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    New investment in Spanish ports could top €1.6bn

    2015-07-27T19:19:00Z

    In Spain, several ports have received a large number of requests for concession extensions in exchange for the promise of additional investment in existing installations.

  • Water ways: there's a great deal of interest in Brazil's coastlines and ports. Credit: Kalexander2010
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    Growing up fast

    2015-07-27T19:04:00Z

    Jonas Mendes Constante examines the rising interest in Brazilian ports

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    Talking points

    2015-07-27T19:04:00Z

    Transparency and openness are crucial to fruitful community relationships, finds Carly Fields

  • Space: CMIT terminal is still open for opportunities
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    Not if, but when

    2015-07-27T19:04:00Z

    There''s light at the end of Vietnam''s dark Cai Mep tunnel. Stevie Knight reports

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    Are mega-ships such an imposition?

    2015-07-27T19:04:00Z

    COMMENT: The OECD report on the effects on mega-ships provides valuable insights for all players in the port industry. While I do not wish to discuss those, I would like to focus on an – in my view - important flaw in the report: the suggestion that mega ships impose ...

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    Smartening up

    2015-07-27T19:04:00Z

    COMMENT: A new buzzword is tunnelling through the industry: smart. But it means very different things to different people. An interesting discussion in our LinkedIn group revealed just how diverse people’s interpretation of this simple word can be, writes Carly Fields.

  • Moving on: technology is changing the way grabs are being designed and operated
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    Up for grabs

    2015-07-27T19:04:00Z

    Alex Hughes examines the challenge of balancing technological features and robustness

  • Stacking up: issues with twistlocks can be fatal. Credit: Brad Delamotte
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    Putting safety first

    2015-07-27T19:04:00Z

    Andrew Ryan asks whether operators take twistlock problems seriously enough

  • Powered up: ports are paying increasing attention to fuel economy
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    Power in small packages

    2015-07-27T19:04:00Z

    Tractors offer a robust handling option that can be easily optimised finds John Bensalhia

  • Flight mode: IoT could be harnessed in drones to assess quay damage after a vessel collision. Credit: Merlijn Hoek
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    Take charge of tech

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    Rebeca Gómez explains why ports need to get to grips with IoT

  • Next step: Portek has built on its equipment roots
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    Look beyond productivity

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    Portek is keen to develop supply chain partnerships to drive growth, finds Carly Fields

  • Showcase: the IADC is producing a book of 50 dredging projects in 50 years
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    Conflict avoidance

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    Conflict and opposition – an inevitable response to any major dredging project? A new concept says it doesn’t have to be that way. Felicity Landon reports.

  • Extra large: big ships and alliances put even more pressure on constrained city ports like Hong Kong
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    Fatal attraction

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    East Asia might dominates the top ten box port lists, but it''s not all plain sailing, says Stevie Knight

  • Tough job: Indonesia faces challenges modernising its secondary ports. Credit: Jorien
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    In second place

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    bremenports’ Dr Lars Stemmler considers how secondary ports can reliably attract private investment

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    Chasing shadows

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    How will India respond to disquieting developments on its doorstep, asks Stevie Knight

  • Interface: it's the shoreside capabilities that will stunt ship growth. Credit: rainer.n.foto
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    Affordability of economies of scale

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    COMMENT: Like all things in our world we try to keep up with new trends in order not to be at a disadvantage. In economic terms this is known as comparative advantage, defined as the ability of a firm to produce goods and/or services at a lower opportunity cost than ...

  • Heightened: the topic of demurrage has become more heated since the US West Coast port crisis. Credit: Neil Kremer
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    Storing up problems

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    Industry has the means but not the will to sort out demurrage, explains Martin Rushmere

  • Boom: US East Coast ports benefitted from the West Coast problems. Credit: alh1
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    Call for creative and connected thinking

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    COMMENT: Ports have a tangible impact on economic vibrancy, or lack thereof. If there are any doubts about this, consider the cold water thrown upon us by the recent reports coming out of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, saying that US economic growth suffered to the tune of ...

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    Don’t go it alone

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    Consider this scenario: we have a nation that has somewhat belatedly offered its main container handling facilities for concession.

  • Gloom: Gdynia is living in the shadow of Gdansk. Credit: Paulo Valdivieso
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    Has Gdynia missed the boat?

    2015-07-27T19:03:00Z

    Traditionally Gdynia has been Poland’s main container import/export gateway but slowly and surely this status has been eroded and the recent announcement by the G6 alliance that it intends to implement calls at the Deepwater Container Terminal (DCT) Gdansk can be seen as another way step in this process.