All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 578

  • Huge losses: The Port of Busan suffered as a result of Typhoon Maemi
    News

    Planning for the unexpected

    2016-07-18T10:09:00Z

    Global insurance and risk management expert, Marsh has warned port and terminal operators to get prepared for low probability, high impact ‘black swan’ events.

  • Three of the Eco Wave Power Floaters
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    European first for wave energy array

    2016-07-18T09:34:00Z

    Eco Wave Power’s new energy project in Gibraltar was formally opened at the beginning of June.

  • Wärtsilä’s LNG value chain
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    Wartsila’s LNG focus

    2016-07-14T15:51:00Z

    Wärtsilä has formed a coalition with other marine industry players to increase the adoption of LNG as a marine fuel.

  • Essar Ports plans to set up a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) near Hazira
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    Investing in LNG

    2016-07-14T12:08:00Z

    India’s Essar Ports Ltd is reportedly attempting to strengthen its business by investing in an LNG terminal to diversify its business.

  • Foreign investment Ecuador's ports will reach $2.1bn by the end of 2016, says VP Jorge Glas (pictured). Credit: ANDES/Micaela Ayala V
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    Ecuador showcases port potential

    2016-07-14T11:12:00Z

    The government of Ecuador has calculated that foreign investment in its ports will have reached $2.1bn by the end of the current year, according to vice president Jorge Glas.

  • Spain's economic development minister has sent a second proposal to the EC regarding the country's stevedoring model. Credit: Grey World.
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    Spain stevedoring reform depends on port finance

    2016-07-14T11:12:00Z

    Spain''s Economic Development Minister Ana Pastor has sent a second proposal to the European Commission in respect of reform of the country''s stevedoring model. This follows a second referral about this subject to the European Court of Justice.

  • Experts have warned China about overcapacity in its ports. Credit: SCEBN.
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    China’s ports face overcapacity crisis

    2016-07-14T11:12:00Z

    According to experts, overcapacity in China’s ports will be more severe than that in steel and cement in the near future, Xinhua reports.

  • China's President Xi Jinping (pictured)  had previously set aside $60bn for projects in Africa over the next three years. Credit: Hye900711.
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    China to cut back on foreign infrastructure investment

    2016-07-14T11:12:00Z

    China, which has shown interest in funding numerous new port and infrastructure projects in developing countries, is now having to re-evaluate its position given Venezuela''s wish to default on Chinese debt.

  • News

    China Merchants in Melbourne contest

    2016-07-14T09:00:00Z

    China Merchants will join two other companies in the final stage of the bidding process for the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne.

  • News

    World Bank loan for Port Harcourt

    2016-07-13T16:18:00Z

    The World Bank''s private sector arm, the IFC, has granted $73.5 million for the build of a new port terminal in southern Nigeria, says Reuters.

  • News

    Cosco finally seals Piraeus deal

    2016-07-13T15:44:00Z

    The sale of a controlling stake in the Port of Piraeus to the Chinese container shipping and terminal operator Cosco has finally been signed off, according to local sources

  • Ryan Hertel
    News

    PEMA focuses on lighting

    2016-07-13T11:55:00Z

    Lighting may not always be the first thing that people associate with ports and terminals – rather, immense container vessels manoeuvring along the quayside and automated cranes quietly moving containers to their appointed positions tend to capture the imagination, writes Lars Meurling, Chair of the PEMA Safety & Environment Committee ...

  • With the delivery of the LNG split hopper barge in July 2016 bremenports is realising a challenging pilot project that has taken four years
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    Spearheading LNG bunkering

    2016-07-13T11:52:00Z

    With the delivery of the LNG split hopper barge in July 2016, bremenports is realising a challenging pilot project which has taken four years, writes Karina Wieseler, port development at bremenports.

  • The boom designed by DESMI will now be tested in the North Sea
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    Removing plastic from the oceans

    2016-07-13T11:45:00Z

    The Ocean Cleanup, based in the Netherlands, has launched a new pollution containment boom which has been designed to remove plastic from the ocean.

  • Cala Piccola has been inspected by Oceanic Technical Solutions
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    Refrigerated reefers reduce environmental impact

    2016-07-13T10:16:00Z

    London Ship Managers (LSM) has used a new refrigerant plant optimisation programme, carried out by Oceanic Technical Solutions, to make environmental savings across its fleet.

  • Nascent Technology at LBCT
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    Nascent halves LBCT truck turn times

    2016-07-12T11:02:00Z

    US-based Nascent Technology has worked with Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) to automate its marine terminal, helping to more than halve truck turn times.

  • Tax probe: Belgian and French ports are under EU scrutiny
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    EU launches Belgian and French tax probes

    2016-07-11T18:04:00Z

    The European Commission has opened two in-depth probes to check if corporate tax exemptions granted under Belgian and French law to ports'' economic activities are in line with EU state aid rules.

  • WLL will now use low-sulphur fuel for all its vessels at all ports
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    WWL switches to low sulphur fuel

    2016-07-11T15:38:00Z

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), the global car carrier, is now using low-sulphur fuel for all its vessels at all ports.

  • Crucially – and in one of the key features of this system – charging can begin before the vessel is fully moored
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    Innovative vessel charging and mooring

    2016-07-11T15:25:00Z

    Cavotec has entered into an agreement with Wärtsilä to develop innovative wireless charging and automated mooring technologies that should deliver substantial reductions in environmental impact for operators worldwide.

  • Wärtsilä says an inland waterways barge powered with its integrated solution will result in an 82% reduction in NOx emissions, a 90% reduction in particulate matter and a 20% reduction in CO2
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    Powering Europe’s inland waterways

    2016-07-11T15:23:00Z

    Wärtsilä is helping to drive down emissions in the inland waterways sector by powering barges with its LNG dual fuel package, writes Anne-Marie Causer.