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  • Piracy incidents have fallen, but there is still much to be concerned about
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    A supporting role

    2012-09-05T10:30:00Z

    Ports should embrace the opportunities presented by combating modern day piracy, advises HFW''s Katie Lenko

  • Luka Koper – better rail links are leading to growth
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    Baltic rail link increases intermodality

    2012-09-04T18:12:00Z

    In May 2012 a new railway link opened between Katowice in Poland and the northern Polish ports of Gdynia and Gdansk and this month two other trains will be added to the three times weekly service, linking Slovenia’s Luka Koper Port to Poland’s Port of Gydnia.

  • Asciano's container terminal at the Port of Botany, Sydney
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    Cargotec wins major Australian carrier order

    2012-09-04T17:07:00Z

    Finnish cargo equipment company, Cargotec, has won an order to deliver 44 automated straddle carrier systems (AutoStrad) and related automation technology to Australian port operator Asciano’s container terminal at Port Botany in Sydney.

  • Landscape of Port and industrial estate of Moerdijk
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    Working together on sustainable connections

    2012-09-04T16:24:00Z

    Companies, authorities and the Moerdijk Port Authority at the Moerdijk Port and Industrial Estate in the Netherlands, have been working together on sustainable connections since the end of the 1990s, writes Jacco Rentrop, environmental manager at the Moerdijk Port Authority.

  • Charles Klug has been selected as the interim port director
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    TPA appoints new interim port director

    2012-09-04T14:10:00Z

    The Tampa Port Authority (TPA) recently selected Charles Klug as its new temporary port director and the head of port authority until a permanent director is appointed.

  • The Port of Savannah is getting more eco friendly
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    GPA environmental stewardship efforts

    2012-09-04T13:54:00Z

    Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is continuing to do its bit when it comes to environmental stewardship – a special type of fish friendly concrete installed at the Port of Savannah is encouraging growth of plants and animals at the Garden City Terminal.

  • Technically difficult reclamations, like the work at Mubarak Al Kabeer Boubyan Seaport, are becoming more common
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    Soft options needed firming up

    2012-09-04T10:30:00Z

    Kuwait’s huge Mubarak Al Kabeer port project had “very difficult” ground conditions says Bob Gascoigne of Royal Haskoning. Soft clay and silt went down 25 metres, so dredging it all out was uneconomic to say the least.

  • The €175m expansion comprises the deepening and widening of the 33.5 km long access channel
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    Major dredging works at JNPT India

    2012-09-03T17:56:00Z

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired a contract with port operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for deepening and widening the port and access channel of JNPT in Mumbai, India.

  • This year's GreenPort Congress takes place in Marseille
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    ESPO ‘Green Guide’ to be launched at Congress

    2012-09-03T15:58:00Z

    The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) will launch the new ‘Green Guide’ at this year’s GreenPort Congress which takes place in Marseille from 3 to 5 October 2012.

  • The SMM trade exhibition opens today
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    SMM addresses green ship funding

    2012-09-03T14:05:00Z

    Dr Carsten Wiebers, global head maritime industries, KfW IPEX-Bank, will be talking about the importance of green ship funding in the run-up to the global maritime environmental congress (gmec) taking place at the SMM 2012 trade fair this week.

  • The AGCT CBA was signed by Dr. Antonio Passaro, CEO of AGCT and Rusimir Cimirotic, Chairman of Independent Union of Employees of Port of Rijeka
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    AGCT employees join forces for progress

    2012-09-03T12:13:00Z

    Employees from the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) – a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) – have joined forces with AGCT management to increase modernisation and productivity.

  • A wharf had to be reclaimed to provide a place to manufacture the concrete counterforts for Port Botany
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    A leg to stand on

    2012-09-03T10:30:00Z

    Stevie Knight explains the merits of getting dredging contractors onboard from the off

  • Hutchison's Freeport hub is showcasing Decision Sciences' passive detection system
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    Passive system promises speedier handling

    2012-09-02T10:30:00Z

    US-based Decision Sciences has installed its first fully operational multi-mode passive detection system at Hutchison Ports’ Bahamas transhipment hub, Freeport Container Port.

  • The industry still isn’t ready for 100% scanning
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    Time gentlemen please

    2012-09-01T10:30:00Z

    The US'' 100% scanning diktat failed to meet its 2012 deadline, so where next, asks Felicity Landon

  • Cargotec has launched a new range of electrically driven offshore winches
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    Cargotec introduces new electrical winch

    2012-08-31T17:01:00Z

    Cargotec has launched a new electrical range of offshore MacGregor anchor handling/towing winches (eAHT) which offers improved operational performance and safety and reduced environmental impact.

  • US East Coast ports face double blows
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    Getting hit from both sides

    2012-08-31T14:35:00Z

    US east coast ports faced two very different threats this month: one the fault of Mother Nature and the other entirely manmade as Hurricane Isaac and longshoremen unions both knocked on port doors.

  • Negotiations have broken down between unions and shippers on the US East Coast
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    Strikes threaten US East Coast ports

    2012-08-31T14:34:00Z

    The National Retail Federation has voiced its concern to labour and management over the need for a new East Coast and Gulf Coast longshoremen’s contract to avoid redirection of cargo from crucial holiday retailers.

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    Judicial review of Lázaro Cárdenas tender

    2012-08-31T14:34:00Z

    Mexico''s Transport and Communications Ministry is awaiting a judicial review of its decision to grant a consortium of ICA and APM Terminals a concession to build and operate a second container terminal at the port of Lazaro Cárdenas.

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    TCB concession blocked in Guatemala

    2012-08-31T14:34:00Z

    A judge in Guatemala has agreed that opposition MPs have the right to challenge the award of a concession to TCB to operate a container terminal at Quetzal port.

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    MSC and CMA CGM withdraw Virginia opposition

    2012-08-31T14:34:00Z

    MSC and CMA CGM have withdrawn objections they lodged in respect of a proposed deal by APM Terminals to run various port terminals in Virginia''s ports for a period of 48 years.