All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 448
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NewsPreliminary Gulftainer Wilmington lease
Gulftainer Group has reached a preliminary agreement with the State of Delaware to lease the Port of Wilmington Delaware from the Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC).
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Destiny Watford
Destiny Watford fought alongside her community to stop the nation's largest trash-burning incinerator from being built in her neighborhood. Now she continues to fight for her community's future by creating a community land trust to perform truly democratic community-driven development in her neighborhood.
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Richard D. Cameron
Richard D. “Rick” Cameron is the Managing Director of Planning and Environmental Affairs for the Port of Long Beach, California, named to the post in January 2014 by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, governing body for the Port.Mr. Cameron joined the Port in 1996 as an Environmental Specialist, ...
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NewsQatar and Sudan to develop Suakin port
Qatar and Sudan have made a $4bn deal to develop Sudan’s second-biggest port, Suakin, located in the northeast of the country.
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NewsDP World: No Doraleh offer made
DP World confirmed it hasn’t received a purchase offer for its 33% stake in Doraleh Container Terminal following state-controlled Djibouti Ports and Free Zone Authority’s (DPFZA) claim that it is prepared to buy the company out to avoid legal action.
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Kurt Nagle
Kurt Nagle has over 30 years of experience in Washington, DC, related to seaports and international trade. Since 1995, Mr. Nagle has served as President and Chief Executive Officer for the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA). Mr. Nagle began working at AAPA, the alliance of the leading public port ...
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NewsOil spill monitoring buoys gain notoriety
An integrated systems manufacturers is reporting high levels of interest in its oil spill monitoring buoys following several recent port and harbour installations in the Middle East.
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NewsTariff war threat is real
COMMENT: It seems that a sense of madness has descended on the Trump administration and, in response, Europe is joining the madness, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsGetting over the ‘B’ word in the UK
Like it or not, Brexit continues to dominate the agenda for the UK ports sector, reports Felicity Landon
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NewsSafeguarding the ship to shore interface
While they may not steal the limelight for most visible port assets, fenders form the backbone of quay protection, finds Alex Hughes
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NewsWho should pay for infrastructure?
COMMENT: Who picks up the bill for infrastructure investments is a key issue in port development, writes Peter de Langen
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Fair and proper process the only way
COMMENT: Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya, and James Macharia, transport cabinet secretary, have been piling the pressure on Catherine Mturi-Wairi, managing director of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), to achieve greater freight movement on the new Chinese-built standard gauge railway (SGR) connecting Mombasa with Nairobi, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsEasy wins for traffic management
COMMENT: A number of recent fatalities resulting from mobile equipment accidents have again highlighted the need to improve traffic management in terminals, writes Laurence Jones.
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NewsTraining - to what degree?
Apprenticeships or graduates? Felicity Landon considers the way forward in the ports industry
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NewsSupporting clean tech in ports
COMMENT: The constant ripples of discord emanating from Brexit negotiations or the White House can leave us wallowing in negativity, writes Charles Haine
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NewsInvisible enemy at the port gate
Stevie Knight discovers that ports are, sometimes unwittingly, in the front line when it comes to cyber attacks
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NewsSoutheast Asia awash with possibilities
Some - but not all - of the region’s potential will live up to its promise, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsBreaking into the biomass arena
Martin Rushmere finds that more ports and terminals are dipping into biomass cargo handling
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NewsTrump’s tariffs hang heavy on US ports
Protectionist levies could have far reaching effects for America’s ports, finds Martin Rushmere
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NewsDangers of mismatched passage plans
Ports need to marry onshore passage planning with the plans completed by calling ships to prevent incidents.
