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NewsMinding the staff
What’s on your employees’ minds? If you don’t know, you might risk losing the best of them, warns Felicity Landon
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NewsFinding the polluter
Finding that the final inspection of a new or modified container terminal fails due to lack of noise relating considerations isn’t just annoying, it also usually results in expensive amendments. Sven Mattheis describes a tool developed by ISL and ted GmbH that helps to avoid this situation.
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NewsAntwerp aims at international stakes
Antwerp has just announced it has its eye on acquiring stakes in foreign projects, and Nico Vertongen, a director of Antwerp’s newly created subsidiary, Port of Antwerp International (PAI), tells Port Strategy why.
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NewsThings are looking up – if you have the cash
Despite the pressure of increased environmental compliance, 2010 will be a good year for anyone in the shipping industry with cash and access to finance, said shipping accountant and adviser Moore Stephens.
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NewsNew port for West Bengal
The Indian government has recently proposed partially funding the development of a port on Sagar Island in West Bengal, hoping to release the bottleneck that presently strangles the area.
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NewsGrowth marred by confusion
The last two months have been interesting for economic analysts; data has been contradictory and has led to the lengthy debate on whether we are about to return into recession or are poised for solid growth.
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NewsIndian Ocean: A businessman's paradise?
Mauritius is leading the Indian Ocean pack with its willingness to engage foreign investors, as Stuart Pearcey discovers
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NewsEU transport policy – on the right road?
Nicolette van der Jagt, secretary-general of the European Shippers Council, calls on regulators and industry to engage with each other to achieve sensible, practical emissions reductions policies
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NewsCopenhagen wasn’t so disastrous!
The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference was widely viewed as a political failure. However, Jan Prahm, of TuTech Innovation GmbH, argues a number of positives can be drawn from the event
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NewsMaasvlakte 2 on schedule
The construction of the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 terminal is now under way, in preparation for its opening in 2013. The construction and operation of the terminal is being undertaken within strict environmental criteria
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NewsCombating illegal waste shipments
It is time for concerted public and private approaches to combat the illegal shipment of waste through international seaports. B.H. Ruessink1 and G.J.R. Wolters2 review the situation – and make a call for action
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NewsInfrastructure: Key to Africa’s future
The recent PMAESA Conference in Durban focused on the critical issue of “Linking Ports to Corridors for Regional Integration. Njuguna Mutonya* reports
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NewsClean trucks scheme nearly two years ahead of schedule
The Port of Long Beach has reached an important milestone
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NewsWhat progress for UK ports?
The regulatory process for ports in the UK is complex and slow, says Peter Barham,* with no clear environmental objectives. Too often, port development is still viewed as unnecessary – and unnecessarily damaging to the environment
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NewsDunkerque launches sustainable development plan
The French port reform of July 2008 gave ports a new role in the area of sustainable development. Dunkerque-Port’s strategic plan, approved on 3 April 2009, forms part of the port’s policy of sustainable development and action; it identifies the various areas of the port, particularly those which affect environmental ...
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NewsMOL projects incorporated into government programme
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has announced that a number of its joint research and development projects aimed at environmental improvements are to be incorporated into government industry initiatives, as part of a support programme sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
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NewsPorts still feeling impact of Chilean quake
The Chilean port of Valparaiso is reported to be 90% operational following the recent earthquake, however ports close to the epicentre at Concepcion have fared less well.
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NewsSustainable vision for Hamburg dock
Maritime engineering and environmental consultancy Royal Haskoning has just won first place in a competition to create a concept for Hamburg’s central dock area, based on a sustainable urban maritime development.
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NewsLiberian development goes to APM
APM has won a 25 year concession at the Port of Monrovia in Liberia as part of a public tender process.
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NewsQingdao, China – Leading the way in the “green” economy
The City of Qingdao is making a big investment in its port and oceanic resources not only to combat the adverse effects of the economic downturn but also to develop a more “green” and sustainable economy
