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Area Survey: US East Coast
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A green future beckons
24 Jun 2008
Across the US, environmental sustainability has found its way into the business plans of all transportation businesses, including port operations.
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Harnessing the hinterland
24 Jun 2008
Downplaying talk of a 'slowdown', US east coast ports still have much to look forward to, as Barry Parker finds out
Australia through the years
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Fingers, strips and strikes
02 Jul 2008
An aerial view of most Australian and New Zealand ports 50 years ago would have revealed a profusion of narrow timber wharves lining river banks and copious finger piers protruding into harbours and bays.
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Chilly change to meat trade
02 Jul 2008
Australasian ports have had to buy-in to the demands of cold chain monitoring, as the international meat trades have grown more sophisticated over the last 50 years.
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Ups and downs for coastal shipping
02 Jul 2008
The coastal shipping network that bound New Zealand’s ports together fifty years ago was struck a severe blow following the introduction of the Maritime Transport Act in 1994.
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Mother used to know best
02 Jul 2008
Fifty years ago the wharves of Australia and New Zealand’s ports were lined with goods almost exclusively headed for and received from the 'Mother Country’, namely the British Isles.
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A leap of faith
02 Jul 2008
Has a 'fewer and bigger' mantra paid off for the ports industry down under ask Dave and Iain MacIntyre
Container Handling: Crane Upgrades and Cab Design
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A room with a view
11 Jun 2008
With cabs getting ever more sophisticated, crane workers are more akin to their office-based counterparts than ever before, as Alex Hughes discovers
Insight & Opinion
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Coordination a priority
02 Jul 2008
The contrast between achieving market reach in mature and emerging economies has perhaps never been greater. In northern Europe, for example, the battle is one of delivering enough capacity and removing the landside bottlenecks that can slow road and rail traffic especially at peak times.
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The good, the bad and the not-so-ugly
24 Jun 2008
This is the 50th issue of Port Strategy and as there isn’t room here to list an "anything-to-do-with-50" ranking, I thought I would list my likes and dislikes of the port business until space runs out.
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Boxship design 'flaw' has serious consequences
18 Jun 2008
Underwriters and brokers are beginning to express concern about the potential for rising damage liability claims at ports and terminals, as a result of fundamental problems coming to light in the operation and design of the containership fleet.
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Still room for 'hands-on' bosses
11 Jun 2008
The designation of “hands-on manager” is not always a compliment; it’s sometimes used derisively to describe someone who somehow advanced from the docks (or other “blue collar” work) up the rungs of the executive ladder.
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The rise and rise of the inland port
04 Jun 2008
When we talk about North European ports today, we tend to focus on the Le Havre-Hamburg range of deepsea ports and associate those ports with congestion. True, false or misconception?
Manpower & Training: Tracking Productivity
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Two-way street
18 Jun 2008
Software developers and terminal operators don't always see eye-to-eye on productivity packages, as Alex Hughes reports
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Promoting better box handling
11 Jun 2008
The introduction of software has been an invaluable tool and has dramatically transformed the container handling industry, says International Container Terminal Services Inc's Andy Andrews.
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Productivity gains on the back of software introduction
11 Jun 2008
If you look back over the last 50 years, the introduction of software to monitor productivity has definitely been one of the major advances in helping to improve it, says Associated British Ports' Danny Carmichael.
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Sea change in thinking on performance measures
11 Jun 2008
Martin Szakal began working in the UK's port industry 30 years ago, when activities on the dock were governed by the National Dock Labour Scheme.
News Africa
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Container backlog cleared
16 Jun 2008
Mombasa has finally come to terms with the container backlog brought about by civil disturbances earlier in the year. From having 19,000 containers requiring processing in January, the figure had fallen to 9,000 by the end of April. Storage capacity in the terminal is in the region of 14,000 containers
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Tax fraud hits Mombasa
15 Jun 2008
An established tax fraud has been discovered at the Kenyan port of Mombasa by that country's Anti-corruption Commission.
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South Africa to build deep-water box terminal
14 Jun 2008
Transnet, the state-owned company in South Africa responsible for ports, will soon identify the location for a new 6m teu deepwater container terminal. This could be at Durban, Ngqura or Richards Bay. An initial 3.1m teu phase is scheduled to commence operations by 2014 and will form part of a $1.89bn programme to be implemented by the state before 2012.
