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NewsLook to a more automated future
APM Terminals'' Frank Tazelaar sees a future speckled with automated terminals, particularly in north-western Europe and the US.
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NewsA worldwide e-services platform to standardise and ease ship waste management
Ship Waste Agency, a French start-up created in 2010, has just launched a new groundbreaking solution to facilitate and ameliorate the ship waste management along with the participation of all the different maritime actors involved in this process, explains Sylvain Perrier, CEO of Ship Waste Agency.
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NewsImproving berthing operations
The UK’s Cirrus Logistics Ltd and the Marine Institute at Plymouth University have developed a survey to look at berthing operations in global terminals and ports in order to get an up to date picture on scheduling and iron out inefficiencies.
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NewsRepurposing at Galveston terminal
A Galveston terminal in Texas has come up with a novel idea to improve its operations both economically and environmentally - it is ‘repurposing’ conveyor belts to use as spill containment liners.
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Ennore to issue bonds and undertake IPO
India''s Ennore Port Ltd is to raise tax-free bonds worth $185m to fund expansion and infrastructure projects.
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Noatum reviews Valencia expansion project
Valencia Port Authority has given Noatum Ports permission to temporarily suspend work that it is undertaking on Muelle de Costa.
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IPO to fund Port Klang expansion
Westports Malaysia is to raise $500m through an IPO in the second quarter of next year.
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Pelindo II to sell off box terminal holdings
Indonesian state holding Pelindo II is reported as preparing to sell off its subsidiary, Multi-Terminal Indonesia, which manages its logistics activities, as well as container and multi-purpose terminals.
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East African ports for sale
The secretary general of the East African Community has revealed that negotiations are at an advanced stage to privatise the ports of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam.
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NewsRevised MARPOL Annex V - IMO overview
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued a simplified overview of the revised version of MARPOL Annex V (Garbage), which comes into effect on 1 January 2013 and will introduce stricter controls on the disposal of garbage from ships at sea.
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NewsCargotec enters the AGV fray
Earlier this year, PSA announced that it had asked ZPMC and Singapore Technologies Kinetics Limited to each develop an AGV prototype with energy-efficient hybrid technology. As part of the project, Cargotec was contracted to supply a common equipment navigation system.
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NewsGreentech evaluation for box terminals
A new EU project aims to demonstrate the viability of new technologies and alternative fuels through pilot schemes implemented in the container terminals of Valencia, Livorno and Koper.
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NewsGreentech evaluation for box terminals
A new EU project aims to demonstrate the viability of new technologies and alternative fuels through pilot schemes implemented in the container terminals of Valencia, Livorno and Koper.
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NewsAutomation justification
Automated guided vehicles make sense on a productivity and a labour cost front if the expense can be justified. Alex Hughes report
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NewsPort of Hamburg calls for change in laws
The Port of Hamburg Business Association has accepted the Federal Administrative Court’s (FAC) decision to deepen the River Elbe, but says fast legal decisions need to be made to reduce the impact on its port’s key infrastructure.
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MetriTech develops labour cost tool
California based labour management software company, MetriTech, recently developed a new labour cost modelling tool to improve operations at major container terminals.
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NewsDPW Melbourne invests in greener equipment
DP World recently invested in the latest straddle carriers for its container terminal at the Port of Melbourne.
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NewsTowards a zero emissions reachstacker
As governments across the world insist on engines being ever cleaner, is it realistic to assume that one day we can expect to see a 100% green reachstacker? The manufacturers we approached were split on this point.
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Tanker company confirms green credentials
Petroleum tanker operator AET has formally committed to the MPA Green Shipping Programme. President and CEO, Hor Weng Yew, signed-up to the initiative at a Singapore bunkering conference, SIBCON.
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NewsTT Club warning over uninsured assets
A case study by TT Club points out that normal insurance might not cover crane and vessel collision damage if the crane is in the process of being delivered or installed.
