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NewsQ-Max LNG tanker for Fos Cavaou
The strategic location of the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal is paying off as it receives France’s largest ever LNG tanker.
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NewsLift equipment for Pelindo
An Indonesian port operator has signed an additional deal with Gaussin Manugistique to kit out its new port terminal with lift equipment complete with automatic navigation.
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NewsShip to ship bunkering at GFS
The 4th Motorship Gas Fuelled Ships Conference onboard the world''s largest LNG cruiser, ''Viking Grace'', will include two days of technical presentations on the future prospects of LNG and will include live ship to ship bunkering.
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NewsFender confusion
Checking PIANC (The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure) certification to ensure marine fenders are sold as described is not necessarily “best practice”, says Trelleborg Marine Systems.
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NewsIn the driving seat
The next generation of car carriers will place greater demands on terminal operations.
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NewsTransport, logistics and environment: strategic allies
The transport sector is said to be responsible for around 13% of the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is almost twice as high (42%) in Brazil and contines to rise, says Frederico Bussinger, IDELT consultant at the São Paulo Metropolitan Planning Agency (EMPLASA).
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NewsKonecranes job losses
Konecranes has begun statutory negotiations with its employees regarding temporary and permanent job losses to help reduce costs in a “weakened” market.
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NewsNew era for New Zealand
A new era is set for New Zealand freight following the Port of Tauranga’s NZ$21.6m (US$17.26m) investment in the South Island’s PrimePort Timaru.
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NewsLNG transfer in Flow
A ship-to-ship transfer operation involving liquefied natural gas (LNG) has taken place in Orkney’s Scapa Flow, off the coast of the UK.
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NewsA rollercoaster ride for LNG
Julien Bordet of Ernst & Young Advisory thinks that although investment conditions are difficult, ports looking at LNG import “are best taking the long term view".
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NewsEcoPower hybrid systems
Mi-Jack, the machinery and solutions expert, has acquired a hybrid power company to better tap into the green energy market at ports and terminals.
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NewsCavotec secures €7.2m of orders
Cavotec is to supply customers in the US, China, Australia, South Korea and Japan with its ports and maritime technologies after securing €7.2m worth of orders.
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NewsEcoPower hybrid systems
Mi-Jack, the machinery and solutions expert, has acquired a hybrid power company to better tap into the green energy market at ports and terminals.
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NewsGas guzzlers
Ports need to keep an eye on the future to keep pace with LNG bunkering developments, explains Stevie Knight,
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NewsCavotec secures €7.2m of orders
Cavotec is to supply customers in the US, China, Australia, South Korea and Japan with its ports and maritime technologies after securing €7.2m worth of orders.
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NewsGreen kudos for Crystal Cruises
Crystal Cruises’ ‘Crystal Serenity’ and ‘Crystal Symphony’ have helped reduce emissions and improve air quality in and around the Port of Los Angeles (POLA).
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NewsPutting welfare first
The days have gone when a seafarer centre was just a reading room and a phone box; today seafarers have different needs and centres won’t be fully used unless they meet those needs, says Jon Whitlow, secretary of the International Transport Workers'' Federation.
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NewsEconomics don't add up for Hastings hub
Australian transport industry leader Paul Little has come out strongly against the economics of creating a container terminal in Hastings, as opposed to developing a “Bay West” terminal between Point Wilson and Little River.
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NewsICTSI stuck in the middle
Is it energy politics, gateway politics, is it following the lead of hardened business practice deployed in the Russian energy sector or simply the actions of a new port director?
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Lessening the burden of abandonment
MLC 2006 should, in the short and longer term, ease the nightmare of seafarers being abandoned by their employers. Penniless, far from home, stranded on a substandard, ill-equipped vessel in a forgotten corner of a port, seafarers have often been entirely dependent on local charities for their support.