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DP World eyes West African opportunities
13 Jun 2008
The president of DP World, Ahmed bin Sulayem, has recently had discussions in Mauritania regarding a possible management contract at the port of Nouakchott.
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Transnet terminal boost
13 Jun 2008
Kalmar has been awarded a contract by South Africa’s Transnet Port Terminals to supply 30 CSC440 straddle carriers to Durban Container Terminal.
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Eco-friendly RTG boost
09 Jun 2008
Tangier Medgate and Somaport are to boost container handling capacity in the Mediterranean with Kalmar crane orders.
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Cabinda targets 70% throughput growth by 2010
21 May 2008
The Angolan Port of Cabinda is to use a $100m port expansion plan as a springboard to boost exports to neighbouring countries.
News Americas
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Manila equipment growth
27 Jun 2008
International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) recently acquired new equipment for it's leading port in Manila, Philippines.
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Nautilus' new name
20 Jun 2008
California-based Nautilus International Holding Corporation has re-branded itself as Metro Ports. The group includes the Metropolitan Stevedore Co, Southeast Crescent Shipping Co, Southeast Maritime Services LLC (which holds Savannah International Terminal), and Cape Fear Bulk LLC.
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CSN expands Sepetiba facilities
19 Jun 2008
Brazilian steel company CSN is to invest $2.2bn in extending its installations at the port of Sepetiba. The project, which is scheduled for completion in 2013, aims to expand export facilities for iron ore and steel products.
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Secure BLT filling
18 Jun 2008
A new Big Lift Trucks (BLT) logistics facility in Jacksonville, Florida, is to offer a secure yard for full and empty container storage, as well as expert container packing and unpacking of various cargo, including timber, steel and granite.
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Tandem growth for Virginia and Panama
17 Jun 2008
In a strategic move, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) have reaffirmed their existing alliance through another Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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Montreal terminals increase handling power
12 Jun 2008
Building its Canadian presence, crane manufacturer Liebherr has confirmed orders for rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes at two Montreal terminals.
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APM take over at Brazil port
10 Jun 2008
APM Terminals has taken over Ceará Terminal Operator (CTO) the stevedoring and container terminal operating company at the Port of Pecém, in Northern Brazil.
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Strike hits ports in Nicaragua
09 Jun 2008
A transport strike has halted the movement of containers in Nicaragua. In the port of Corinto, several hundred containers containing perishables are essentially stuck, while others containing raw materials are unable to reach end-users, resulting in factories having to close.
News Asia
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India cash for Burma
26 Jun 2008
India has signed a $120m agreement with the government of Burma (Myanmar) to build a port and transport system. India continues to make significant investments in its neighbour’s infrastructure.
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Colombo South on schedule
22 Jun 2008
The Colombo South expansion project is on schedule to open on time, according to Sri Lankan Port authority chairman Saliya Wickramasuriya. The breakwater is alone is costing $400m, as will the first container terminal to be built in the new area.
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Bureaucracy delays Indian port development
20 Jun 2008
Radical changes need to be made to India's decision-making process if it is to achieve its aim of doubling port capacity to 1.5bn tonnes by 2011-12.
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Yangtze trade surges to new high
20 Jun 2008
China's Yangtze River container volumes rocketed 38% in 2007 on the back of booming trade, a new study has found.
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Pakistan to overhaul ports policy
19 Jun 2008
The Pakistani minister responsible for ports and shipping is reviewing previous government policy on the ports sector and has promised to make necessary changes to bring it in line with international standards. In his view, there are several flaws in the existing legislation that require amendments.
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Indian JV seeks opportunities
18 Jun 2008
TM International Logistics Ltd, a joint-venture between Tata Steel (51%) and Germany's Martrade (49%), is actively considering undertaking port operations beyond India, according to managing director Dibyendu Bose. At present, the company has a handling operation at Haldia dock, as well as offering various logistics services in India.
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JNPT struck by congestion again
17 Jun 2008
JNPT is once again experiencing congestion problems with reports suggesting that anything between 20,000-25,000 import-export boxes are awaiting clearance at any one time. Growing traffic is said to be exacerbating the problem.
