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  • Under study are a series of renovation projects as well as improvements to existing port infrastructure Photo: J. Stephen Conn/flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0
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    Costa Rica assesses four port projects

    2019-05-29T14:15:00Z

    The government of Costa Rica is considering investment in four port projects and has committed $3.348m to pre-investment studies.

  • The agreement will see 56 new stevedores join the existing compliment Photo: Vasco Neves Dias/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
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    Setúbal dockers sign new labour agreement

    2019-05-29T14:14:00Z

    Stevedores at the Portuguese Port of Setúbal have unanimously approved in principle a new collective bargaining agreement, which should bring labour stability to what had become a hotspot of unrest over the past six months.

  • Casual workers have also threatened to walk out of the terminal Photo: APS - Port of Sines/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Sines threatened by six months of strikes

    2019-05-29T14:12:00Z

    Worker unrest at the Portuguese Port of Sines continues to be a concern.

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    Spanish ports meet Ecoports’ PERS standard

    2019-05-29T10:52:00Z

    Spain’s Port of Ceuta has achieved EcoPorts’ environmental management standard, PERS, for the first time as it aims to improve its environmental transparency.

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    MOU delivers automation progress

    2019-05-28T13:09:00Z

    An MOU between Navis and Tianjin Port Group to accelerate technology innovation has already seen the organisations partner on several projects in China that involve a range of different automation solutions.

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    Ports need clear fuel choices

    2019-05-28T12:46:00Z

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) should make a clear selection and give guidance on just three to four shipping fuel solutions that ports worldwide will need to offer, the UK Chamber of Shipping has urged.

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    More criticism of Posorja concession award

    2019-05-28T12:33:00Z

    Allegations continue to build about the improper manner in which DP World was awarded the concession for the Posorja Deep Water Port Project in Ecuador.

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    Firm fined after worker killed at Felixstowe

    2019-05-28T11:51:00Z

    An UK-based company been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £13,000 following the death of a concrete worker at a dockside apron-upgrade project at the Port of Felixstowe.

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    Low-emission tractors for Wilmington

    2019-05-28T10:19:00Z

    GT USA Wilmington has ordered 16 low-emission terminal tractors from Terberg Tractors Americas to use at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware, US.

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    Ports play a key role in decarbonisation

    2019-05-24T15:19:00Z

    ESPO have prepared a memorandum emphasising the role port managing bodies can play as facilitators of the port ecosystem.

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    Air pollution monitoring container sets sail

    2019-05-24T12:23:00Z

    An air pollution-monitoring smart container with solar panels to determine how much power a container can generate during any given journey will leave the Port of Rotterdam for the first leg of a two-year data-collecting mission around the world.

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    2038: Humans vs. automation

    2019-05-23T20:59:00Z

    A world where artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced to the point where we can compare it to a human and judge it by its actions accordingly is the scene set in the latest instalment of a futuristic port story.

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    ‘Open season’ for Wilhelmshaven begins

    2019-05-23T16:25:00Z

    An investigation has begun to assess interest in the LNG terminal project at the Port of Wilhelmshaven in a so-called ‘open season’ process.

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    China port operators to feel tariff fallout

    2019-05-23T13:05:00Z

    The US-China trade war will likely see port handling charges decline, resulting in a reduction of revenue and profit margins for China Merchants Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Holdings and Shanghai International Port, a new report has found.

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    US$225m for US port infrastructure

    2019-05-23T11:49:00Z

    US$225m will be available for US port infrastructure improvements through the FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations bill.

  • Port Kembla LNG import terminal
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    Port Kembla LNG terminal secures supply deal

    2019-05-23T10:06:00Z

    EnergyAustralia has signed a preliminary agreement to access gas supply from Australian Industrial Energy’s (AIE) LNG import terminal project at Port Kembla.

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    Should the user/polluter pay?

    2019-05-22T16:54:00Z

    A new study on transport infrastructure charging, due this summer, tackles the thorny question of how to allocate the costs of pollution in European ports. ESPO''s Isabelle Ryckbost considers its implications

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    Liebherr MHCs boost Nigerian terminal

    2019-05-22T14:55:00Z

    APM Terminals'' West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) in Onne Port, Nigeria has invested in two new Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes (MHCs) to boost its cargo handling efficiency, improve service delivery and reduce vessel waiting time.

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    IMO adopts emission reduction resolution

    2019-05-22T13:03:00Z

    The IMO''s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has adopted a resolution encouraging voluntary cooperation between ports and shipping sectors to contribute to the reduce of GHG emissions from shipping.

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    UK port expands rail service

    2019-05-22T11:47:00Z

    A new destination has been added to the range of intermodal rail connections available from the UK’s Port of Felixstowe to help reduce freight road traffic and air pollution.