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NewsPort protester take to the streets
Green demonstrators keen to halt development of Tenerife's Granadilla port marched through the streets of Santa Cruz in protest - but estimations of numbers involved vary wildly.
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NewsAPM Terminals declares Bristol interest
APM Terminals and Bristol Port Company are in negotiations to jointly develop a new container terminal. This will be able to handle 1.5m teu.
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NewsHPH abandons Manta and $20m investment
Hutchison Port Holdings has walked away from the $525m Manta container terminal (TIDE) facility in Ecuador after investing an estimated $20m in the project.
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Crane sensors could save thousands
Mutual insurer TT Club has recommended that port and terminal operators fit electronic sensor devices to all quayside crane booms to prevent them accidentally colliding.
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Cleaner fuel for Europe’s barge owners
Inland shipping operators will be able to purchase clean fuel all over Europe by 2011. The decision made at the end of December by the European Parliament is part of EU efforts to green the economy. This is a major breakthrough, as inland shipping will no longer be associated with ...
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Camera systems can learn from the past to change the future
The traditional role of surveillance systems has been to identify incidents and allow a reaction to them - but what if the camera view could be used proactively to change port operations hour by hour to suit changing circumstances?
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NewsGulftainer increases capacity
Gulftainer, operator of the container terminals at Sharjah (SCT) and Khorfakkan (KFT), is to boost combined capacity to 4m teu by the end of this year.
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NewsLiebherr grows its Montreal family
Liebherr has recently completed the supply of two 16-wheel rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Cerescorp''s Termont Terminal in Montreal, Canada. This brings the number of Liebherr cranes at the terminal to eight.
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NewsGothenburg makes green tracks
Over the past ten years the Port of Gothenburg has invested heavily in increasing the volume of goods moved by train to and from the port, with dedicated trailer trains now running from Gothenburg to three locations in Sweden.
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PIANC’s ‘Working with Nature’ Paper
PIANC has published a new Position Paper entitled “Working with Nature”. This important paper has evolved through an iterative process involving PIANC’s Environmental Commission (EnviCom), PIANC’s partner associations on EnviCom (particularly the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC)) and PIANC’s Executive Committee who approved ...
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NewsSurveillance sees port operation from a new angle
Intelligent surveillance is about more than the hardware, as Stuart Pearcey finds out
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NewsA third of shipping lines face bankruptcy
Experts in the Far East have suggested that more than one third of the current number of shipping companies may go bankrupt in 2009, because of the global economic downturn.
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NewsDownturn "blessing in disguise"
The global economic downturn could be a "blessing in disguise" for the port industry and investors in the industry, according to APM Terminals chief executive Kim Fejfer.
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NewsStrong Amsterdam figures re-affirm need for second lock
The urgent need for a second large sea lock in Ijmuiden is making itself felt ever more acutely, according to Port of Amsterdam chief executive Hans Gerson.
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NewsU.S. Port Infrastructure- Return of PPP
While considerable buzz surrounds potential infrastructure investment by the US Federal Government, a record-sized privatisation transaction may be in the offing, perhaps part of a broader resurgence of public-private-partnerships in the US for facilities already in operation.
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Madryn traffic down
The southern Argentinian port of Madryn has suffered significant reduction in the export of many of its core products: aluminium, fish, wool, stone and ceramics. Port workers are worried that high charges are forcing exporters to switch cargo to Santa Cruz and Deseado ports. Madryn also suffers from high labour ...
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Strong volumes from Canada's princely port
Canada''s Port of Prince Rupert sidestepped the global economic slump to record a "moderate" increase in traffic in 2008.
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Major environmental/electric shipping study planned
BMT Defence Services Limited, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is heading a consortium of 30 companies to investigate the commercially effective application of electric ship technology in a €23M European Union funded project. The ultimate aim of this study, which began in January 2009, is to provide a working guide ...
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Nice for SA
South Africa''s Transnet Port Terminals has opted for NICE surveillance equipment to improve security at its ports and ensure compliance with country''s infrastructure regulations.
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New Colombian coal port planned
Glencore and nine Colombian coal mining companies are planning to build a new port in the north of the country costing $1bn and capable of exporting 60m tonnes of coal annually.
