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Press ReleasesCM Labs Expands Lineup of Port Training Solutions with ITV Simulator Training Pack
Montreal, QC, June 20, 2018 — At TOC Europe 2018 (Stand D40), CM Labs Simulations, the world leader in simulation-based port equipment training, unveiled their latest Vortex® Simulator-based training solution for horizontal transport of containers, the Internal Transfer Vehicle (ITV) Simulator Training Pack.
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Major investment in Chancay and Ilo
The Chinese ambassador in Lima has stated that Cosco Shipping Holdings is to build and manage the Port of Chancay, which is located some 58 kilometres north of the Peruvian capital. It will invest $2bn.
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Angola to end Caioporto concession
The Angolan government wants to terminate Caioporto’s concession contract to operate the Caio deep-water port in Cabinda.
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No pressing need for megaport, say Chile agents
Carlos Manterola, vice president of Chile’s National Association of Shipping Agents (Asonave), says that while the organisation is not against the construction of a major new deep water port, “now is not the moment” to make the necessary level of investment. Instead, he would like to see the resources spent ...
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NewsLA tops Descartes’ US port ranking
The Port of Los Angeles (LA) has been named the US’ top ocean port by import volume.
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NewsPeel Ports pitches Brexit plan B
The UK’s Peel Ports Group has put forward an alternative option to introducing a warehouse into the supply chain routing for trade after the UK’s departure from the EU.
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NewsAntwerp moves further down blockchain path
Belgium’s Antwerp Port Authority and software startup T-Mining have developed a solution to transfer documents with blockchain technology and automate (through “‘Smart Contracts’”) the document-flow.
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NewsShore power challenge remains implementation
The implementation of shore power is one of the main challenges for ports tackling emissions at berth and in surrounding anchorages.
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NewsLow ROI holding back shore power growth
The implementation of shore power is one of the main challenges for ports tackling emissions at berth and in surrounding anchorages, an engineering expert has stressed.
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NewsSE Asia LNG bunker vessel will aid growth
A new contract will see South East Asia’s first LNG bunkering vessel built to support a growth in demand for refuelling at the Port of Singapore.
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NewsPort Kembla earmarked for LNG import terminal
An Australian industrial consortium has earmarked Australia’s Port Kembla as the site to create a competitive LNG gas supply for local industry by 2020.
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NewsUnified environmental voice needed
Ports are moving in the right direction to decrease emissions but there is a lack of global research on how ports are handling impact management, an environmental specialist has stressed.
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News‘Supercharged’ free ports mooted for UK
The British Ports Association (BPA) has welcomed “the renewed focus on the role that ports play in regional and national UK economies” in a Mace report calling for free ports to be combined with Enterprise Zones to create ‘Supercharged Free Ports’.
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ESPO seeks funding definition expansion
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for the next Connecting Europe Facility (CEF II) but has called for the definition of the “‘cross-border’ element” to include projects’ cross-border impact and “the maritime dimension”.
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NewsNavis and Kalmar celebrate intermodal first
Cargotec companies Navis and Kalmar have won the contract to provide a fully-automated intermodal terminal solution for Australian import and export logistics services firm Qube’s Moorebank Logistics Park (MLP) in south-western Sydney.
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NewsEnergy monitoring is part of automation
Energy monitoring is becoming increasingly important in container terminal management as terminals look to automation, the global vice president of sales, ports & terminals at Identec Solutions has said.
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SCPA returns to Konecranes for RTGs
The Wando Welch Terminal in the Port of Charleston and Inland Port Greer, both in the US, are set to gain 26 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Finnish lifting equipment company Konecranes.
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NewsLondon Gateway talks up FastCharge pilot success
DP World London Gateway and lifting equipment company Kalmar have marked the successful service introduction of an electrically-powered Kalmar FastCharge shuttle carrier as part of a joint pilot venture set to run for around six to 12 months.
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Rotterdam, Hamburg agree “unprecedented” collaboration
The ports of Rotterdam and Hamburg have started undertaking “unprecedented levels of collaboration”, the two facilities revealed at TOC Europe 2018.
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NewsSavannah set for 10 new Konecranes RTGs
The Port of Savannah''s Garden City Terminal is to gain 10 new Konecranes rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes after the Georgia Ports Authority''s (GPA) Board of Directors gave the green light to the purchase.
