All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 332
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NewsPOLAND’S EMERGING DOMINANCE
Poland has turned into the Baltic Sea’s main container hub, with volumes outstripping even Russia’s Baltic ports. And there are significant plans to consolidate this position, with every Polish port lining up ambitious expansion plans. Significant over investment – like that seen on the EU’s North Atlantic coastal stretch – ...
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NewsPAVING THE WAY AHEAD FOR TERMINALS
Iain MacIntyre discovers how heavy-duty paving solutions for container terminals requires analysis of individual load types, weights and volumes versus capital and maintenance costs
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NewsPneumatic Unloaders Respond to Greater Cargo Demands
Increasing demand for grain storage solutions and silos with larger storage capacities is translating into bigger demand for pneumatic unloaders.
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NewsTaking up the challenge for greener inland shipping
From fuel choices to finance models, the challenges of ‘greening’ inland shipping are complex, delegates heard at the PLA’s London conference. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsManufacturers struggle to automate lashing
Automation is changing the way terminals handle containers but automated box lashing has only been partially successful, writes Alex Hughes
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NewsAustralian LNG terminal targets growth
An LNG import terminal in Australia could be modified to meet higher demand for natural gas during peak periods.
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NewsVelocity at Valencia and best at Barcelona
West Mediterranean container ports are adding equipment and expanding terminal areas to continue to attract larger container ships, writes Alex Hughes.
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NewsDirect calls or a future of feedering for Buenos Aires?
Buenos Aires may soon have a new $1.9 billion container terminal in Puerto Nuevo, but will this occur just as carriers stop direct calls and start feedering from Montevideo or Brazil, asks Rob Ward
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NewsKick starting Brazilian ports revolution
South America’s biggest container volume port, Santos, is forging closer ties with China and targeting profitability, as Rob Ward discovers.
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NewsDelays to new $1.9bn Buenos Aires tender
The tender for the $1.9bn development of Puerto Nuevo has been delayed until 2 December, owing to shock results of the Primary Presidential elections in early August, as Rob Ward discovers.
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NewsHamlet is alive and well in San Pedro
Working together, trade wars and cyber threats are all on the agendas of the two ports which comprise the massive San Pedro complex, as Martin Rushmere discovers.
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NewsLetting the train take the strain in Virginia
AJ Keyes looks at Virginia’s recent port growth and awareness of the importance of intermodal rail as it operates in the highly competitive US East Coast region.
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NewsPolish port’s plan is green at heart
A port authority in Poland has unveiled the biggest infrastructure programme it has ever undertaken, with environmental considerations and green energy at its heart.
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NewsSmart business decisions at PANYNJ
It could be a very good year for New York/New Jersey, securing No.2 in North American container volume rankings, adding rail capacity and release of a new Masterplan, as AJ Keyes discovers.
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NewsSAVANNAH SOWING FURTHER SEEDS FOR GROWTH
With strong year-on-year volume growth continuing into 2019, Georgia Ports Authority is pushing ahead with investment and expansion plans to support future container increases, as AJ Keyes discovers.
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News€100m container terminal to boost China trade
Plans for a €100m trimodal container terminal at an inland port in Germany are expected to create the largest container terminal in the European hinterland and a “gateway hub” for trade with China.
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NewsFirst foothold in US
PSA International, has secured its first terminal facility in the US, with Penn Terminals on the Delaware River. AJ Keyes looks at what this means to the Singapore-based company.
