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    ESPO workshop on LNG bunkering

    2012-05-10T18:51:00Z

    Around 50 participants gathered in last month in Zeebrugge to attend an internal ESPO workshop on LNG bunkering.

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    Unique dredging method at Stockholm

    2012-05-10T18:40:00Z

    The Ports of Stockholm has become one of the first in the world to use a novel method of dredging – freeze dredging – to extend a quay at Frihamnen.

  • The projected general cargo terminal expansion at Salalah
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    Salalah invests to double capacity

    2012-05-10T17:49:00Z

    Oman’s Ministry of Transport and Communication has invested $143m into an expansion project at the Port of Salalah with the aim of doubling the port''s general cargo capacity.

  • Schneider port logistics has deconsolidation and import/export facilities across the US, including in Seattle
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    Freeing up the containers

    2012-05-10T10:00:00Z

    The ‘port deconsolidation model’ has been heavily used in the US over the past two decades, says Dan Flaherty, vice president/general manager, port logistics, at Schneider Logistics.

  • POLA – pioneering green strategy in America
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    LA pioneers clean ship incentive

    2012-05-09T14:44:00Z

    The Port of Los Angeles has become the first seaport in North America and the Pacific Rim to adopt a clean air rewards programme for visiting green vessel operators.

  • Tyne's portcentric focus has allowed it to grow its container volumes through the recession
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    Stepping up a gear

    2012-05-09T10:00:00Z

    If portcentric is the buzzword, sophistication and flexibility are the new adjectives. Felicity Landon reports

  • Lloyd's losses have sent jitters through the reinsurance market
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    Reinsurers open premium hike floodgates

    2012-05-09T10:00:00Z

    The earth is certainly moving under the insurance market, as a result of the natural catastrophes of the past year and a half, and the port industry will suffer as a result.

  • OECD secretary general, Angel Gurría Photo: OECD
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    OECD driving greener growth

    2012-05-08T21:00:00Z

    “Better connected transport will drive greener growth” – that was the key message from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), at the annual summit of transport ministers held in Leipzig.

  • Electrifying news from Laem Chabang
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    RTG conversion for Laem Chabang

    2012-05-08T16:22:00Z

    Shareholders of a container terminal at Laem Chabang in Thailand have made a bold commitment to environmental sustainability with a contract to electrify its Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs).

  • Electrifying news from Laem Chabang
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    RTG conversion for Laem Chabang

    2012-05-08T13:55:00Z

    Shareholders of a container terminal at Laem Chabang in Thailand have made a bold commitment to environmental sustainability with a contract to electrify its Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs).

  • Inland bulk carriers like this may soon be LNG powered
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    Waterways to gain LNG-propelled ship

    2012-05-08T10:54:00Z

    A new, almost totally LNG-powered dry cargo inland waterway vessel will be operating on inland waterways in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and France.

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    Miami seizes the future

    2012-05-08T10:00:00Z

    PortMiami’s Master Plan 2035 is based on long term economic forecasts and trends for both cargo and cruise operations, and considers the physical aspects of the current built existing conditions.

  • MAFI  port equipment is in demand at Manila
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    MAFI rolls along nicely in Manila

    2012-05-07T17:57:00Z

    MAFI Transport-Systeme GmBH has just delivered six terminal tractors to ICTSI Manila in time for the opening of the new container handling terminal, Berth 6, which is due to open next month.

  • iCargo aims to improve the efficiency of the supply chain
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    iCargo aims to improve logistics

    2012-05-07T14:02:00Z

    The pan-European cargo and logistics project part funded by the EU, iCargo, has formally launched a three year programme designed to improve the performance of global logistics.

  • Performance indictors all come down to time spent at berth. Credit: Angels Gate
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    New horizons emerge

    2012-05-07T10:00:00Z

    Ports are no longer mere technical challenges; they are modern day job factories says Martin Rushmere

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    Automation a necessity, not a luxury

    2012-05-04T18:28:00Z

    Capacity constraints at terminals are an important determinant of automation’s value, according to John Scott, who handles container terminal automation at Oakland, California-based Navis.

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    Leveraging niche potential

    2012-05-04T18:28:00Z

    Ports at the smaller end of the size spectrum can focus on very specific segments of the market; and once the segments are identified their strategy can be adjusted accordingly.

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    Strategic bedfellows

    2012-05-04T18:28:00Z

    Strategic planning and setting operational tactics go hand-in-hand, as Barry Parker explains

  • Tilbury is putting together an offering which brings together both deepsea and short sea operations
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    In it for the long haul

    2012-05-04T10:00:00Z

    Despite Europe’s financial troubles, Charles Hammond of Forth Ports says that the UK''s ports are sturdy operations, and not likely to see a disastrous collapse as they are “the gateways to the country”.

  • Dover is pursuing its privatisation path but it’s been had several battles with some of the local community
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    Call on the community

    2012-05-04T10:00:00Z

    The UK''s ''Big Society'' ethos can''t be small-minded when it comes to port ownership models. Stevie Knight reports