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NewsEsbjerg's energy drive
The Danish port of Esbjerg is dominated by offshore energy, including oil & gas and wind power, “but that doesn’t mean we should not explore new opportunities in the future", says Karin Rix Holländer, executive assistant.
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NewsKalmar’s environmental focus
At TOC Europe last week, Kalmar, part of Cargotec, told ''GreenPort'' that it''s focussing on the environment and sustainability to keep at the forefront of port equipment development.
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NewsNew low emission harbour crane
There’s a new low emission harbour crane on the market which promises to improve efficiency without compromising economical and sustainable cargo handling in ports and terminals.
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NewsCalais concession sets path for growth
A new concession agreement which will lead to a massive expansion at the Port of Calais is expected to be in place by the start of 2014.
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NewsUS government lacks port focus
The US government needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to funding national port infrastructure, according to Georgia Ports Authority executive director Curtis Foltz.
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NewsMake optimisation a shared goal, says Navis
Software specialist Navis wants to bring the user back into the automated container terminal optimisation process in a move away from the previous ‘black box’ approach.
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NewsShortlist for windfarm ops base
A UK renewables developer has shortlisted three local ports as an operations base for its new windfarm development and its entered into an agreement with them with regards to operation and maintenance.
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NewsKalmar 'total cost' focus
A focus on total cost of ownership of port machinery has kept Cargotec unit Kalmar at the vanguard of equipment development.
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NewsAutomation issues
Automation was a hot topic at this year’s TOC Europe, which took place in the port city of Rotterdam last week.
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NewsSoldiering on
Declining Asia-Europe container volumes hardly paint a positive picture for Northern European ports, as Felicity Landon explains
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NewsThe progress of cold ironing worldwide
Cold ironing, onshore power supply and shore connection refer to the same process: plugging ships into the national grid. By turning ship engines off while at berth, and thus cutting emissions, shore connection enables a considerable reduction of emissions in ports areas, says Lorène Grandidier, Shore Connection Strategic Marketing ...
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NewsWärtsilä and CEVA receive Dutch green award
Wärtsilä and CEVA Logistics have been announced as the winners of the Lean & Green Star Award 2013.
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NewsContainer weighing forward thinking
Strainstall, a leading stress analysis and design verification expert, is targeting the tricky issue of misdeclared container weights with its new container weighing system.
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NewsMore vessels clean up their act
Alfa Laval is supplying PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems for retrofitting to three DFDS Seaways ro-ro vessels - a move that many owners are making to comply with the new IMO sulphur emission regulations.
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NewsNew low emission harbour crane
There’s a new low emission harbour crane on the market which promises to improve efficiency without compromising economical and sustainable cargo handling in ports and terminals.
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Business continuity of utmost importance
Business continuity is the one area which has the greatest immediate impact and influence on infrastructure asset owners and operators.
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Contship declares Civitavecchia interest
The Contship Italia group has declared an interest in the proposed container terminal project put foward by the Port of Civitavecchia.
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NewsStanding strong
Ports need to be better prepared for natural disasters as recent events have shown. Dave and Iain MacIntyre report
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NewsEU Commission first step to reduce emissions from shipping
The European Commission has adopted a Communication setting out a strategy for progressively including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime transport in the EU''s policy for reducing its overall GHG emissions.
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NewsPrinciples of sustainable dredging agreed
The World Dredging Congress and Exhibition (WODCON) in Brussels saw the introduction of new principles for sustainable dredging agreed upon.
