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NewsMinimal impact from electric trends
One of the growing trends these days for port operators is to use electrification systems for port equipment, with more operators looking to electrical mains power as opposed to diesel.
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NewsGreen terminal lease inked at POLB
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have signed a $4.6bn 40 year lease agrement for the new green Middle Harbor container terminal.
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NewsWorld Ocean Council Summit 2012
The World Ocean Council (WOC), the international business alliance for corporate ocean responsibility, has announced its second Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) will take place from 3-5 December in Washington DC.
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Qatar to place contracts worth $7.4bn
Qatar is to place three contracts shortly as part of the $7.4bn development of a new port.
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Vila do Conde terminal tender
Northern Brazil''s Pará state dock company (CDP) is to build and operate a multipurpose terminal at the port of Vila do Conde.
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Brazil looks to pension funds to invest in ports
The Brazilian government is looking into ways of stimulating investment in national infrastructure by private pension funds. In the coming weeks, two proposals will be debated: the creation of a fund specifically to invest in investment and changes to rules governing this type of action.
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Naples begins to tackles concessionaire debt
Terminal operators in the Italian port of Naples have accumulated debt owed to the port authority of more than €20m.
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Paita to issue bonds
Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos Paita, operator and concessionaire for the Peruvian port of Paita, is to issue bonds worth $110m to build a new terminal.
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Historic terminal lease inked at POLB
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have signed a $4.6bn 40 year lease agreement for the new Middle Harbor container terminal.
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NewsThe tubeless wonder
Tubes will soon become old hat in the port environs, as John Bensalhia finds out
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NewsDouble-hull oil tanker reg agreement
The European Council and European Parliament have reached an agreement about technical modifications to the regulation from 2002 on double-hull oil tankers.
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More than just the cookies
Staff recognition is certainly an important factor in retention, but “it must go beyond the cookies”, says Dr Stephen Cahoon, head of the maritime and logistics management department at the Australian Maritime College.
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NewsDoha leaves paper behind
A new state of the art terminal operating system (TOS) is in operation at Doha Port, Qatar – a strategic move into automation from a paper based operating system previously used to handle throughput at the terminal.
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NewsFuture LNG bunkering in Singapore
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has set up a joint industry project to investigate the feasibility of LNG bunkering in Singapore in collaboration with Det Norske Veritas (DNV).
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NewsKeeping the best
Don’t take away that basket of fruit: it’s the small things that count If you want to keep your best people. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsMarseille: Strategic call for Arkas
Marseille Fos Port Authority is set to benefit from a new call created by the extended Aegean-Spain weekly container service operated by Turkey’s Arkas Line.
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NewsSecurity funding needs local support
Port security is full of challenges. The Port of Everett is set to install lighting, courtesy of a $1.3m free ride, fully funded by US port security grants covered within ARRA - a Federal infrastructure funding initiative.
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NewsRINA to audit clean shipping in Sweden
RINA, the global classification society, has been approved by Sweden’s Clean Shipping Project, to perform verification to ships and as per the Clean Shipping Index requirement.
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NewsStarting from scratch
One of the biggest projects Louis Berger is currently involved in is a greenfield port development in Nigeria.
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NewsImproving operations and reducing costs
Stinis has been the trendsetter in the container handling business for several decades, writes Dick van Soest, sales director at Stinis.
