All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 537

  • All-round: Perimeter fencing needs to be robust. Credit: Zaun
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    Repelling terrorist attacks

    2017-03-06T09:43:00Z

    Ports need to seriously consider implementing hostile vehicle mitigation measures, finds Barry Cross

  • Off road: forward-thinking cross harbour service links New York's Red Hook Container Terminal by water to New Jersey. Credit: Red Hook Terminal
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    Trade thinking of Millennials

    2017-03-06T09:42:00Z

    COMMENT: Maritime business always presents a conflict between old and new; as New York basked in warm weather, I heard about generational change at a Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) lunch; but later the same day, celebrated old tugboats at a big dinner hosted by the Working Harbor Committee, writes Barry ...

  • Triple hit: Vancouver’s Supply Chain strategy has three overarching aims. Credit: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
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    Everyone's a critic

    2017-03-06T09:42:00Z

    What are the best ways of monitoring port performance? John Bensalhia finds out.

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    When boxes don’t quite stack up

    2017-03-06T09:42:00Z

    TT Club’s Laurence Jones looks at straightforward remedies for an all too common complaint

  • Better together: There is a logic behind terminals looking to work together in order to cope with bigger volumes
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    Finding allies

    2017-03-06T09:42:00Z

    It''s high time that terminals followed lines and ports and get in on the partnerships act finds Felicity Landon

  • Slow working and other measures are leading to vessel diversions and loss of earnings in Spanish ports
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    Writing on the wall

    2017-03-06T09:41:00Z

    COMMENT: The Spanish Government has passed a draft law which aims to achieve compliance with European Union regulations governing the hiring of port labour.

  • The new HAMMAR 110 sideloader can work in more confined spaces in the new SledgeLeg mode.
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    New sideloader for HAMMAR

    2017-03-03T16:02:00Z

    HAMMAR has released its new sideloader in New Zealand which delivers a two-in-one lifting capacity.

  • ASV commuter ferry will start demonstrations in March
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    Battery electric ASV commuter ferry

    2017-03-03T11:54:00Z

    Effect Ships International (ESI) and Echandia Marine (EM) have developed a new non-polluting, fast, economical commuter vessel.

  • Extra capacity: An extra Samson truck unloader will be deployed at the Port of Sousse
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    Extra SAMSON unloader for Sousse

    2017-03-02T18:00:00Z

    SAMSON Materials Handling UK has secured its second order for a truck unloader to Société de Transit d’Agence Maritime et d’Affrètement (STAMA), Tunisia for deployment at the Port of Sousse.

  • Carnival will equip more than 85 of its vessels with scrubbers through 2020
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    Carnival gets ahead with scrubber installations

    2017-03-01T17:07:00Z

    Carnival Corporation plc is to install and certify Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) on 60 ships across its global fleet, meaning that it’s on course to equip more than 85 of its vessels through 2020.

  • LED floodlighting for Auckland’s Port to deliver massive energy savings
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    LED lighting for Auckland

    2017-03-01T16:57:00Z

    The Ports of Auckland is installing LED floodlighting as a part of its efforts to become one of the most sustainable ports in New Zealand.

  • Artists impression of Spartacus which will be delivered in 2019
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    LNG dredger for DEME

    2017-03-01T16:23:00Z

    A new LNG-powered Cutter Suction Dreger is set to join the DEME fleet and will be built at Royal IHC in the Netherlands.

  • ILA president Harold Daggett said he hears longshoremen's anger and frustration
    News

    ILA urges US dockers not to strike

    2017-03-01T14:40:00Z

    The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) are set to seek immediate emergency meetings with Members of Congress to try and stop US dockers going on strike.

  • With hybrid technology, the units can reduce annual CO2 emissions by over 50 tonnes each
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    Greener equipment to meet efficiency goals

    2017-03-01T12:51:00Z

    Kalmar has bagged an order for eight Kalmar Hybrid Straddle Carriers from DP World Antwerp Gateway terminal in Belgium, which have been ordered to help meet the terminal’s efficiency goals.

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    Brazil explores ports legislation changes

    2017-03-01T11:30:00Z

    In Brazil, the government is mulling the possibility of including conditions in future port concessions that will allow part of the concessionaire''s revenues to be used to secure foreign currency loans.

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    Corozal bid deadline pushed back

    2017-03-01T11:29:00Z

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has put back bids for the Port of Corozal concession until March 3.

  • The partnership between H-Energy and the port has been called a major step in the development of LNG infrastructure
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    LNG FRSU project at Jaigarh

    2017-03-01T11:28:00Z

    Hiranandani Energy (H-Energy) is setting up a LNG re-gasification project at Jaigarh, India, starting with the construction work of a jetty for the floating regasification and storage unit (FRSU) at the port.

  • Parting ways: It's the end of the road for ICTSI at Portland
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    ICTSI and Portland part ways

    2017-02-28T15:23:00Z

    ICTSI Oregon and the Port of Portland have agreed to terminate the operator''s 25-year lease at the port’s Terminal 6 after admitting no end in sight to a catalogue of troubles including a lack of major clients and considerable labour issues.

  • The figure above provides an illustration of the variance uncovered by the Drewry analysis.
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    Drewry uncovers ‘illogical’ port choices

    2017-02-28T13:03:00Z

    The choice of port call is often not in line with carrier terminal ownership interests, according to the recently launched Ports and Terminals Insight report, published by Drewry.

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    DP World invests in greener future

    2017-02-28T13:02:00Z

    DP World has ordered eight Kalmar Hybrid Straddle Carriers for the company’s Antwerp Gateway terminal in Belgium.