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  • DP World advising on seamless trade development; sending research team to Georgia
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    DP World and Georgia discuss economic cooperation

    2016-04-15T16:08:00Z

    DP World Group chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem met with the Prime Minster of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, at the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai.

  • Fresh blood: new competition could give incumbents, such as APM Terminals (pictured), a run for their money in West Africa
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    Taking West Africa in

    2016-04-15T10:35:00Z

    COMMENT: Dynamar’s latest container trade report on the West Africa Container Trades highlights the trends of increasing ship sizes and the recent fall in the number of carriers active in the West African trade lane, which has led to a reduction in the number of vessels deployed and in services, ...

  • Damaging: ICTSI believes that the ILWU’s strategy is "to the detriment of the entire region". Credit: ICTSI
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    Setting precedents

    2016-04-15T10:35:00Z

    ICTSI''s Portland woes are a test for the US West and East Coasts, says Martin Rushmere

  • Rail master: La Spezia handles up to 200 trains a week
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    Running the rails

    2016-04-15T10:35:00Z

    Alex Hughes examines the often arm''s length relationship between terminals and rail

  • Modern thinking: Haifa is all for increasing its technological advantages. Credit: U.S. Navy, Lt. j.g Laura Adams
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    Rising to the occasion

    2016-04-15T10:35:00Z

    Israel''s Haifa has no qualms about meeting its competition head on. Michael Mackey reports

  • Fair wind: Great Yarmouth has been selected as the construction and installation port for the East Anglia ONE windfarm
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    Gale force

    2016-04-15T10:35:00Z

    The drive for offshore wind power in Europe has scarcely begun, as Felicity Landon explains

  • Joined up: Calais' VIIA Britanica service neatly links Spain and the UK
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    Know your enemy

    2016-04-15T10:34:00Z

    Competition isn''t just around the corner in an interconnected Europe. Felicity Landon reports.

  • Stay put: not every port needs to aspire to hub status. Credit: Equipe Integrada
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    Big is not always beautiful

    2016-04-15T10:34:00Z

    COMMENT: It is the understandable desire of many ports to transition from feeder port to main port status, writes Mike Mundy.

  • Green Award Foundation received the Green4Sea Initiative Award
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    Green Award Foundation wins Green4Sea honour

    2016-04-15T10:06:00Z

    The Green Award Foundation has received the Green4Sea Initiative Award, given for its contribution to environmental sustainability in the shipping industry.

  • The Nordic maritime Hub project aims to improve port access facilities, establish shore side power supply and bunkering facilities for alternative fuels
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    Creating a Nordic maritime hub

    2016-04-14T12:32:00Z

    An EU funded project called the Nordic Maritime Hub project has been initiated at the Port of Frederikshavn in Denmark.

  • Chinese alliance: Port Klang is one of six Malaysian ports to form an alliance with China Photo: Dean Calma IAEA
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    China and Malaysia moot port alliance

    2016-04-14T12:04:00Z

    China and Malaysia are apparently forming a ‘port alliance’ to fast-track trade between the two countries and reduce customs bottlenecks.

  • Don't miss GreenPort Cruise and Congress 2016
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    GreenPort Congress 2016

    2016-04-14T10:50:00Z

    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.

  • The Ecoslops project aims to reduce the amount of sulphur in MDO
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    Ecoslops awarded innovation challenge award

    2016-04-14T10:36:00Z

    Ecoslops has announced that it has won the Future Programmes’ Worldwide Innovation Challenge, awarded by the French Government.

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    Commercial not political decision-making

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    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

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    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.

  • Looking out: Kalmar reports a trend of maintenance outsourcing at terminals where cargo volumes have dropped. Credit: Kalmar
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    Just the job

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    Third party maintenance is still attractive at lower volumes, as John Bensalhia finds out

  • Slowdown: APMT’s deepwater berths are “still on the books”
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    Longer horizon

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    Poti''s a good yardstick of what’s happening on the eastern side of the Black Sea, finds Stevie Knight.

  • Temporary fix: mobile units can be useful when cleaner power is needed on the quay
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    Off the grid

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    There are a lot of reasons why a port''s power supply may need added ''oomph''. Stevie Knight reports

  • Free flow: Tilbury relies on diversity of cargoes
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    Independent and proud

    2016-04-14T08:48:00Z

    UK ports should trumpet their often-overlooked achievements. Felicity Landon reports

  • Lacking: Crimean ports, including Kerch (pictured), have suffered from under-investment during Ukraine ownership
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    Dark days

    2016-04-14T08:48:00Z

    Black Sea ports are being chilled by uncertainties. Stevie Knight and Petar Pajevic report