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NewsClimbing the ranks
Bilateral trade deals and transhipment traffic will see the world''s fifth largest container port continue to grow. Michael King reports
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NewsSecond Environship order for Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has announced a second contract for a vessel to one of its Environship designs, a 75m LNG-powered vessel for Norway''s Eidsvaag for fish farm supply along the Norwegian coast.
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NewsNext step for Teesport expansion
PD Ports has completed the ground works at its container handling capacity in Teesport UK – the next step in its strategy towards doubling its container capacity.
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Japan puts annus horribilis behind it
2011 was a year to forget for Japan and its ports. On March 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake launched a tsunami which engulfed much of the country''s coastal northeast and caused the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl in 1986.
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NewsRAMPing up American port potential
An important piece of legislation, the Realize America’s Maritime Promise proposal that could free up money for harbor maintenance, is kicking around Washington, DC.
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Hong Kong and its neighbourly rivals
Hong Kong has been one of Asia''s leading ports for generations and remains one of the top three container ports in the world.
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NewsWelcome the investment outsiders
Is the entrance of pension funds, infrastructure funds, private equity funds and other non-core investors into the international port investment arena a good thing? Of course it is.
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NewsPoole explores green development options
Specialist UK sustainability, ennvironment and engineering design company, Ramboll, has secured a key advisory role to help Poole Harbour Commissioners to finalise its long term environmental masterplan for the Port of Poole.
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NewsGreen Ports Initiative in Spain
In current times society is becoming more and more sensitised about environmental protection - as Sara Blanco Monge, Systems Engineer at Isdefe explains.
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Automated lashing efficiency for containers
An automated lashing platform for fully automated quayside twistlock handling has been added to Cargotec’s portfolio. Under the terms of an exclusive global licensing agreement, Cargotec has assumed full responsibility for KALP GmbH''s automated lashing platform products and services.
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Georgia turns to RTG greening
Georgia Ports Authority is investing in green on-dock technology with the approved purchase of four electric-powered rubber-tyred gantry cranes.
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Tender issued for Kalibaru box terminal
Indonesian state port operator Pelindo II has issued a $1.9bn tender for the construction of a container terminal at Kalibaru, which is needed to ease congestion at an existing facility in the port of Tanjung Priok.
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Kerala seeks development partner for Azhikkal
The Indian state of Kerala has invited new bids for the development of the existing minor port of Azhikkal.
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SAAM to invest $2bn in ports
Following its separation from shipping line CSAV, Latin American port terminal operator SAAM has announced its intention to seek investment from the money markets to fund new projects.
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APM Terminals sees potential in India
APM Terminals’ chief executive, Kim Feijer, says that, despite having the world''s third-largest economy, India remains under represented in terms of global trade.
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Wait and see at Maldives Port
Port officials in Male are taking a wait and see approach to development plans post a recent coup in the Indian Ocean''s Maldives.
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NewsTsunami debris task force crisis meet
A task force for the 2011 Japanese tsunami marine debris field, which is floating towards Hawaii, has met at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) In Hawaii to share information to help avert the crisis.
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An industry at tipping point
The potential risks associated with mis-declaring the weight of containers are self-evident and understood through common sense; recent incidents have included the loss of 18 containers overboard on the Husky Racer in 2010, and in 2007 the collapse of cargo containers aboard the Annabella, which had been stacked such that ...
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Portunus nets APM Pipavav
Turkey-based Portunus Port Spares & Services has signed a contract for the refurbishment of quay cranes at APM Terminals’ Pipavav Port from India.
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Smiths unveils latest scanner
Scanning specialist Smiths has launched its next-generation high-energy X-ray scanner, the first pass-through cargo system to offer steel penetration of 30cm combined with three-colour material discrimination.