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DP World seeks additional Qingdao investment opportunities
16 Jun 2008
DP World, which already manages the Qingdao Qianwan Container Terminal at the Chinese port of Qingdao, says it is seeking additional investment opportunities in the city. Company president, Ahmed bin Sulayem, has already had talks with local political representatives.
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Mega Nanning port project
15 Jun 2008
Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port (Group) Company and Shenzhen Yantian Port Group Company have announced a joint-venture agreement for a terminal development at the port of Fangchengang and a logistics area at Nanning. The aim is to eventually create a 100m tonne cargo handling facility.
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Bids invited for Indian mega-terminal
12 Jun 2008
Bids have been invited by Chennai Port Trust to build and operate India's largest ever container terminal.
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Fly power for ZPMC
04 Jun 2008
Vycon's Regen flywheel energy-saving units will be installed in six new ZPMC rubber-tyred gantry cranes scheduled for delivery this year. The units are on order for Chinese Xiamen Songyu Container Terminal.
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Economic crisis could scupper 2008 box growth
28 May 2008
China Container Industry Association has predicted that world demand for containers could drop by 10% to 20% if another economic crisis emerges this year.
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Babcock & Brown to fire up India
14 May 2008
Ports are set to benefit from the recent move by Babcock & Brown to add considerable firepower to its India efforts by luring six professionals from ABN AMRO, including the new head of India operations, Manikkan Sanganeswaran.
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Rostima rolls-out workforce management contracts
07 May 2008
Workforce management specialist Rostima is gearing up for two large scale roll-outs of its products in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
News Australasia
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Otago transhipment growth
21 Jun 2008
Maersk Line’s 4,100-teu ships have made a notable contribution to the transhipping-based 25% increase in container throughput to 89,000 teu achieved by Port Otago during the six months to December 31, 2007.
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Timaru future in doubt
21 Jun 2008
Rail and Maritime Transport Union Timaru branch president Peter Clemens has expressed his 80 members’ concern over PrimePort Timaru’s future following three major customers recently announcing service reductions.
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Call for Australian state investment
20 Jun 2008
Australia business leaders have called for state and federal governments to invest in ports and distribution hubs.
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Dispute delays Northport development
18 Jun 2008
An already decade-long wrangle over legal title of the 32 hectares of seabed covered by Northport is halting plans for a new NZ$40m (US$31m) berth.
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CCHL shareholding increase
14 Jun 2008
Christchurch City Holdings has marginally increased its shareholding in Lyttelton Port of Christchurch from 75.01% to 75.08%. The investment arm of the Christchurch City Council has previously been blocked in an attempt to build a port business joint venture with Hong Kong’s Hutchison Port Holdings.
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Return of Newcastle capacity system
13 Jun 2008
The capacity balancing system (CBS) designed to limit vessel arrivals has been re-approved for the port of Newcastle until the end of the year.
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Auckland port finances attacked
10 Jun 2008
Shipping industry figures are querying Ports of Auckland’s ability to fund a future port development plan or even a forecast NZ$15m (US$11.6m) dividend payment for the current financial year.
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Queensland let off lightly by review
01 Jun 2008
Queensland ports have been given a general “pass” mark for their competitive performance by a state government review into port competition and regulation.
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Safety crackdown for Australian stevedores
14 May 2008
Australia is to enforce a national health and safety code for stevedoring after a series of accidents in ports over the past 18 months.
News Europe
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Bullish Illichevsk forecast
29 Jun 2008
The port of Illichevsk in Ukraine believes it can boost throughput to 3.2m teu within five years following the upgrade of existing handling facilities. This compares with a throughput of 455,976 teu handled by Ukrtanscontainer at berths 3-6 last year, along with a further 100,000T teu generated by CMA CGM at berths 1-2.
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Poland access upgrades
28 Jun 2008
Poland is to invest up to €780m ($1.2bn) on improving access to its ports by 2014. To date, €150m ($233.7m) has been spent on upgrades in this area.
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Barents Sea port goes international
27 Jun 2008
The Russian port of Varandey, located on the Barents Sea, is to be opened to international maritime traffic. This follows requests from the local authorities and from various institutions within the Russian Federation.
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Throughput disappearing at Ust-Danube
26 Jun 2008
Ust-Danube port in Ukraine reported losses last year of around $3m, as a result of a 71% decline in throughput to 75,400 tonnes in 2007 and one of 59% during the previous year.
