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    World Bank part funds Santos expansion

    2011-05-07T10:00:00Z

    A subsidiary of the International Finance Corporation is to provide a long-term loan of $97m to finance expansion of container handling facilities at the port of Santos, in a project that will cost a total of $907m.

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    Abu Dhabi signs with ZPMC

    2011-05-07T10:00:00Z

    Abu Dhabi Ports Company has awarded ZPMC a AED193m (US$52.4m) contract for six super post-panamax ship-to-shore container cranes for Khalifa Port.

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    Preliminary Programme Confirmed!

    2011-05-06T17:37:00Z

    The sessions at the 2011 GreenPort Congress have now been confirmed.

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    Emission Decrease in LA

    2011-05-06T11:15:00Z

    Monitoring stations around the Port of Los Angeles show concentrations of carbon in the Port area air fell in 2010 for the fourth straight year.

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    APM positive outlook

    2011-05-06T10:48:00Z

    Nils Andersen, CEO of parent company, AP Moller-Maersk Group, attributed APM Terminals’ Q1 11 improvement in sales and margins to “continuing efficiency gains and cost reductions”.

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    Chilean ports invest for the future

    2011-05-06T10:00:00Z

    An estimated annual growth rate of 8% has prompted Chilean ports to announce a series of investments to cater for demand.

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    Metals and marketing MOU

    2011-05-06T10:00:00Z

    Abu Dhabi Ports Company has signed a memoriam of understanding with JadeWaserPort Logistics Zone that will boost co-operation in the aluminium, engineered metals, steel, chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries, as well as related education, marketing and distribution activities.

  • As Australia's largest container port operating in an urban environment, Melbourne handles resident enquiries and complaints directly
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    Neighbourly love

    2011-05-06T10:00:00Z

    Major ports all over the world face a similar problem – how to get on with the neighbours.

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    Vigilant monitors energy use

    2011-05-06T10:00:00Z

    Security specialist Vigilant Vision has launched a range of energy efficient, ultra high contrast LED monitors for CCTV applications. The monitors offer higher picture quality and enhanced specifications, with a 40% reduction in the total cost of ownership over the life of the equipment.

  • KPI input from the terminal operators is vital "because they know their business inside out". Credit: William Cho
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    Do-it-yourself or bring in the experts?

    2011-05-05T10:00:00Z

    The industry is divided over the merits of using consultants versus ports setting up their own systems. Accenture says (perhaps surprisingly) both have their uses.

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    DP World goes all-electric in Sydney

    2011-05-05T10:00:00Z

    DP World’s Port Botany terminal will receive four Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes by the end of the year.

  • Nato forces have been sweeping the sea off the port to locate mines
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    Libyan government claims victory over Misurata

    2011-05-04T18:30:00Z

    Libya’s heavily contested port of Misurata has fallen to regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, according to unconfirmed reports from the country’s Foreign Ministry.

  • The transfer of port workers to private operations has been bitterly disputed, leading to a wave of strikes
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    Fos stevedores transfer to private companies

    2011-05-04T18:26:00Z

    National agreements on French port reforms will come into force at Marseilles-Fos from May, with the transfer of some 400 port authority personnel to private or part-private stevedoring companies.

  • Portable berthing aid should minimise disputes
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    Trelleborg berthing aid reduces accident risk

    2011-05-04T18:26:00Z

    Manufacturer Trelleborg Marine Systems has launched a portable docking aid to improve berthing safety.

  • PortMetro Vancouver believes it is essential to get the cooperation of terminal operators and railways when setting KPIs
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    Solution without a problem

    2011-05-04T10:00:00Z

    KPIs are powerful tools, but there''s dissent in how to best set and apply them. Martin Rushmere reports

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    Investment grows for Middle East Gulf ports

    2011-05-04T10:00:00Z

    Nearly all of the 35 ports in the Middle East Gulf region are currently undergoing expansion, with $46.5bn already committed. This follows $38.2bn invested up to 2008 and $38.5bn alone in 2009.

  • There's a lack of coherence on the application of radioactivity levels checks
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    Radiation checks reveal common policy void

    2011-05-04T10:00:00Z

    As April ended and May started, ships that had called at Japanese ports post-radiation leaks finally found their way to European and US ports. And what greeted them was a disjointed mix of reactions and confused strategies on screening and decontamination plans.

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    Eco-straddle carriers for Burchardkai

    2011-05-04T10:00:00Z

    Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has placed an order for 14 Kalmar 7+ generation ESC350W diesel-electric straddle carriers.

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    Meclift expanding sales in Latin America

    2011-05-04T10:00:00Z

    Finnish handling equipment manufacturer Meclift is growing its Latin American market. It sold the first unit of its ML1612R Variable Reach Truck to Brazil and signed a distribution agreement with F&F Comércio e Representacões Ltda in 2010. 2011 has already seen almost all the company’s production capacity sold to Latin ...

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    Abandoned port calls double in Brazil

    2011-05-03T10:00:00Z

    Excessive waiting times at Brazil''s 17 leading ports resulted in 850 cancellations of shipping line calls in 2010, compared with just 457 cancellations the previous year.