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  • New equipment accidents - are you fully covered?
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    TT Club warning over uninsured assets

    2012-10-18T17:03:00Z

    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.

  • The European Commission has issued a new set of guidelines on inland navigation and nature protection
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    New Commission guidelines for inland navigation and Natura 2000

    2012-10-18T16:04:00Z

    The European Commission published new guidelines on inland navigation and nature protection to assist the sector in applying EU environmental legislation.

  • Private involvement is now very welcome in Central and West African ports. Credit: Slashme
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    Private sector finally welcome in Africa

    2012-10-18T15:49:00Z

    The acceptance of private sector participation in ports in Africa is gaining traction, and not before time. At least that''s what a meeting of port minds in Nigeria would have us believe.

  • SOGET plans to become the point of reference for Single Window. Photo: Le Havre Port
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    SOGET taps fast growing PCS market

    2012-10-18T15:48:00Z

    French port operations solutions company, SOGET, recently announced its plans to strengthen its international growth strategy to become the point of reference for Single Window by 2015.

  • The POLB continues to cut emissions of diesel particulate matter
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    POLB funding to reduce diesel pollution

    2012-10-18T13:06:00Z

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted $1.34m to the Port of Long Beach (POLB) for its diesel reduction project at its container terminals.

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    Learning east coast lessons

    2012-10-18T10:00:00Z

    The September ''event season'' included back-to-back appearances by executives from the City of New York’s Economic Development Corporation, one aboard “Pier 66”- an old cross-harbour railcar barge converted into a floating restaurant in Chelsea - and the other at the appropriately named Captain’s Ketch, downtown near Wall Street.

  • Operators are said to only consider emissions if forced to by location
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    Moving targets

    2012-10-18T10:00:00Z

    Comparing apples with apples is mission near-impossible when it comes to reachstacker emissions, as Alex Hughes finds out

  • More strife at Sokhna Photo: DP World
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    Sokhna stand-off hits DP World operations

    2012-10-17T19:24:00Z

    There is trouble and strife at Sokhna port again – reports in the media this week suggest that labour strikes have brought operations to a standstill, and a counter protest over the strikes hasn''t helped matters either.

  • LNG bunkering Photo: TGE
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    New joint project on LNG Bunkering

    2012-10-17T18:44:00Z

    Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and nine key members of the Australian maritime, port and energy sectors have established a four-month study into LNK Bunkering organised as a Joint Industry Project (JIP).

  • Jan Christensen, vice president, OW Bunker
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    OW Bunker moves supply to Panama

    2012-10-17T14:10:00Z

    OW Bunker has announced that it will supply low sulphur fuel from Balboa, Panama from mid-October.

  • Access systems literally need to bridge two, very individual sets of objectives
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    Bridging the gap

    2012-10-17T10:00:00Z

    Finding access that will adapt to suit future ship design changes can be a challenge, Stevie Knight explains

  • Vacuum unloaders can keep everything contained until caught by the silo. Photo: FLSmidth
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    Dusting off the handling questions

    2012-10-16T20:30:00Z

    It’s a conundrum: although dry, granular bulk is traditionally a simple and low cost cargo, Stevie Knight finds out the handling machinery is being pushed relentllessly in the other direction.

  • The container terminal upgrade will improve safety and efficiency at the Port of Durban
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    Proposed terminal extension at Port of Durban

    2012-10-16T17:38:00Z

    The Transnet National Port Authority''s (TNPA) final scope for the proposed development of Berth 203 to 205 at Pier 2 container terminal at the Port of Durban, has been accepted.

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    Dawei mega-port still forging ahead

    2012-10-16T13:45:00Z

    Thailand is to push on with the Dawei mega-port project in a joint venture with the Myanmar governmment.

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    East Africa calls for unified harbours authority

    2012-10-16T13:45:00Z

    Traders on the east coast of Africa want to see the reinstatement of the East African Harbours & Port Authority to stop individual states applying unilateral tariffs.

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    Hamburg infrastructure upgrades needed

    2012-10-16T13:45:00Z

    A plan drawn up for the Port of Hamburg forecasts it will be handling 25.3m teu by 2025, 181% higher than the 9m teu handled in 2011.

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    Italy debates relationship of ports with the state

    2012-10-16T13:45:00Z

    The government of Italy has approved an outline plan to reform the constitution that refers to the relationship between the Italian state and the regions.

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    Indefinite strike called in Santa Fe

    2012-10-16T13:45:00Z

    An indefinite strike called by port unions has made it extremely difficult for any cargo to enter or leave the Argentinean ports of San Lorenzo, San Nicolás and Villa Constitución, which are three of the country''s most important export facilities.

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    Tender for Manaus due

    2012-10-16T13:45:00Z

    Antaq, Brazil''s national waterway regulator, is to issue a $223m tender later this year for the construction and operation of a new port in the city of Manaus.

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    HPH Trust shares a “buy”

    2012-10-16T13:45:00Z

    Financial advisers Maybank Kim Eng have allocated a "buy" rating to Hutchison Port Holdings Trust’s shares.