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NewsPort Metro Vancouver awarded for EcoAction
Canada’s Port Metro Vancouver has been awarded a ‘Clean50 Top Project’ award for its EcoAction programme, which promotes emissions reductions for ocean-going vessels through financial incentives.
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NewsEurope takes Spain to court over port security
The European Commission is taking Spain to court because 20 Spanish ports have failed to adopt and implement the port security plan.
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NewsA weighty discussion
West coast ports hope that talk is not cheap when it comes to long term labour negotiations finds Martin Rushmere
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NewsOrganisation in bulk
Is it time for terminal operating system take-up in bulk and multipurpose hubs, asks Stevie Knight
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US ports prepare for worst
US-based planning and operations company, Dynamis Inc, is helping ‘future proof’ US ports for natural disasters, like earthquakes and hurricanes, with real-time simulation.
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NewsUndoing the ‘blue belt’
Felicity Landon considers the consequences of the European Union’s impending SECA amendments
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NewsGlobal shipping cuts emissions
The total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global maritime transport are estimated to have been more than 20% lower in 2012 than in 2007, according to the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).
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NewsLNG prices on the rebound?
The Platts Japan/Korea Marker (Platts JK) says that the price of spot LNG for October has gained 19.8%, indicative that prices may be on the rebound.
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NewsThree new LNG terminals for Finland
A grant worth €65.2m is being used to build three LNG terminals in Finland that are expected to help significantly reduce the industrial use of fuel oil and LPG in the country.
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NewsFollow up crane order
Terex Port Solutions has won a follow up order for a second Model 5 mobile harbour diesel-electric G HMK 5506 variant crane for the Lübeck Cargo Terminal.
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NewsBig sets the agenda
COMMENT: The ongoing influx of ultra large container carriers has led to a new phase of port congestion in Europe and Asia, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsWest coast labour struggles
US west coast dockworkers and shippers are struggling to reach an agreement with terminals as they continue to replace the labour force with robots to achieve automation.
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NewsLNG draft code approved
The draft International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code) and proposed amendments to make the code mandatory under SOLAS have been approved by the inaugural meeting of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (CCC 1).
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NewsFalck Risc studies LNG risk
Dutch company, Falck Risc, is uniting with the United Fire Department to carry out an LNG safety study, commissioned by the European Union (TEN-T) as part of the LNG Masterplan Rhine-Main Danube.
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NewsAlliance causes Turkish strategy shift
The shifting sands of shipping line alliances is keeping at least one Turkish port operator on its toes, according to Erhan Çiloglu, chief marketing officer of Yilport Holding.
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NewsFloating a good idea
Chasing deep draft development could be a thing of the past for future bulk ports, as Stevie Knight reports
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NewsManila shows how not to do it
COMMENT: It’s a mess in Manila: empty boxes have been left to languish on the docks, trucks have been blocking up the highways and extreme, disconnected measures have caused a catalogue of knock on effects, writes Carly Fields.
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NewsEsbjerg combi tender launched
Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg wants a private operator to develop its new combi terminal and is calling on interested parties to submit an expression of interest.
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New Hempel primers to “redefine” anti-corrosion
Worldwide coatings supplier, Hempel, has today launched a new range of anti-corrosive zinc primers which it says will “redefine” and improve protection for port equipment and machinery.
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NewsECA compliance through continuous emission monitoring
In just a matter of months, shipowners operating in emissions control areas (ECAs) will have only three choices to comply with mandatory 0.1% sulphur levels; burn marine distillates, switch to liquefied natural gas; or install abatement technology such as scrubbers, says Chris Daw, Managing Director, Procal, part of Parker Group.
