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  • Andy Barrons
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    Navis wishes for better integration knowledge

    2014-06-25T12:04:00Z

    The industry needs to address the knowledge gap on the integration, capability and implementation of software systems today, according to Navis.

  • Shipper relations are feeling the strain. Photo: Roger Wollstadt/Flickr
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    Port ‘musical chairs’ hurts shippers

    2014-06-25T12:04:00Z

    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

    2014-06-25T12:04:00Z

    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.

  • Poised for action: the robotic oil boom is ready for instant deployment
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    Making light work of oil containment

    2014-06-25T10:00:00Z

    A robot has recently been making waves on the waterfront.

  • Future economic growth remains uncertain
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    Uneven growth dampens spirits

    2014-06-25T10:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • US expansion: This latest agreement in in line with Gulftainer's 2020 vision
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    Gulftainer moves into USA

    2014-06-24T15:40:00Z

    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.

  • The conversion project is said to be the first of its kind in Western Europe
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    Felixstowe commits to being green

    2014-06-24T11:21:00Z

    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).

  • Flying high: a simple, stationary tethered balloon can act as lift infrastructure
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    Blue sky thinking

    2014-06-24T10:00:00Z

    Balloons and robotised box parks could soon be helping ports compete, writes Stevie Knight

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    Vietnamese port IPOs a failure

    2014-06-23T12:35:00Z

    Ports in Vietnam have been struggling to find buyers for shares released as part of several recent IPOs.

  • Spanish ports are feeling the pressure
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    Spanish ports await €150m hit

    2014-06-23T12:35:00Z

    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.

  • 'Eiger-Nordwand' is the first inland waterways vessel to be retrofitted with LNG engines. Photo: Rolf Heinrich, Köln
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    Inland vessel makes the switch

    2014-06-23T11:58:00Z

    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.

  • Texas LNG's 100-acre site will have deepwater frontage to the Port of Brownsville shipping channel
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    Texas LNG makes progress

    2014-06-23T10:19:00Z

    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

    2014-06-23T10:00:00Z

    TT Club''s Laurence Jones examines the effectiveness of crane anti-boom collision technology

  • The export facility will be built later this year at
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    Green light for US export project

    2014-06-23T09:57:00Z

    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

    2014-06-22T10:00:00Z

    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.

  • Better way: safety at Asciano's Brisbane terminal improved dramatically with automation. Credit: Michael McGimpsey
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    Follow the leader?

    2014-06-21T10:00:00Z

    Beware of following the herd when it comes to investing in automation, writes Martin Rushmere

  • AMPT leases around 484 acres at POLA, where it will raise its cranes to better serve large vessels
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    APMT reaches new heights

    2014-06-20T16:26:00Z

    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.

  • Efficiency drive: Liverpool2 will be one of Europe's most technologically advanced terminals
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    Making customers count

    2014-06-20T10:00:00Z

    Peel Ports'' chief executive Mark Whitworth gets ready for a new era for the Port of Liverpool

  • Red Funnel's fleet has been running on low-sulphur fuel for the past 18 years
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    Red Funnel fleet success

    2014-06-19T11:51:00Z

    UK ferry operator, Red Funnel, confirms it’s already compliant with the new sulphur regulations which come in to force on 1 January 2015.

  • Basic safety could've avoided the majority of claims, says TT Club. Photo: Jonathan Warner
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    Back to basics

    2014-06-19T10:35:00Z

    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.