Latest News – Page 69
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NewsRussia’s plan B
Russia has turned to Plan B to secure dry freight shipping capacity – the enlargement of its merchant fleet through domestic construction and acquisition. Oleksandr Gavrylyuk reports
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NewsBuilding practical resilience
Jaret Fattori, Senior Consultant, BMT, lays out an effective route to building resilience and adaptation planning to counter the negative impact of extreme weather events and to assist the transition to a low carbon economy
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NewsSafety first, says Steele
More than 70 years on from its foundation, safety still comes first, says Richard Steele, CEO, ICHCA. Felicity Landon talks one on one
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NewsVital to engage the workforce
ICHCA’s membership includes the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) and other workforce representative organisations.
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NewsPlotting a path for PCS
Nico De Cauwer, newly appointed Secretary General of the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA), discusses the IPSCA agenda with Felicity Landon
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NewsThe EU’s intermodal ambition: aspirational or dangerous?
In March 2023, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a report in which it argued that the EU’s ambitions regarding the growth of intermodal transport are not realistic.
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NewsThe challenges facing the Greening of the shipping sector
It will take decades before we see the end of marine oil-based fuels and the alternative fuels, particularly LNG, may not bring the benefits touted.
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NewsUSA looks to strengthen foreign port security assessment
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted an assessment of the US Coast Guard’s Foreign Port Security Programme…
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NewsDCT2: investor confidence key
There are uncertainties surrounding the bid process for Durban Container Terminal 2 (DCT2);and the Ngqura Container Terminal. Government should do more to build investor confidence
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NewsAPMT confirms Lach Huyen box terminal project
APM Terminals (APMT) has confirmed a new project to develop two new deep-water berths at Lach Huyen port in Haiphong City, Vietnam, in conjunction with the Vietnamese HATECO group.
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NewsMaasvlakte II expansion announced
APM Terminals (APMT) is expanding its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam, in a deal worth in excess of €1 billion ($1.1 billion).
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NewsNWSA Rail Deal
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) partnership of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma has launched its 2023 Rail Cargo Incentive Program.
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NewsCOSCO Hamburg Deal Off?
The Economic Ministry in Germany is currently reassessing its previous decision to allow COSCO Shipping Ports (CSP) to acquire a stake in one of three terminals at the Port of Hamburg operated by Hamburg Hafen und Logostik AG (HHLA).
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NewsMelbourne Rail Plans
The Port of Melbourne is progressing its Port Rail Transformation Project (PRTP) through the launch of a new…
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NewsTransnet IPMS
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is relaunching its Integrated Port Management System (IPMS) at eight commercial ports, with the aim of completing…
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NewsItapoá Inspections
Itapoá Port in Brazil has introduced an HCVM XT cargo inspection system from Smiths Detection, a UK-based specialist in threat…
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News…And commissions two ship-unloaders in China
Bruks Siwertell has also completed the commissioning of two large scale Siwertell ST 790-D-type ship-unloaders for a newly developed coal-handling power station in southern China.
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NewsGeorgia Ports Authority spends big on RTGs
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has confirmed it is investing US$170 million on 55 new hybrid- engine rubber-tyred gantries (RTGs) to support the Ocean Terminal at the Port of Savannah.
