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  • 'Port Strategy' has extended its footprint to social media platform, Facebook
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    Port Strategy on Facebook

    2013-03-13T12:53:00Z

    ‘Port Strategy’ has recently added the social media platform, Facebook, to the various ways in which its content is being distributed.

  • Port Metro Vancouver has invested in the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor to bolster its supply chain integration. Credit - Faz Besharastian
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    Making the link

    2013-03-13T10:00:00Z

    Ports are increasingly acknowledging the importance of their role in supply chains, as John Bensalhia explains

  • The Indian Ports Association has confirmed its support for the 1st GreenPort South Asia Conference
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    IPA to support 1st GreenPort South Asia Conference

    2013-03-12T21:30:00Z

    The Indian Ports Association (IPA) has confirmed, along with many key industry organisations, its support to the GreenPort South Asia Conference, which underlines the recognition of the need for maritime ports across the region to engage with the green agenda.

  • Cargo ship with Miami skyline
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    Cutting Carbon to Cut Costs

    2013-03-12T20:30:00Z

    Supply chain models and seaport infrastructure are changing as shippers must prove their sustainability credentials to stakeholders. Reducing reliance on road and air is a big part of the green movement in transport of cargo, and shipping is becoming more seaport-centric, as maritime shipping cuts costs and carbon emissions, says ...

  • "Facebook enables our existing audience to share our content with other professionals in the industry who have not been exposed to GreenPort before," said Andrew Webster, managing director of Mercator Media and publisher of GreenPort.
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    GreenPort extends its footprint

    2013-03-12T19:30:00Z

    GreenPort has recently added the social media platform Facebook to the various ways in which its content is being distributed.

  • The Sustainable Ocean Summit 2013 (SOS 2013) will be organised from  22 until 24 April 2013, in  Washington D.C.
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    Oceans 2050 - The Ocean Business Community and Sustainable Seas

    2013-03-12T16:30:00Z

    The World Ocean Council (WOC) is organising from 22 until 24 April 2013, the Sustainable Ocean Summit 2013 (SOS 2013) in Washington D.C.

  • Hitting 2015 sulphur targets could result in increased carbon emissions and a loss of 2,000 jobs
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    Shipping sulphur targets could prove harmful

    2013-03-12T13:54:00Z

    A new report commissioned by the UK Chamber of Shipping has revealed that the 2015 sulphur emissions reduction targets for shipping companies could result in adverse environmental effects and a loss of 2,000 maritime services jobs.

  • California looks set to impose mandatory speed restrictions. Credit: Curtis Perry
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    California goes it alone again

    2013-03-12T10:00:00Z

    California is again going its own way in rulemaking, disregarding IMO recommendations and international considerations in the process, and is getting ready to impose a maximum speed for the whole length of the 1,000 mile state coastline, possibly out to the 40 nautical miles mark.

  • Konecranes will deliver five straddle carriers, as well as other equipment
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    Konecranes wins Indonesian record order

    2013-03-12T05:50:00Z

    Konecranes has increased its strategic position in Indonesia with a contract to deliver the first automated container yard for state owned terminal operator, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Pelindo III).

  • The proposed terminal will be the fourth crude oil terminal in the POLB. Photo: Bruce Perry, Department of Geological Sciences, CSU Long Beach
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    New oil terminal proposed by green POLB

    2013-03-11T17:30:00Z

    Following a long series of environmental projects, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) has approved plans to modernise the state''s aging oil transfer infrastructure with a 28 acre deep water oil terminal.

  • A total of 3,200,000m³ of material was removed during the deepening of Culebra Cut
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    Panama Canal dredging programme complete

    2013-03-11T14:22:00Z

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has completed the dredging of the navigational channels along Culebra Cut, an important milestone in its canal expansion programme.

  • Ports may need to reconsider tug usage with the advent of slow steaming. Credit: Niels Linneberg
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    A change of pace

    2013-03-11T10:00:00Z

    Slower speeds are prompting a re-think of port operations, says Martin Rushmere

  • Namura's new MIBS VVLC design features a new hull form
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    ClassNK approves ballast water design

    2013-03-08T14:39:00Z

    Global classification society, ClassNK, has granted Approval in Practice (AIP) to Namura Shipbuilding Co’s Minimal Ballast Water Ship (MIBS) VLCC design.

  • Swinoujscie is pushing ahead with an LNG bunkering project. Credit: Polskie LNG
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    The law of unintended consequences

    2013-03-08T10:00:00Z

    Roman Poersch of Wilhelm Borchert argues that over and above the regulations, “the law of unintended consequences” means that some environmental port initiatives could have a life of their own.

  • HPH Trust is looking to invest more in the Pearl River Delta
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    HPH Trust acquires ACT

    2013-03-07T21:07:00Z

    The Singapore listed Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Trust has acquired 100% of shares in the Hong Kong terminal operator, Asia Container Terminal Holdings Ltd (ACT Holdings), for around HK$750m (US$408m).

  • Who will be the king of the port equipment jungle? Credit: Robak
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    Survival of the fittest

    2013-03-07T20:51:00Z

    It’s started. It was inevitable that the longer this financial blip continued the more chance there was of seeing business buyouts in the ports sector. And we can thank equipment companies for the start of what may well be a domino effect for the rest of the industry.

  • Bromma is looking at lashing and tandem speader updates this year
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    Automated lashing launch imminent

    2013-03-07T20:51:00Z

    Bromma is looking to commercially launch its Automatic Lashing Platform this year after agreeing an exclusive global licensing agreement with KALP GmbH in 2012.

  • Port of Cape Town
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    Port users invited to comment on proposed tariffs

    2013-03-07T20:35:00Z

    The Ports Regulator of South Africa has invited port users and interested or affected parties to attend public hearings on a tariff structure and tariff methodology for setting port tariffs over the medium term.

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    Buenaventura terminal invests

    2013-03-07T20:35:00Z

    Columbia''s new container terminal, Buenaventura, (TCBuen), has become the first Latin American terminal to implement new optical character recognition (OCR) systems and Differential GPS (DGPS) quay cranes, yard cranes and input processes.

  • Evac's complete food waste handling and processing system has been designed for small to mid size vessels
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    Evac launches food waste collection system

    2013-03-07T17:27:00Z

    Finnish waste collection system manufacturer, Evac, has launched its Food Waste Collection System which can manage the entire waste handling system for both vessels and rigs.