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Navis wishes for better integration knowledge
The industry needs to address the knowledge gap on the integration, capability and implementation of software systems today, according to Navis.
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Port ‘musical chairs’ hurts shippers
Playing “musical chairs” with port rotations and failing to notify cargo owners in a timely manner is leading to increasingly disgruntled shippers.
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Peel Ports’ people power
Operators need to ditch the idea of a port construction project as a civil engineering job, and embrace it as a business project with an emphasis on people, according to Peel Ports Group port director David Huck.
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Uneven growth dampens spirits
COMMENT: The European Commission has predicted low inflation will remain a threat to euro-area expansion for at least the next two years as it trimmed its economic-growth forecast and warned of the impact of tensions with Russia - but this is tempered by uneven performance among the members, writes Ben ...
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Gulftainer moves into USA
Gulftainer is growing in line with its vision to expand to 35 terminals in five continents by 2020 with a 35-year concession at Port Canaveral in Florida, USA.
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Felixstowe commits to being green
The Port of Felixstowe is looking to improve its operational and environmental efficiency with the introduction of its first electric-powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).
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Blue sky thinking
Balloons and robotised box parks could soon be helping ports compete, writes Stevie Knight
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Vietnamese port IPOs a failure
Ports in Vietnam have been struggling to find buyers for shares released as part of several recent IPOs.
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Spanish ports await €150m hit
Spanish national port authority president José Llorca has warned of a €150m hit if Spain is ordered by the EU court in Luxembourg to dismantle its existing stevedoring arrangements.
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Inland vessel makes the switch
The first inland waterway vessel to be retrofitted with pollution-reducing LNG engines, ‘Eiger-Nordwand’, has been launched as part of the EU-supported ‘LNG Masterplan Rhine-Main-Danube’ project.
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Texas LNG makes progress
Texas LNG LLC has received authorisation from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to export domestically-produced LNG to all existing, and any future, countries that have an FTA with the US.
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Bumping up the agenda
TT Club''s Laurence Jones examines the effectiveness of crane anti-boom collision technology
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Green light for US export project
US-based Sempra Energy’s subsidiary, Cameron LNG, has received the go ahead from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC to site, construct and operate an LNG export facility.
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The pitfalls of automation planning
The cost overruns at TraPac''s Terminal at Los Angeles have entered forklore, and there is certainly a keenness to get to the bottom of the automation miscalculations - no more so that at the port itself.
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Follow the leader?
Beware of following the herd when it comes to investing in automation, writes Martin Rushmere
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APMT reaches new heights
APM Terminals’ (APMT) request to raise the height of 14 existing cranes at its Port of Los Angeles (POLA) terminal, has been approved by the Los Angeles Board of Harbour Commissioners.
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Making customers count
Peel Ports'' chief executive Mark Whitworth gets ready for a new era for the Port of Liverpool
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Red Funnel fleet success
UK ferry operator, Red Funnel, confirms it’s already compliant with the new sulphur regulations which come in to force on 1 January 2015.
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Back to basics
Weather or natural events are much less likely to lead to insurance claims than poor maintenance and operational failures, according to research from TT Club.