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  • Port Strategy: Presenting a concession requires finesse if the cash is to flow
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    Money isn't just there for the taking

    2010-07-07T10:00:00Z

    Even in the darker days of the credit crunch there was always money around for infrastructure development, although most major projects had been mothballed.

  • Port Strategy: Wi-fi allows for accurate positioning of cargoes on the quay
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    Resistance to change

    2010-07-05T10:00:00Z

    There can be a reluctance to change, especially in today’s economy where every expenditure is measured and evaluated, says Frans Kok, vice president AMEA (Asia, Middle East, Australia) at LXE.

  • Port Strategy: Ports are full of metal boxes, plant and a whole host of other industrial buildings and constructions potentially restricting wi-fi capabilities
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    Wireless world

    2010-07-01T16:18:00Z

    Security issues, data privacy, and the need for resilience are driving interest in the latest wi-fi developments. Felicity Landon reports

  • Port Strategy: Peel Ports is looking for a new chief executive
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    Peel Ports boss ‘has left with immediate effect’

    2010-07-01T16:16:00Z

    Peel Ports chief executive Stephen Baxter has left the company ‘with immediate effect’, an internal company announcement has confirmed.

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    Tideworks crane telemetry tool

    2010-07-01T16:16:00Z

    Tideworks Technology has developed an automation tool which will allow terminal operators to automate the process of identifying the physical stowage position of containers loaded to or discharged from the vessel in real time.

  • The New South Wales initiative will boost port growth
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    Australian ports gain project investment

    2010-07-01T16:15:00Z

    Two major initiatives are boosting port expansion and development in Australia – one is part of new Australian agreements with China. The other is a major initiative by the New South Wales government.

  • Alastair King: “we see container throughput continuing to burgeon.”
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    Ennore boxes won by Euro-Indian bid

    2010-07-01T12:29:00Z

    This week saw the concession for the first container terminal in Ennore, Chennai’s new challenger, finally being settled. The tender has caused interest primarily because of the growing strategic importance of the automotive sector on India’s east coast.

  • The big ships that are in the pipeline have particular infrastructure needs. Photo: N Jepsen
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    Big ships still pose a challenge

    2010-07-01T12:28:00Z

    Although ports and terminals may have passed the "stress test" of the recent decline in global container volumes, there are still challenges to come, including handling the larger ships now entering the market says Christian Laursen of APM Terminals.

  • The service from Maritime Traffic Forecasts takes into account industry developments
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    Maricasts service gains interest

    2010-07-01T12:28:00Z

    The Maricasts service has been gaining global interest since its launch last month. The system, which forecasts detailed traffic volumes at port, national and regional levels, has only just emerged in a form that allows it to be easily accessed.

  • Ports across the US have emulated Long Beach and Los Angeles' Clean Truck programme
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    Go local every time

    2010-07-01T12:00:00Z

    These days, the 200-year old challenge of Federal government involvement, versus actions at the local level, is alive and well when it comes to port operations.

  • Application of proactive safety
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    “Design in Safety” or “Design for Safety”?

    2010-06-30T11:36:00Z

    When developing cargo handling equipment, manufacturers need not just to consider the concept of “Designed-in Safety” but also to introduce a “Design for Safety” methodology. Hannu Oja, Konecranes’ Director of Port Technology, explains the differences

  • In a European port
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    Is “safe” really safe?

    2010-06-27T11:12:00Z

    In safety, as in the environment, there is often a gap between theory and practice. Tatiana Eggert, of HPTI, investigates

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    IMO works to ensure safe lashing of deck containers

    2010-06-26T11:45:00Z

    Some “momentous” decisions concerning deck lashing of containers were made at the recent meeting of the IMO’s DSC sub-committee meeting

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    Safety performance: important progress

    2010-06-26T10:32:00Z

    Henrik Kristensen detailed APM Terminals’ Safety Culture implementation and approach, which have established new standards of safety performance for the container industry, while addressing the 2nd ICHCA Safe Cargo Handling Seminar in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • Evolution of the carbon footprint
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    Gijon monitors its ecological footprint

    2010-06-24T10:04:00Z

    MC3 methodology has been used for the past nine years to measure the Carbon Footprint of the northern Spanish port

  • Port Strategy: "Friendliness of maintenance is as good, if not better than, fixed plant, while the overall cost of operation is low," Andrew Mitchell, B&W
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    Long life promises

    2010-06-24T10:00:00Z

    If well maintained, there is no reason a Sennebogen materials handler cannot remain in service for at least two decades, claims the manufacturer.

  • Port Strategy: LA's Geraldine Knatz describes the tax move as a 'shot in the arm'
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    Proposed “tax holiday” for LA port businesses

    2010-06-23T15:27:00Z

    Port of Los Angeles executive director Geraldine Knatz has welcomed the proposal of a “Business Tax Holiday” for new businesses opening in Los Angeles.

  • Port Strategy: Valenciaport president Rafael Aznar celebrates international commitment to PCGC project
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    International ports confirm commitment to cluster study

    2010-06-23T15:27:00Z

    An agreement has been signed that brings a wide ranging and international group of port clusters together with Valencia port to examine best practice issues.

  • Port Strategy: George Osborne, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, has removed the rates burden on port business
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    UK budget brings backdated rates reprieve

    2010-06-23T15:27:00Z

    This week''s UK Budget announced funding to waive £175m of backdated business rates demands that had been levied on ports businesses.

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    Marco Polo call passes landmark

    2010-06-23T15:26:00Z

    With 101 proposals received by the call deadline, the third Marco Polo II call for project proposals has attracted a record number of submissions in 2010, beating all previous calls since its 2007 launch.