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  • Speakers 2012
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    New format programme will get you talking!

    2013-07-10T17:12:00Z

    This is your opportunity to join Working Groups to discuss and debate key issues with experts from across the sector.

  • Under the contract, Gaussin will supply 40 of its ATT units, with an option for 60 more
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    Gaussin signs record deal

    2013-07-10T17:02:00Z

    French port transport vehicle manufacturer, Gaussin Manugistique SA, has signed a deal for 40 of its Automotive Terminal Trailer (ATT) units, with an option for 60 more.

  • Cavotec's units improve air quality and promote fuel cost savings
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    Cavotec shore power

    2013-07-10T16:30:00Z

    A port systems innovator has won what it claims to be the world’s first order for a combined automated mooring and shore power system.

  • News

    Newcastle latest to face privatisation

    2013-07-10T15:21:00Z

    The New South Wales coal port of Newcastle is the latest Australian port to be put out to tender.

  • JNPT is banking on wind power to save energy costs
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    Wind power for JNPT

    2013-07-10T12:14:00Z

    Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is said to be investing Rs Crore 50 ($8.4m) to install wind power to help save 30% on port energy costs.

  • Mediator needed to settle Batumi dispute
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    ICTSI arbitration to tackle 'adversarial' Batumi

    2013-07-10T11:48:00Z

    International Container Terminals Services Inc has cited an “extremely adversarial approach” as the reason for its initiation of arbitration proceedings in its dispute with Batumi Sea Port.

  • Navigational channels at Gatun Lake are being widened and deepened as part of the expansion
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    Panama Canal ups its game?

    2013-07-10T11:21:00Z

    The Panama Canal Authority is said to be considering a fourth set of new locks as part of its US$5.2bn expansion project to allow for the passage of Super Post-Panamax vessels.

  • "The demand for holistic solutions from a single source is steadily growing," Klaus Peter Hoffman, Terex Port Solutions
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    Responding to ecological needs

    2013-07-10T10:00:00Z

    Terex Port Solutions’ Klaus Peter Hoffmann discusses the need to meet a rise in environment awareness

  • Container loading at an inland port.
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    The role of inland ports in urban logistics: back to basics

    2013-07-09T20:30:00Z

    We all learned in our history lessons that medieval towns were set up on the river banks or at the crossing of two waterways. This is not without any reasons, at that time, water was the only way to bring goods to the town and the only way to run ...

  • Contianer volumes in North Europe are more or less flat
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    Container exports fluctuate

    2013-07-09T13:59:00Z

    This year is proving to be a mixed year for container exports as “the recession continues and it looks like peak season may not come about”.

  • The report will identify the necessary conditions for the successful implementation of LNG
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    DNV chosen for IMO gas fuel report

    2013-07-09T11:12:00Z

    Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has been chosen by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to help carry out a report about the potential of LNG powered shipping in the US.

  • Forward-looking risk assessments need to be sewn in to day-to-day port operations
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    Information and intelligence

    2013-07-09T10:00:00Z

    G4S'' David Fairnie explains the benefits of information, intelligence and technology in risk management

  • CNCo's MPVs will feature variable frequency drive MacGregor cranes and hydraulically operated MacGregor hatch covers
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    MacGregor cranes for Chinese MPVs

    2013-07-08T17:04:00Z

    MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order for its supply variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes and hydraulically operated hatch covers.

  • Under the contract, Gaussin will supply 40 of its ATT units, with an option for 60 more
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    Gaussin wins record deal

    2013-07-08T16:58:00Z

    A record deal was signed at this year’s TOC Europe for 40 container handling Automotive Terminal Trailer (ATT) units, with an option for 60 more.

  • Konecranes says its ARTG system is superior to anything else on the market
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    Konecranes ARTG reduces emissions

    2013-07-08T14:56:00Z

    Konecranes introduced its Automated RTG system (ARTG) to the industry at TOC Europe 2013 which it claims is the first of its kind on the market and promises to take automation to the next level, not least in terms of emissions.

  • Konecranes says its ARTG system is superior to anything else on the market
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    Taking automation to the next level

    2013-07-08T14:35:00Z

    Konecranes introduced its Automated RTG system (ARTG) to the industry at TOC Europe 2013 which it claims is the first of its kind on the market and promises to take automation to the next level.

  • Maasvlakte 2 is moving ahead on schedule, says Port of Rotterdam.
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    Beyond Maasvlakte 2

    2013-07-08T10:00:00Z

    Rotterdam takes the long term view on investment as Felicity Landon finds out

  • The new Kalmar DCF50-90 forklift truck is the latest in the series of light range of 5 to 9 tonne capacity machines
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    New Kalmar products

    2013-07-05T15:37:00Z

    Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has extended its portfolio with the launch of three new products – Gloria, a new range of reachstackers, the DCF50-90 forklift truck and Kalmar Care, a new service contract concept.

  • The conference will look at the benefits of LNG as a maritime fuel
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    Final GFS Conference 2013 programme

    2013-07-05T14:46:00Z

    The final programme for this year’s Gasfuelled Ships (GFS) Conference, which takes places onboard the Viking Line’s ‘Viking Grace’, has been released.

  • The new terminals at Ashdod and Haifa have been designed to handle EEE class vessels. Photo: Tsaiproject
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    Tenders for new Israeli terminals

    2013-07-05T11:53:00Z

    Israel Ports Company (IPC) has published the first stage of an international tender for operations of new container terminals to be built in Haifa and Ashdod, which it says is critical for Israel to remain competitive.