Latest News – Page 24
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NewsTechnological tipping point
The Smart Port is seen by many as the fifth-generation port management model – a ‘new kid on the block’ that together with automated container handling holds the promise of much more to come as new technologies advance. Mike Mundy assesses the trend lines
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NewsCamera Telematics rolls out multi-camera system at Rosslare
A fleet of 20 terminal tractors has been fitted with an advanced multi-camera system to mitigate risk and improve safety at Rosslare Europort, the primary Irish port serving mainland Europe.
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NewsProject Pipeline Builds
Phoebe Davison looks at the consulting engineering sector and asks key players about their recent projects and innovations
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NewsDe-risking port logistics
Ian McRobbie, Programme Manager for Ports and Maritime Infrastructure at BMT*, drawing on extensive project experience highlights the merits of optimising bulk transshipment through ‘Climate-Smart’ simulation technology
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NewsChancay – high risk?
Significant new capacity is due on stream at the port of Chancay, Peru. For this to succeed as an investment it will require the alignment of several key factors. Andrew Penfold takes a look. What are the lessons for other southern port developments?
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NewsCMA CGM set for takeover of Santos Brasil operations
After one of the longest courtships in port terminal history, involving many suitors, it looks like Santos Brasil will finally be taken over by French based liner company CMA CGM, for an initial outlay of around US$1.12BN and an eventual cost of approximately US$2.26BN.
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NewsJan De Nul deals aim to accelerate “middle corridor”
Maritime construction Group Jan De Nul has been awarded two major contracts in Georgia and Kazakhstan.
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NewsInsider threats: IMO tool kit
International Maritime Organization (IMO) in association with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has taken the interesting step of introducing a new ‘tool kit’ designed to bolster the maritime sector’s ability to tackle ‘insider threats.’
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NewsRISEE act proposes sharing wind power returns
A reinvigorated legislative effort may propel the guts of The Reinvesting In Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems (or RISEE) Act into the Federal statutes.
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NewsForecasting economic growth: an uncertain activity
Using economic forecasts to help investors make decisions is an uncertain activity.
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NewsGeo-politics and the Anaklia, Georgia, port project
A couple of months ago, the Georgian government announced that a consortium of firms from China would construct the new deep-sea port of Anaklia, located in western Georgia, following a bidding process in which only this consortium placed a bid.
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NewsSri Lanka struggles
Good and bad news for Sri Lanka’s leading container port, Colombo. The facility ended the first half of 2024 with a 9.6% increase in transshipment cargo, due to double digit growth for the January to end of April period.
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NewsOn-Dock is Go
A US$52 million infrastructure project to significantly improve on-dock rail capacity at the Pier 300 terminal in the…
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NewsMoldova Port Bid
The Romanian government is reportedly in talks to buy Moldova’s only port. The Giurgiulești International Free Port is located at km 133 of…
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NewsDrug tsunami: counter measures
The drug problem in international trade is growing. Increased cooperation between all stakeholders has proven it can deliver results but arguably the wider application of new technology holds the greatest promise to reduce the scale of the problem over time
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NewsFuture Proof Tees
The Emerald Duchess has arrived on the River Tees, in the UK. The £23m dredger is…
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NewsPSA Takes Loconi
PSA Baltics N.V., a subsidiary of PSA International (PSA), is acquiring an 85% majority stake in Loconi International S.A. …
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NewsKalmar Corp’ and CES thinking big…
Kalmar Corporation, the specialist provider of material handling equipment and services, and CES Srl, an Italian manufacturer of super-sized heavy-duty material handling equipment, have confirmed a new partnership.
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NewsMoorMaster in Tangier
Cavotec has confirmed the successful commissioning of a MoorMaster automated vacuum mooring system at the APM Terminals (APMT) MedPort facility in Tangier, Morocco.
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NewsOCR: The ‘science fiction’ age
The adoption of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology in ports continues to grow…