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Ust-Luga terminal planned
23 Jun 2008
Asia Invest LTD (Kazakhstan) has signed a memorandum of interest with Ust-Luga OJSC to build a general cargo transhipment terminal at the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga. This 4m tonne capacity facility will require investment of $293m, with the initial phase scheduled to commence operations by 2012.
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Muuga undeterred by construction delays
21 Jun 2008
Tallinn Port Authority is pressing ahead with the initial phase of its eastern port development at Muuga, despite problems with assessing bids to undertake the necessary construction.
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Japanese fund Bulgarian box terminals
16 Jun 2008
Varna city council in Bulgaria has allocated a 17.5 hectare plot of land for the development of a new container terminal at the port.
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French stevedores protest ports privatisation
14 Jun 2008
Port workers in France continued to protest against government policy to privatise terminal handling operations.
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Rotterdam builds new box terminal
14 Jun 2008
Rotterdam is to build a new 120,000 sq m dry bulk terminal at Hartelstrook on the Maaslakte. This will be equipped with 600 metres of quay, have alongside draft 16 metres, and is scheduled to open in the second half of 2010.
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Waterford objects to Cork expansion
12 Jun 2008
The Irish port of Cork’s plans for a new container terminal have been considered at an oral hearing, at which the Port of Waterford was a key objector.
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Contship stands by CICT
12 Jun 2008
Contship Italia has emphasised its commitment to the port of Cagliari by rejecting speculation that it is to pull out of Cagliari International Container Terminal.
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Variance in fortunes for Russian ports
10 Jun 2008
Vladivostok Port has reported a net profit of $9.54m for 2007, 3.3 times better than the 2006 result. During the same period, revenue grew by 34% to $53.21m, while cargo throughput increased by 20.6% to 4.8m tonnes.
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Cosco and HPH in race for Piraeus
08 Jun 2008
Piraeus Port Authority has received two bids for the concession to operate container berths 2 and 3, one from from Cosco Pacific and the other from a joint-venture consisting of Hutchison Port Holdings and Greek partners the Alapis Group and LYD.
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Dublin expansion challenges environmentally-protected area
28 May 2008
Ireland’s Department of the Environment has issued a special protection order increasing the area it protects in Dublin Bay by 30%.
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Yuzhny ditches the dollar
28 May 2008
The Russian Black Sea port of Yuzhny is to make all payments to foreign shipowners, consignors and consignees in euros. Existing payments are made in dollars, which are generating considerable losses.
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TOC Europe bid to be bigger and better
21 May 2008
The well-respected TOC Europe exhibition and conference is looking to capitalise on networking opportunities at this year's event with the introduction of 'happy hour' networking drinks and the launch of a new online networking facility.
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Call on ports to tackle pollution threat to dockworkers
21 May 2008
Specialist insurer TT Club is demanding a cleaner work environment for quay crane drivers to protect them from stack emissions.
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Antwerp boss eager to capitalise on 17% growth
21 May 2008
With container volumes continuing to climb rapidly, the Port of Antwerp has officially identified a site on the left bank of the Scheldt for future container expansion.
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Hamburg bags benchmark first
07 May 2008
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd's award of its first Container Terminal Quality Indicator (CTQI) standard is an important step towards meeting the challenge of comparing global box terminals.
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DP World UK mega-port clears final hurdle
07 May 2008
DP World's monster London Gateway port project has received the final seal of approval from the UK Government, making its dream of creating the country's most advanced container port a reality.
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Car potential boosted on UK east coast
07 May 2008
The UK port of Grimsby is looking to build on its car handling prowess with the construction of a new river-side berth.
News Middle East
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DP World buy-back
21 Jun 2008
DP World is to ask its shareholders for approval to buy back 581m of its shares. At the same time, it is considering issuing securities totalling $553m, equivalent to one third of its existing share capital.
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Aqaba on the move
20 Jun 2008
The government of Jordan has given the go-ahead for a $5bn relocation and upgrading of the Red Sea port of Aqaba and general development of the surrounding area.
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APM quits Qasim
19 Jun 2008
APM Terminals is to cede to DP World the 20% stake it holds in Qasim International Container Terminal. DP World is already the majority shareholder at QICT.
