Latest News – Page 651
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NewsNew Hyster telemetry offering
Materials handling operations are to be made easier with Hyster’s new wireless access monitoring system, Hyster Tracker.
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NewsDurres debacle
Effectively loading the result of an open tender is never a good path to realising a positive outcome for a container terminal concession, especially when the concession is awarded to a company that is a non-port operating company.
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NewsShare and share alike
Felicity Landon asks whether sharing equipment is a realistic option for port operations
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Alarm in Brazil over new concession pricing structure
Despite the introduction of new legislation to reduce costs and increase investment, leasing charges for companies operating terminals at the Port of Santos is set to rise, in some case by as much as eleven times.
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NewsGas Fuelled Ships Conference draws near
The 4th Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Concerence is drawing closer. The conference will take place from 11-12 September 2013 onboard the LNG-fuelled cruise ferry, ‘Viking Grace’, as it sails between Stockholm and Turku.
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News‘Plug and play’ for renewables
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is making it easier for bio-based businesses to connect to the supply of power, power network, tank storage and water at Maasvlakte 2 with a ‘Plug and Play’ area.
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Manila order for LCC
DP World’s subsidiary in Manila has ordered equipment from Liebherr Container Cranes.
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Return visit for Fospar
Brazilian operator Fospar SA has returned to Terex Gottwald to place an order for a portal harbour crane to move handle fertilizer at a bulk terminal in Paranagua.
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Controversy surrounds possible Guayaquil relocation
The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has stated that the existing port of Guayaquil must be relocated outside the Gulf of Guayaquil, prompting the mayor, Jaime Nebot, to suggest that, in future, this would mean that port traffic would be limited to cabotage with the Galapagos Islands and tourism.
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Putin urges private sector investment in ports
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has stated that he would like to see conditions created that would allow significantly increased private sector in ports. The announcement was made during a meeting to discuss the development of ports in the Azov and Black Seas.
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NewsTackling shipping congestion
A global engineering and construction company has come up with an innovative port design to tackle shipping congestion in Africa.
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NewsMaintaining competitive edge
The Port of Los Angeles is investing in its Yang Ming terminal with a US$122m project to expand the facility and extend the lease agreement.
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NewsSharp end of the financial stick
Decisions related to money transfers may have an impact on shipping: diaspora remittances are the biggest foreign currency earner for many of the poorest nations in the world as well as for some others, such as Egypt.
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NewsChilean terminal concession
Iquique’s port authority, Empresa Portuaria Iquique (EPI) will put the public terminal of the Port of Iquique out to tender this year.
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NewsICTSI's Portland pain to end
Longshoremen at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6 have been given a stern directive by a federal administrative law judge ordering them to stop disrupting operations.
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Japan considers upping state intervention
In Japan, the central government is considering taking equity stakes in the local government run companies that operate container ports in Tokyo and Osaka to tackle the threat of South Korean competition.
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NewsTechnip wins US FEED project
Technip is to carry out a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for the potential expansion of the existing LNG import terminal at Lake Charles, Louisiana, US.
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NewsSouth African bunkering market
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has called on the South African government to realise the potential of the ship refuelling market to help support regeneration in the industry.
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NewsShipping solution for lower sulphur
Auramarine’s new equipment is helping the shipping industry switch to lower-sulphur fuel to meet new stringent emission rules, due to come into effect in 2015.
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NewsNew players for terminal sector
A number of new players are setting their sights on the global container terminal sector, but need “mega mergers and acquisitions (M&A)” to catch up with the top four players, Neil Davidson, senior analyst, Drewry, told Port Strategy.
