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NewsUK boycotts EU wide Port Services Regulation
Momentum appears to be building in the UK over the boycott of the EU wide Port Services Regulation with reassurance being gained from the Secretary of State for Transport that the government will not accept the regulation in its current form.
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Firm commitment
The highs and lows of port planning have been acutely felt on the US east coast this month.
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NewsShould ports spread their wings?
Contrary to seaports, most airports are run by commercially operating airport managing bodies, some government owned, some fully privately owned and many with mixed ownership models. This is the result of a transition process that has taken place in many countries over the last decades.
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NewsLooking at the big picture
Complete security packages from the offset can reduce integration headaches down the line, as Alex Hughes explains
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NewsPumped up and confused
Martin Rushmere gets his hands dirty in the murky MARPOL waste disposal debate
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NewsWatching the dry bulk market
Global dry bulk markets are not immune to the pressures and challenges faced across the shipping industry, particularly as shipping continues to recover from the financial crisis and the global economic slowdown. Gurumurthi Shankar, GAC’s Group Sales Director, takes a look at the recent trends in dry bulk trade in ...
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NewsSave the date: Green EFFORTS Final Conference
Green EFFORTS, the collaborative research project, co-funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme is organising its final conference on 13 May in Brussels.
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NewsFuel cell technology at Honolulu
Clean hydrogen power that''s expected to lower emissions and reduce energy consumption will be coming to the Port of Honolulu in 2015 after the completion of a new fuel cell technology demonstration.
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NewsEnsuring 'fit-for-purpose' security systems
With the IT technology available today, integrating security systems is not as difficult as it may seem even where systems compete, security expert Henk van Unnik claims. In fact, the first demonstration of what can be achieved in this respect will be made public in early 2014 at the Port ...
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NewsMonitoring challenges met with automation
The logistics of monitoring biomass storage can be challenging for ports. Pete Griffiths, managing director of UK-based Monitor & Manage, scopes the challenges by saying that with all stakeholders singing off the same ''hymn-sheet'', sentry internet services ensure focus is retained on operational excellence rather than, literally, time spent fire-fighting.
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NewsPower supply
Dave and Iain MacIntyre sift through the facts for a sustained need for biomass handling
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NewsESPO plea over Clean Fuel Strategy
ESPO has urged the European Parliament and Council to reach an agreement on the Clean Fuel Strategy before the forthcoming EU elections.
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NewsFederal funding rejection for Savannah deepening project
America’s Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has been dealt a huge blow this week by the Obama Administration, which has decided not to fund the full deficit in the US$652m Port of Savannah harbour deepening project.
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NewsJoining the security dots
Disjointed security solutions in European ports ultimately slow operations down, explains Alex Hughes
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NewsButting heads
Two factors continue to hinder labour efficiency in the US, explains Martin Rushmere
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NewsHow to solve a labour problem
There is no right answer to solving the labour problem, as US ports are well aware.
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NewsGreen diesel investment at Gothenburg
Swedish oil company, Preem, is investing around €33.6m to redevelop its refinery at the Port of Gothenburg, where it has produced diesel-based tall oil since 2010.
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Political pressure blamed for withdrawal of Israel port bidders
There has been intense speculation in the Israeli press as to why two international pre-qualified companies unexpectedly dropped out of the bidding process to build new ports at both Ashdod and Haifa. Companies with interests in the Arab world, it has been suggested, fear losing existing work in that region.
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NewsUnpaid workers threaten new strike in Chile
Port workers in Chile are once again threatening to go back out on strike, citing the non-payment of agreed bonuses as the reason.
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Magnetic levitation to solve container transport problems in Russia
National Speedways OJSC has presented a project to the Leningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry involving the use of magnetic levitation to move containers.
