All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 415

  • : Industrial plants within the port environs add to carbon calculations. Credit: Liu Fuyu, 123rf
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    The CO2 barometer

    2018-08-30T10:15:00Z

    COMMENT: If you’re an executive at a port or harbour authority, or an operator or manager of a wharf or inland terminal, do you know the carbon – or more technically, annual greenhouse gas (GHG) – emissions by your facility, asks Charles Haine.

  • Delegates at the congress work on industry-specific mindmaps. Credit: Sprott Planning & Environment
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    Loud and clear partnership message

    2018-08-30T10:14:00Z

    Workshops at this year’s GreenPort Congress Americas investigated how best to progress environmental performance in the industry.

  • Safety risks in ports must be handled correctly. Credit: nightman1965, 123rf
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    Keep calm and carry on

    2018-08-30T10:14:00Z

    COMMENT: When faced with an explosion incident – perhaps during cargo loading or discharge operations – calmness is vital for effective co-ordination. Given there will, inevitably, be competing commercial interests, formulating a purposeful, strategic approach is key, writes Wole Olufunwa.

  • SPRC and Contecar container terminal are developing a battery system for non-essential power to cut tractor emissions. Credit: Grupo Puerto de Cartagena
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    Emissions drive tractor development agenda

    2018-08-30T10:14:00Z

    Terminal tractor development edges ever closer to all-electric operation to improve working conditions and on-dock safety, reports Alex Hughes.

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    Thumbs up for Valencia index

    2018-08-30T10:13:00Z

    COMMENT: The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) – a new initiative developed by the Valencia Port Authority and the research/study body Valenciaport Foundation – is, according to Aurelio Martinez, president of the Port Authority of Valencia, intended to fill an information gap regarding maritime freight rates for key maritime routes ...

  • Karachi has the advantage of geography. Credit: Sherbaz Jamaldini, CC by 4.0
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    Confidence rising in Pakistan terminals

    2018-08-30T10:13:00Z

    Budding relations with China coupled with initiatives for infrastructure improvements are boosting Karachi’s prospects. Michael Mackay reports.

  • Blazequel ember detector, mounted above a biomass conveyor. Credit: Blazequel
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    Burning through port productivity

    2018-08-30T10:13:00Z

    Modern engines bring increased fire risks in ports and many are investigating ways to reduce combustion risks, finds John Bensalhia.

  • "Industrial clusters tend to be around ports and industrial clusters generally have fairly high CO2 emissions,” John Scowcroft, Global CCS Institute. Credit: Global CCS Institute
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    Taking a port-wide approach to emissions

    2018-08-30T10:13:00Z

    Ports could take centre stage in creating successful carbon capture and storage projects. Felicity Landon reports.

  • Ports need to ask themselves if they are inclusive enough. Credit: 12019, CC0
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    Real meaning of inclusivity in ports

    2018-08-30T10:12:00Z

    COMMENT: July saw a major development in Antwerp’s port, with the announcement of the start of a stakeholder-inclusive process to expand container capacity, writes Peter de Langen.

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    Three is not a crowd

    2018-08-30T10:12:00Z

    COMMENT: The maritime business, long a laggard in adapting to technological advancements, has been increasingly in the crosshairs of information advances, writes Barry Parker.

  • According to LPC project director Martin Watts, the DUKC system has meant that LPC has been able to decrease the volume required for the first phase of its deepening by over 40% Photo: The Maritime Executive
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    OMC aids LPC with dredging project

    2018-08-30T10:07:00Z

    Australian maritime engineering company OMC International (OMC) has used its Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC) technology to help Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) significantly reduce the volume of dredging needed to upgrade the New Zealand port’s entrance channel.

  • Mr Ivanov said: “The new cranes will help Klaipedos Smelte to continue growing according to its long-term vision" Photo: Konecranes
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    Klaipedos Smelte orders with Konecranes

    2018-08-30T10:06:00Z

    The Port of Klaipeda’s Klaipedos Smelte has signed a contract with Finnish lifting equipment firm Konecranes for the supply of twelve of its cranes.

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    Ports finally realising cybersecurity threat

    2018-08-30T10:04:00Z

    Ports are finally waking up to the threat of cybersecurity, SeaIntelligence Consulting chief executive and partner Lars Jensen has said.

  • There is no sign of resolution of the four-year legal dispute between Super Terminais and Porto Chibatão Photo: DavidRockDesign/Pixabay/CC0 Creative Commons
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    Manaus terminal operators in legal dispute

    2018-08-29T18:32:00Z

    The four-year legal dispute between Super Terminais and Porto Chibatão in Manaus in Brazil shows no sign of being resolved.

  • “The industry is so siloed, there’s no one common set of data, and without that, you really can’t share visibility across the supply chain at all,” Mr Schneider said on data-sharing Photo: blickpixel/Pixabay/CC0 Creative Commons
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    Data-related issues for port industry

    2018-08-29T18:32:00Z

    A lack of leadership regarding increased data-sharing and collaboration, siloed systems and data-sharing itself have been identified by Navis’ Chuck Schneider as the three greatest challenges facing the port and terminal sector at the moment.

  • Maersk has seen its market share at the Port of Buenos Aires increase from 22% in May last year to 30% this year Photo: DanDeLuca/flickr/CC BY 2.0
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    Solution to Buenos Aires concerns?

    2018-08-29T18:32:00Z

    Following a referral to Argentina’s competition authority, Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia (CNDC), for “conduct and restrictive acts of competition in the Port of Buenos Aires”, where Maersk, Hamburg Süd and APM Terminals effectively dominate container trade, local online press resource iProfesional has reported that Maersk has put ...

  • Mr Jensen said that ports are finally waking up to the threat of cybersecurity Photo: TheDigitalWay/Pixabay/CC0 Creative Commons
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    Ports finally realising cybersecurity threat

    2018-08-29T18:31:00Z

    Ports are finally waking up to the threat of cybersecurity, SeaIntelligence Consulting chief executive and partner Lars Jensen has said.

  • Mr Kaunonen believes that the ports and terminals sector remains 10 to 15 years behind other industries due to its reluctance to standardise or automate (image is for illustrative purposes only) Photo: 12019/Pixabay/CC0 Creative Commons
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    Ports still lag other sectors by 10–15 years

    2018-08-29T18:31:00Z

    The ports and terminals sector is still 10 to 15 years behind other industries because of its reluctance to standardise or automate, Kalmar president Antti Kaunonen has said.

  • Shahid Rajaee Port
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    Iran’s PMO to launch 23 projects

    2018-08-29T16:12:00Z

    Iran’s Ports & Maritime Organization (PMO) will inaugurate 23 development projects in the country’s ports during the Government Week (23–29 August), Islamic Republic News Agency has reported.

  • Cranes at Port of Virginia
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    China tariffs impact development

    2018-08-29T15:01:00Z

    The Port of Virginia has said the US Government’s proposed tariff on Chinese-made gantry cranes could increase costs for a planned terminal expansion.