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    LNG packages for German vessels

    2014-05-19T14:44:00Z

    India-based INOXCVA is to supply LNG storage tanks and install equipment in the tank connection space of LNG fuel gas packages for Germany’s TGE Marine.

  • Delegation: engineering, procurement and contracting contracts place the risks of design and the methodology of procurement with the contractor. Credit: JAXPORT, Meredith Fordham Hughes
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    Silver construction standard

    2014-05-19T10:00:00Z

    HFW''s Robert Blundell discusses the pros and cons of the industry''s favoured EPC contract.

  • Oman Dry Dock is to join with DSME subsidiary DSEC to offer LNG tanker repair facilities
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    Oman launches new LNG repair partnership

    2014-05-17T10:30:00Z

    Oman Drydock Company (ODC) and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) are joining forces to form a new partnership to target the LNG carrier repair market.

  • MHI’s Sayaendo LNG carrier design is unusual in claiming eco-credentials while retaining steam turbine propulsion
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    First LNG order for Japanese joint venture

    2014-05-16T10:30:00Z

    MI LNG, the joint venture company established by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Imabari Shipbuilding, has received an order for an LNG carrier for NYK Line.

  • Exposure: the underside of port structures need careful attention. Credit: Ava Babili
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    Don’t forget the hidden structure

    2014-05-16T10:00:00Z

    Freyssinet New Zealand business development manager Kane Miller, whose firm specialises in construction, repair and maintenance in the civil engineering sector, emphasises that corrosion suffered by structural elements at ports can have costly flow-on effects.

  • Strong start: Bromma's STS spreaders are proving popular
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    Orders flood in for Bromma

    2014-05-15T16:39:00Z

    Stockholm-based Bromma has seen the orders flood in so far this year, increasing its order intake by 20% compared to the same period in 2013.

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    Tideworks solutions for Sea Star terminals

    2014-05-15T14:44:00Z

    US-based Tideworks Technology Inc is to provide its suite of terminal operating system (TOS) solutions for Sea Star Line, LLC.

  • The National Ports Authority is investigating complaints of high tug prices at Valencia. Credit: Fundación Valenciaport
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    Spain opens door to private sector investment

    2014-05-15T12:39:00Z

    The recently introduced National Spanish Reform Programme now allows the private sector to invest, through PPPs, in the management of state-owned ports currently administered by the National Ports Authority.

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    Brazilian passenger terminals behind schedule

    2014-05-15T12:39:00Z

    Brazil''s Audit Court (TCU) has made recommendations to the Ceará State Dock Company to draw up a Plan B for the handling of tourists at the Port of Muricipe, in Fortaleza, during the World Cup.

  • Rust run: harsh environments leave port infrastructure exposed. Credit: Henning Mühlinghaus
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    Stop the rot

    2014-05-15T10:00:00Z

    Corrosion strategies need to strike a balance between cost and common sense, explains Iain MacIntyre

  • The ports will collaborate on LNG, shore-side power and ship-generated waste
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    Baltic Sea ports join forces

    2014-05-14T15:59:00Z

    The EU ports of Stockholm and Tallinn are joining forces to improve the environment in the Baltic Sea, focusing on future fuels, the management of ship-generated waste and the shore-side power.

  • Steel cutting on the first of the project’s LNG carriers took place in April
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    Braemar oversees Nigerian LNG build

    2014-05-14T10:00:00Z

    Braemar Engineering has been appointed to act as shipping consultants to Bonny Gas Transport, subsidiary of Nigeria LNG (NLNG), and will oversee the building of six LNG carriers.

  • Outdated: Durres is in urgent need of modernisation. Credit: Claudio Napoli
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    Missed opportunity

    2014-05-14T10:00:00Z

    Picture this if you will: you have no experience in the container handling business but assisted by the fact that you have a strategic partner, who does know the business, you win a small but interesting container terminal concession.

  • Rotterdam came out on top in Antwerp's ranking. Credit: Nik Morris van Leidan
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    A need for global standards

    2014-05-14T10:00:00Z

    Port of Antwerp has issued its 2013 Annual Report which contains an interesting ranking of the largest ports worldwide.

  • Yazi Fletcher
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    Lighting up future port developments

    2014-05-14T10:00:00Z

    Phoenix Products Company''s Yazi Fletcher explains why responsible and efficient use of light increases with LED technology

  • The port is located close to the city centre of Ystad
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    The need for environmental regard and investment

    2014-05-13T18:35:00Z

    The port of Ystad plays, due to its strategic position, an important role in the transportation flow between Scandinavia and Sweden and East- and Central Europe, and it is one of Ystad''s most important enterprises. Björn Boström, CEO of the port of Ystad explains.

  • The RTGs will provide extra capacity at Turkey's Evyaport
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    Kalmar helps reduce emissions in Turkey

    2014-05-13T14:49:00Z

    Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply eight of its zero-emissions rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to Turkish port operator, Evyaport.

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    Covering all bases

    2014-05-13T10:00:00Z

    If ports are looking to capitalise on the growing demand for biofuels, then they need the right equipment to do the job.

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    ‘Next generation’ short-sea ships ordered

    2014-05-12T10:45:00Z

    Finland’s Containerships Ltd Oy, GNS Shipping/Nordic Hamburg and ARKON Shipping have ordered two ‘next generation’ dual-fuel container ships for the European short-sea trade.

  • Power drive: Amsterdam expects biofuels handling to rise to 3.5m tons by 2020
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    Future fuel fix

    2014-05-12T10:00:00Z

    With aviation moving in on biofuels, what opportunities are there for ports asks John Bensalhia