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More contracts to come at Khalifa
10 Jun 2008
After having awarded contracts worth $952m to build the initial phase of Khalifa Port, the government of Abu Dhabi has announced its intention to issue a new round of tenders covering additional construction work.
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DP World inks Saudi deal
08 Jun 2008
Developer Emaar EC and DP World have signed an agreement to build and manage a new port in Saudi Arabia at King Abdullah Economic City.
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No moor vessel surge for Salalah
07 Jun 2008
Cavotec's innovative vacuum-based mooring system has been introduced at APM Terminals' container facility at the Port of Salalah, Oman.
News Products & Services
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Hot spots on show
27 Jun 2008
A port surveillance camera combining thermal and charge-closed device sensors promises high quality images in daylight, total darkness, through fog and most obscurants, according to the manufacturer.
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Bromma electrified by APM order
13 Jun 2008
Bromma has won a contract to supply APM Terminals' West Africa Container Terminal with five YTS45E all-electric, separating twin-lift crane spreaders.
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Liebherr celebrates Russian first
09 Jun 2008
Container terminal NUTEP (a joint venture of NCC and the Delo group) has signed a contract for the first Liebherr postpanamax crane in Russia.
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Vycon validates potential fuel savings
06 Jun 2008
Vycon has published fuel saving test results from its flywheel energy storage system in a new paper.
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Remote reporting made simple
05 Jun 2008
Kalmar has release a simpler, more user-friendly second version of its Remote Machine Interface (RMI).
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Ports eLearning to target knowledge gaps
14 May 2008
Ports and terminals looking to expand the knowledge base of staff can now make use of eLearning products specific to the ports industry.
Planning & Design: Corrosion Control
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Get in early and get the jump on corrosion
09 Jul 2008
Operators looking to start construction of a new port or terminal should consider corrosion early on. While it’s often low on the list of priorities, a few dollars spent at the start could protect ports from serious profit erosion down the line.
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Biting the bottom line
09 Jul 2008
Saline and the erosion of port structures go hand-in-hand, so why aren't ports doing more to protect their assets, asks Carly Fields
Port Profile: Amsterdam
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Cinderella city-port
04 Jun 2008
Amsterdam can at last go to the Benelux ball as Stephanie Knight reports
Regional Feature: Benelux
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Fifty year flashback
04 Jun 2008
Fifty years ago, Antwerp had just seen the construction of the Boudewijn lock.
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Benelux briefs
04 Jun 2008
Combined thinking at Antwerp
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Zeebrugge readies itself for trade growth
04 Jun 2008
Recent developments at the Port of Zeebrugge have included a quay extension on the north side of Albert II dock, the completion of the quay and construction of a jetty in the Southern Canal dock, and the modernisation of berths in the outer port.
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Flying high
04 Jun 2008
The Benelux ports are soaring with rocketing volumes and investments on a breath-taking scale. Felicity Landon reports
Security: Biometrics
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Doing it by hand in Halifax
11 Jun 2008
The Port of Halifax in Nova Scotia knows its workers like the backs of their hands – and proves it by allowing (or denying) 4,000 of them access to the right work area by scanning the vascular pattern on their hands.
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That’s Orwell and good…
11 Jun 2008
The predictions in George Orwell’s novel 1984 seemed far-fetched when it was published six decades ago – but seem to be edging ever-closer with the co-operation between five countries to develop the ‘server-in-the-sky’ database.
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Roads may need more lanes
11 Jun 2008
About a million US workers will be enrolled in the Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) initiative by the end of this year. The country reached the half-way point of its implementation when the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) started enrolling its workers at Hampton Roads, becoming the 78th port to do so.
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Getting down to detail on biometrics
11 Jun 2008
To understand what’s meant by ‘biometrics’ requires a near dissection of what meaning the word’s intended to carry in any given set of circumstances, says a campaign group.
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A finger on the pulse
11 Jun 2008
Biometrics might be the next big security thing, but too must reliance on one solution must be avoided, warns Stuart Pearcey
The changing face of insurance
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Loyalty is key in insurance sector
25 Jun 2008
Tim Kyd has spent all of his career placing marine liability risks – an area where personal continuity of service and corporate loyalty is highly valued.
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A golden age
24 Jun 2008
Underwriters and brokers have finally achieved a stable market for high-value risks, writes James Brewer
