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Not in my back yard!
The relationship between ports that need to develop and their surrounding social and ecological environments is very often a matter for heated debate with the NIMBY factor usually to the fore.
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New Zealand's Lyttelton battles subsidence
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) chief executive Peter Davie has advised his port’s container terminal - which has already slumped 20-30 centimetres following the major earthquake on September 4 - could continue sinking for the next three years.
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Los Angeles on hunt for global marketeers
Los Angeles’ port is to boost its global standing through a chain of worldwide satellite marketing offices.
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Vietnam's Cam Ranh gets new lease of commercial life
Vietnam’s Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh has said that Cam Ranh Port, a major war era facility, will not become a foreign military base but will instead be adapted to serve cargo ships.
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Sihanoukville left out in the cold
In a surprising move, government officials in Cambodia have not named the country’s major hub in its role call of national assets likely to list.
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Forming attachments
Very specific handling requirements often call for dedicated FLT attachments, says Alex Hughes
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Closing the net
The net is about to tighten on bribery and corruption in international businesses, among them the ports industry, and particularly for British citizens who transact business overseas.
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The case for independence
It’s an old story but it is worth one reiterating that if a country has a single container terminal then it is a no brainer when it comes to deciding on the category of operator that should be awarded a concession under a privatisation initiative: independent container terminal operator every ...
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Bucking the trend
Gulftainer achieved something highly unusual in 2009: while other terminals in the Middle East were losing traffic, it actually boosted throughput at its two Sharjah terminals, by around 10%, to 2.75m teu.
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Electrification of rubber-tyred gantries
Conductix-Wampfler headquartered in Weil am Rhein, Germany, has received three large orders for the electrification of rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) in Asia.
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Jebel Ali maintains position despite downturn
Once clearly streets ahead as a regional port, Jebel Ali took a hit in the economic downturn, with decline in origin and destination cargo being more pronounced in Dubai than in other Emirates ports.
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Transhipment deals for Salalah
The Port of Salalah has, alongside its general cargo offering, attracted a degree of transhipment so it is now in the process of adding to its feeder network in order to support lines without their own service.
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India needs to prepare for recovery
Is India ready to handle a rebound in the container trade? This is the question posed by Captain Sandeep Mehta, chief executive of Mundra Port.
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Trust plan is “undeliverable” says Dover
Dover Harbour Board has branded the proposal to keep the port of Dover in local hands through ownership by a “people’s trust” as “totally unrealistic and undeliverable”.
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Fancy a Gamble?
Hedging, OTC trading and Derivatives have arrived in the container market. Ben Hackett
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Leadership race
Alex Hughes asks which port will be ‘just right’ to play the part of Middle East superport
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Starter's orders
Is it time to reinvigorate those stalled port expansion plans, or should operators wait for more certain economic statistics?
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High school education on ports
The Port of Los Angeles is to sponsor maritime-related educational programs in Southern California high schools to promote international trade and career opportunities.
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Carbon control
Brian Gordon, of Holman Fenwick Willan, asks whether carbon funding can open the door for port emissions reduction projects