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  • Port of Dover
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    New ICT for Dover

    2012-08-21T19:13:00Z

    The UK''s Port of Dover has awarded a five year contract to Durham based business and IT consultancy, Waterstons Ltd, to provide Europe’s busiest port with its consultancy services.

  • The energy management system will be installed on two Scottish ferries
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    Imtech nominated for Innovation Award

    2012-08-21T16:15:00Z

    Imtech Marine has been nominated for the Dutch Maritime Innovation Award 2012 for its Energy Management System.

  • Yanmar diesel engines are now CARB certified as compliant with Tier 4 standards Photo: Yanmar
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    Clean new diesels

    2012-08-21T15:17:00Z

    Japan''s Yanmar Co Ltd has received certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for diesel engines in the range 19 to 56kW, compliant with Tier 4 standards.

  • Melbourne - a critical component of Victoria's economy
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    Melbourne redevelopment underway

    2012-08-20T19:11:00Z

    The Port of Melbourne Corporation’s (PoMC’s) AUS$1.6bn redevelopment of Webb Dock is getting underway with the civil and design contracts being awarded this week.

  • The Port of Long Beach has cut air pollution by 75%
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    POLB improves air quality

    2012-08-20T15:46:00Z

    The Port of Long Beach’s clean air programmes have cut pollution by 75% for the fifth year in a row, according to a comparison of 2011 to 2005 baseline reports.

  • Responsibility for Australia's vessel tracking systems is confused. Credit: Anthony Hevron
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    Information or intervention?

    2012-08-20T10:30:00Z

    HFW''s Francis Burgess and Hazel Brasington discuss the ambiguities in Australian VTS control and liabilities

  • Fednav have ordered six new bulk carriers
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    Six new vessels for Fednav

    2012-08-17T17:15:00Z

    Canadian bulk carrier, Fednav Limited, has invested in six new environmentally advanced vessels to add to its fleet.

  • La Quinta will give Corpus Christi a new lease of life
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    Corpus Christi focuses on La Quinta expansion

    2012-08-17T11:59:00Z

    The Port of Corpus Christi in Texas is building on already good facilities with the La Quinta Trade Gateway Terminal, which, when finished, will provide a state-of-the-art multi-purpose dock and container facility.

  • A questionmark now hangs over the Tecondi concession
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    Santos' Tecondi concession declared illegal

    2012-08-17T11:59:00Z

    Brazil''s Federal Court has declared void the concession agreement currently held by the Tecondi container terminal in the port of Santos on the back of bidding and licensing errors.

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    Major investment in Taiwanese ports

    2012-08-17T11:47:00Z

    The Taiwanese ports of Keelung, Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung and others are to be developed as part of a $2.8bn program backed by the Taiwan Council for Economic Planning and Development.

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    Management centralisation a ‘failure’ in Venezuela

    2012-08-17T11:47:00Z

    The decision by the government of Venezuela to centralise control of ports in 2009 has resulted in a worsening of operations, according to local sources.

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    US forwarders prefer Canadian and Mexican ports

    2012-08-17T11:47:00Z

    A recent study by the US Federal Maritime Commission has found that ports in Mexico and Canada are more attractive than those in the US.

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    Portugal to tender two concessions

    2012-08-17T11:47:00Z

    Portugal''s Secretary of State for Transport, Sergio Monteiro, has announced that the government will shortly launch two new port concessions as part of its Strategic Plan for Transport.

  • Grandweld Shipyards recently delivered two new tugboats to Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi
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    Grandweld tugs for Khalifa Port

    2012-08-17T11:30:00Z

    Dubai''s Grandweld Shipyards recently delivered two new 55 tonne bollard pull escort tugboats to Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi, and a special ceremony was held to mark the occasion.

  • One accident report for the MSC Napoli concluded that had the cargo been well secured, it would have presented no greater danger to the ship than if the containers were properly declared. Credit: Gary Tanner
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    A closer look at accident findings

    2012-08-17T10:30:00Z

    When we at the European Shippers'' Council read the analysis of the MAIB report on the structural failure of the MSC Napoli, we came across some important additional findings that have been undeservedly neglected in the current container weight debate.

  • The Wärtsilä 20 engine
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    Hybrid tug power for Svitzer Australia

    2012-08-16T18:54:00Z

    Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the power system for four new diesel-electric powered tugs being built for Svitzer Australia at the ASL shipyard in Singapore, scheduled to be in operation by early 2014.

  • ICTSI wants more of a presence at Karachi
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    ICTSI eyes majority control of Pakistan terminal

    2012-08-16T18:37:00Z

    International Container Terminal Services Inc subsidiary, ICTSI Mauritius has confirmed to Port Strategy that it has launched a bid to takeover Pakistan International Container Terminal Limited, an operator at Karachi port.

  • 'M/V Plyca'
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    New gas scrubber from Shipdock

    2012-08-16T12:37:00Z

    Dutch shipyard Shipdock, and Amsterdam ship owner Spliethoff, have reached an agreement to design and install the largest exhaust gas scrubber ready for the new IMO sulphur legislation.

  • ESC believes that only a small proportion of misdeclared containers pose a threat to workers’ safety. Credit: Daniel Lloyd
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    Weighing in

    2012-08-16T10:30:00Z

    ESC''s Marco Wiesehahn says that container weighing is just one of many factors affecting port safety

  • CSS will be retrofitting a VLCC in China in a few weeks
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    New Cleanship joint venture

    2012-08-15T20:43:00Z

    A new joint venture between Glasgow based Naval Architects, Malin Marine Consultants, and BWT manufacturer, Coldharbour Marine Ltd, has been launched.