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  • Security operations have delayed cargo at Apapa
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    Security hold ups at Lagos

    2011-01-20T15:01:00Z

    It seems that congestion at Lagos caused by a security task force positioned at the Apapa container handling facility is holding up cargo movement.

  • Coquimbo’s new shiploading system can be withdrawn from the key side and stowed
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    Flexible shiploader for Coquimbo

    2011-01-20T14:56:00Z

    A fully integrated but still completely mobile system has been installed at the Port of Coquimbo in Chile for loading copper concentrate at rates of up to 1,000 tonnes per hour.

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    Real-time software for box operations

    2011-01-20T14:54:00Z

    Flagship, a part EU-funded maritime transport project, has successfully implemented a real-time optimisation system targeting congestion in container terminals.

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    Appeal favours Illichivsk Port

    2011-01-20T14:49:00Z

    After a bitter wrangle lasting many years, the Odessa Court has upheld the termination of the concession agreement between Ukrtranscontainer (UTC) by the Port of Illichivsk on appeal.

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    Imtech and VSTEP get together

    2011-01-20T14:47:00Z

    Imtech Marine & Offshore and VSTEP will be co-operating in a bid to deliver innovative maritime training simulators to the market.

  • "The inland port concept has caught the eye of developers across the US," Paul Bingham, Wilbur Smith Associates
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    Not a quick fix

    2011-01-20T10:00:00Z

    US inland ports need to satisfy strict criteria to be successful, says Paul Bingham, head of the economics division at transport consultants Wilbur Smith Associates.

  • Ports and terminals will continue to have a wide choice of insurers
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    Holding the aces

    2011-01-19T11:55:00Z

    In this era of inflation, there is one price that is largely immune from unpleasant shocks: insurance premiums for business risk.

  • Canada's Centreport is a prime example of the new trend of regional development
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    Casting the net

    2011-01-19T11:40:00Z

    Inland depots have taken on a life of their own in the search for ever-greater efficiency, discovers Martin Rushmere

  • Air pollution control projects at ports so far only impact a fraction of the total environmental footprint
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    Gas fuelled growth

    2011-01-19T10:00:00Z

    Many container ports around the world are using or evaluating the use of alternative power – but James Cannon and Jeffrey Seisler ask if are they are getting to grips with the biggest polluters...

  • The market for gas fuel, including fuel for bunkering, is growing
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    An expanding industry

    2011-01-19T07:15:00Z

    The market is expanding rapidly, for example, the latest Rolls-Royce natural gas marine engine is being installed in two LNG powered ships now under construction in India.

  • The GE38 on the test bed
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    Aeroderivative gas turbine looks for marine applications

    2011-01-13T10:27:00Z

    GE Aviation of the USA hopes that the modern technology and proven performance of its GE38 gas turbine will make it an attractive option for marine applications.

  • Will liner operators learn from the mistakes of the past?
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    Surviving 2010 not a panacea for 2011

    2011-01-12T20:47:00Z

    What a wonderful year 2010 was: the container shipping industry has survived and even those on the edge of oblivion managed to get pulled back.

  • China will soon be allowed to invest in Taiwan's ports, such as Kaohsiung
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    Green light for Chinese investment in Taiwanese ports

    2011-01-12T20:45:00Z

    Taiwan is to conditionally allow Chinese businesses to invest in build-operate-transfer projects at its ports from this year, according to government officials.

  • Floods in Queensland state look set to break record highwater levels of the 1970s
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    Floods force Brisbane port closure

    2011-01-12T20:45:00Z

    The Port of Brisbane remained closed to shipping today as flood waters brought Australia’s Queensland State to a virtual standstill.

  • Ports should schedule more regular maintenance checks
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    Delaying operational maintenance a risky strategy

    2011-01-12T20:44:00Z

    Adopting a ‘prevention rather than cure’ approach to operational maintenance will save ports time and money, according to Trelleborg Marine Systems.

  • The mud in the River Em has a high level of particulate matter – suspended in slime
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    Playing in the mud

    2011-01-12T10:00:00Z

    Answers aren’t always obvious. Take the Port of Emden, in Germany which was probably the first big study on what is called ‘fluid mud’.

  • Places like Lamu depend on their marine environment. Photo: Karl R Gjertsen.
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    Keeping the balance: development and protection in Africa

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    While ports are part of the logistics chain with a decisive role in the protection of the marine environment, port expansion or development always raises a balancing problem of priority between environmental and social-economic issues.

  • By its very nature, dredging is an environmental impact.
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    Environmental Aspects of Dredging Seminar

    2011-01-10T14:01:00Z

    An international seminar on the Environmental Aspects of Dredging organized by PAO (Post Graduate Education) at the Delft University of Technology, in cooperation with the IADC and CEDA, will be held at Deltares, Delft, on 10 and 11 March 2011.

  • Santiago Alfageme has rearranged its berth in deep water, and parallel to the river's flow
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    Nature's way

    2011-01-10T10:00:00Z

    Stevie Knights looks at the latest innovations to keep channels and berths clear

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    Four front

    2011-01-07T10:00:00Z

    With so many lighting companies vying for port business, it can be difficult to choose the right product.