Latest News – Page 606
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NewsLinde LNG system for Finnish icebreaker
Germany’s Linde Group is to build an LNG fuel gas system for a new icebreaker being built by Finland’s Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.
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NewsGreen Marine performance in 2013
The Port of Seattle is one of Green Marine’s participantsMore than 40 environmental groups and government agencies have endorsed the Green Marine programme, which addresses nine key issues including air emissions, cargo waste management, water and land pollution prevention; environmental leadership and community impacts such as noise, dust and light. ...
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'Rail motorway' to bolster Calais
Ambitious plans for a ‘rail motorway’, logistics park and port extension are set to add a whole new dimension to the Port of Calais.
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NewsEastern promise
A strong yen and rising growth have boosted cargo movements at Osaka, finds Tim Maughan
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NewsUncertain growth calls for flexible planning
COMMENT: Port planning and development is required to ensure future throughput volumes can be accommodated, on that much we can all agree, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsGCT expands New Jersey offering
Global Container Terminals (GCT) is expanding its New Jersey terminal in response to customers’ greater productivity needs and to ensure it’s ‘big ship ready’.
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NewsP3 alliance scrapped
Maersk Line says that the P3 shipping alliance has been scrapped following non-approval by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) in China under the country’s merger control rules.
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NewsEco Wave Power contract for Gibraltar
Gibraltar’s government has signed its first purchase agreement for the provision of renewable energy with Israel’s Eco Wave Power.
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NewsMicanti awarded for antifouling foil
Netherlands based Micanti has won the prestigious ‘SME Innovation Top 100’ award for its environmentally-friendly antifouling foil, Thorn-D.
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NewsHamburg counts its cold stars
The Port of Hamburg last year set a new record for handling reefer containers. A total of 618,000 teu of refrigerated containers were loaded and discharged, equivalent to a 9.3% increase compared with 2012.
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NewsLong Beach ups its game
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is introducing two new incentives in a bid to attract additional cargo and compete with other West Coast ports.
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NewsLong Beach incentives to slash emissions
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) is introducing two new incentives that are expected to attract additional cargo and encourage the use of air pollution-reducing shore power and on-dock rail.
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Legal challenge to PSA's second bid for JNPT4
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed against the award of the $1.3bn fourth container terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, in India, to PSA.
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NewsCargo speaks volumes
North European container volumes tell one story, other cargo streams tell many others. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsSystems rule, not profits
Mergers should be seen as a means to an end and not an end in themselves, writes Martin rushmere
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Jealousy will out
Uncertainty surrounds the likely success of most proposed port mergers throughout the world, most of which have to overcome political or infrastructure problems. The ports themselves make terse comments and harp on about how confident they are of a union becoming a reality.
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NewsA high bed for twistlock solution
A twistlock handling station can offer gains beyond the elimination of the human factor, as long as the positioning in the port is right.
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NewsDamen delivers first hybrid tug
Damen Shipyards has delivered its first ASD 2810 hybrid tug to Iskes Towage and Salvage, representing a turning point for the industry as it looks to tackle rising fuel costs and meet stricter emissions regulations.
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NewsEfficiency's undoing
Twistlocks are a necessary evil and a design overhaul is long overdue, as Stevie Knight explains
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NewsLyttelton bulks up berths
A post-earthquake insurance settlement for New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port of Christchurch will be used to “optimise facilities for the future” including financing the construction of a new wharf at Cashin Quay 2.
