All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 597

  • The Nereidas project piloted at the Port of Melilla in Spain
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    The Nereidas Project - Port of Melilla

    2016-04-01T09:34:00Z

    It was at the last GreenPort Congress, in Copenhagen, that the Europeaon project of Nereidas presented its results of two years of work and studies, explains Jaime Bustillo Gálvez, Head of Strategic Planning Unit at the Port Authority of Melilla.

  • APM Terminals’ a new transshipment terminal in Tangier with an annual capacity of five million TEUs
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    APMT unveils new Moroccan port investment

    2016-03-31T11:43:00Z

    APM Terminals has announced that it will be the operator of a new container transhipment terminal at the Tanger Med 2 port complex.

  • Tata Steel is expected to sell its entire UK business
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    Tata to sell off loss-making Port Talbot

    2016-03-31T11:25:00Z

    Tata Steel is to sell its entire UK business, including Port Talbot steelworks, putting thousands of jobs at risk.

  • Busan Port Authority is investing in port and logistics facilities in developing economies
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    Busan invests in developing economies

    2016-03-31T10:41:00Z

    Busan Port Authority (BPA), the world’s sixth-largest container port, is planning to invest in overseas port and logistics facilities as a key strategy that will help define the future of the South Korean port.

  • The EMSA will expand its THETIS reporting tool to help member state ports meet their obligations under EU legislation. Photo: The Port of Felixstowe
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    EMSA expands THETIS to curb substandard shipping

    2016-03-30T16:53:00Z

    Each year, over 18,000 ship inspections feed into the EU’s database for inspections, reporting, monitoring and verification, THETIS, writes Markku Mylly, executive director of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA).

  • Terminal operators across Europe are taking a proactive approach to reduce carbon emissions from ports
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    Proactive approach of terminal operators in carbon emission reductions

    2016-03-30T16:52:00Z

    The reduction of carbon emissions is one of the major challenges facing the European transport chain. For many years terminal operators have taken concrete steps to reduce their emissions, writes Lamia Kerdjoudj-Belkaid, FEPORT secretary general.

  • Managing air quality is a top priority for the Port of Oslo
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    Managing air quality at Port of Oslo

    2016-03-30T16:50:00Z

    For the first time in 2014, the Port of Oslo carried out a comprehensive emission inventory for air pollution applying international methods based on bottom-up approach including all air emission activities connected to oceangoing vessels (OGV), harbour vessels (HV) and shore, writes Heidi Neilson, head of environment, Port of Oslo, ...

  • Anna Larsson of Trident Alliance and Robin Meech, chairman of IBIA
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    IBIA and Trident Alliance join forces

    2016-03-30T14:38:00Z

    The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) and the Trident Alliance have joined forces to try to ensure that an important cap on emissions is met.

  • News

    COSCO-PSA invests in new container berths

    2016-03-30T11:44:00Z

    Joint venture company COSCO-PSA is investing in three new container berths in Singapore to serve the next generation of mega container vessels.

  • ESPO reveals new Top 10 Environmental Priorities of Ports
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    ESPO priorities for ports

    2016-03-29T10:37:00Z

    ESPO has released results from its recent environmental review 2016, with the aim to update the top ten environmental priorities of European ports.

  • ESPO reveals new Top 10 Environmental Priorities of Ports
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    ESPO: Top environmental priorities for ports

    2016-03-29T10:30:00Z

    ESPO has released results from its recent environmental review 2016, with the aim to update the top ten environmental priorities of European ports.

  • Forward thinking: the Sapangar Bay development could kickstart East Malaysia’s industry, but it will take political vision to back it up
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    Challenging the norm

    2016-03-26T17:17:00Z

    Malaysia''s grand Sapangar development could give Port Klang a run for its money, explains Stevie Knight

  • One solution: Liverpool will offer an ‘in-process weighing scheme'. Credit: Peel Ports
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    Ready or not

    2016-03-26T17:15:00Z

    The path to July’s container weighing deadline is littered with confusion, as Felicity Landon explains

  • Double vision: interaction can be just as important as analysis.Credit: Helen Cook
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    Learn from past mistakes

    2016-03-26T17:15:00Z

    By Peter de Langen and Jonas Mendes Constante highlight the top five strategy errors made by ports

  • Port Chalmers
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    Politicising port investments

    2016-03-26T17:15:00Z

    Should local politicians be made accountable for the decisions made by their regional ports? It is an interesting question which is currently being debated in New Zealand, where all ports have either majority or 100% regional council ownership, often through a holding company.

  • Kumport
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    Do your homework

    2016-03-26T17:15:00Z

    Dave MacIntyre finds out how investors can take the rough with the smooth in port commitments.

  • In charge: Durres needs to get its port authority to take control of the reins. Credit: Port of Durres
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    Tapping into growth potential

    2016-03-26T17:15:00Z

    COMMENT: A quick way to get an understanding of the development potential of the ports industry in a country is to look at the throughput per capita, writes Peter de Langen.

  • Changes: use of simulators allows for the introduction of different weather and other operational conditions into training sessions. Credit: ABB
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    Screen time

    2016-03-26T17:14:00Z

    Simulators offer flexibility and time savings at a price to suit a range of budgets. Alex Hughes reports

  • Head down: Long Beach took the decision to expand its Middle Habor to cater for increasing demand. Credit: Port of Long Beach
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    Keeping pace

    2016-03-26T17:14:00Z

    Dean Davison examines how existing ports can plan to keep pace with the swelling demand

  • Stop the spread: ports can help with the prevention of diseases. Credit - Presidencia de la República Dominicana.jpg
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    Control and contain

    2016-03-26T17:14:00Z

    The rapid spread of the Zika virus has prompted ports to take action, finds Alex Hughes