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NewsNew era for New Zealand
A new era is set for New Zealand freight following the Port of Tauranga’s NZ$21.6m (US$17.26m) investment in the South Island’s PrimePort Timaru.
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NewsLNG transfer in Flow
A ship-to-ship transfer operation involving liquefied natural gas (LNG) has taken place in Orkney’s Scapa Flow, off the coast of the UK.
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NewsA rollercoaster ride for LNG
Julien Bordet of Ernst & Young Advisory thinks that although investment conditions are difficult, ports looking at LNG import “are best taking the long term view".
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NewsEcoPower hybrid systems
Mi-Jack, the machinery and solutions expert, has acquired a hybrid power company to better tap into the green energy market at ports and terminals.
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NewsCavotec secures €7.2m of orders
Cavotec is to supply customers in the US, China, Australia, South Korea and Japan with its ports and maritime technologies after securing €7.2m worth of orders.
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NewsEcoPower hybrid systems
Mi-Jack, the machinery and solutions expert, has acquired a hybrid power company to better tap into the green energy market at ports and terminals.
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NewsGas guzzlers
Ports need to keep an eye on the future to keep pace with LNG bunkering developments, explains Stevie Knight,
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NewsCavotec secures €7.2m of orders
Cavotec is to supply customers in the US, China, Australia, South Korea and Japan with its ports and maritime technologies after securing €7.2m worth of orders.
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NewsGreen kudos for Crystal Cruises
Crystal Cruises’ ‘Crystal Serenity’ and ‘Crystal Symphony’ have helped reduce emissions and improve air quality in and around the Port of Los Angeles (POLA).
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NewsPutting welfare first
The days have gone when a seafarer centre was just a reading room and a phone box; today seafarers have different needs and centres won’t be fully used unless they meet those needs, says Jon Whitlow, secretary of the International Transport Workers'' Federation.
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NewsEconomics don't add up for Hastings hub
Australian transport industry leader Paul Little has come out strongly against the economics of creating a container terminal in Hastings, as opposed to developing a “Bay West” terminal between Point Wilson and Little River.
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NewsICTSI stuck in the middle
Is it energy politics, gateway politics, is it following the lead of hardened business practice deployed in the Russian energy sector or simply the actions of a new port director?
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Lessening the burden of abandonment
MLC 2006 should, in the short and longer term, ease the nightmare of seafarers being abandoned by their employers. Penniless, far from home, stranded on a substandard, ill-equipped vessel in a forgotten corner of a port, seafarers have often been entirely dependent on local charities for their support.
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NewsThe human dimension
Ports need to recognise the role they play in the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsMetro Ports looks to Canada
Metro Ports, part of Nautilus International Holding Group, is looking to bring its operations to the west coast of Canada by taking over operations at Westview Terminal at the Port of Prince Rupert.
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NewsKonecranes RTGs for West Africa
Konecranes is set to deliver eight Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes to Bolloré Group’s container terminals in Pointe Noire, Congo and Douala, Cameroon.
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NewsMore carriers join CCWG
BSR’s motto that ‘what’s measured gets managed’ is proving successful, with more carriers joining its Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG) in a bid to reduce the environmental impacts of global goods transportation.
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NewsCochin switches to LED Lighting
Proper lighting design including LUX levels, colour rendering and reduced glare, are creating an ideal work environment for the night time loading and unloading of containers at Cochin Port, says Jeffrey Newman, president of Globaltechled.
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NewsHonesty valued on lighting claims
Experience has taught Derek McGlashan, Forth Ports'' environment and energy manager, to be highly suspicious of the claims put out by many lighting companies.
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NewsCloud-based emissions monitoring
US based company, ESRG, has added exhaust emissions monitoring capability to its onboard monitoring software, OstiaEdge.
