide Innovation Challenge, awarded by the French Government.
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NewsJust the job
Third party maintenance is still attractive at lower volumes, as John Bensalhia finds out
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NewsLonger horizon
Poti''s a good yardstick of what’s happening on the eastern side of the Black Sea, finds Stevie Knight.
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NewsOff the grid
There are a lot of reasons why a port''s power supply may need added ''oomph''. Stevie Knight reports
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Commercial not political decision-making
COMMENT: Port reform processes gradually lead to a port industry where port authorities remain under government ownership, but have autonomy, are financially self-sustaining and operate as port development companies, writes Peter de Langen.
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Connectivity all the rage
COMMENT: The concept of port connectivity has been around for some time; UNCTAD, for one, has done considerable research into the subject looking at freight rates, number of services, hinterland connectivity and reliable feeder operations, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsBuying in bulk
Used bulk handling equipment proves a tougher sell than container units, explains Alex Hughes
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NewsIndependent and proud
UK ports should trumpet their often-overlooked achievements. Felicity Landon reports
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Learning from bulk lessons
COMMENT: Some folks were missing from an early April meeting of New York Maritime, or NYMAR, part of the New York Maritime Consortium, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsDangers of workforce fatigue
TT Club’s Peregrine Storrs-Fox considers an often over-looked risk in the cargo handling business
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NewsRTG electrification at Portonave
The Brazilian terminal of Portonave is investing R$25 million in the electrification of its cranes.
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NewsContainer terminal enhancement in Tacoma
International Transportation Service (ITS), joint venture between Ports America and “K” Line, reached an agreement in principle with Norwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) to rebuild and reconfigure its container terminal in Tacoma.
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NewsPANYNJ launches major review of facilities
The Port Authority of New York/New Jersey (PANYNJ) is to undertake a major review of more than 3,000 acres of its cargo facilities in order improve operations and plan for future growth.
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NewsA weighty issue on the west coast
In the US, the West Coast MTO Agreement (WCMTOA) says that all of its member terminals are incapable of providing verified gross mass (VGM) weighing services as per the new SOLAS guidelines going into effect on July 1.
