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NewsDrones can make or break a port
There are benefits, but also worrying risks associated with drone use in ports, finds Alex Hughes.
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NewsEurope’s ports seek more attention
It’s all about the money, says the European Sea Ports Organisation. Felicity Landon reports
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Tyne's expansion pledge drives sustainability
As it marks its 50th anniversary and makes tangible progress with its ”vision” for expansion plan, the UK”s Port of Tyne is pursuing its aim to be a £100m business, winning recognition with last month”s Multimodal 2018”s Port Operator of the Year Award.
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NewsDurban in midst of transformational development
Africa’s busiest port is forging ahead with projects to morph it into a mega logistics gateway, finds Kerry Dimmer.
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Think you have an environmental problem?
COMMENT: Think you have got an environmental problem, asks Mike Mundy? Think again: your problem is probably miniscule when compared with the one recently identified in Calabar Port, located in the southeast corner of Nigeria in Cross River State.
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NewsSafe roads are good for business
COMMENT: With the annual increase in containerised trade across the globe, we collectively put more heavy trucks on our roads each year, writes Wouter de Gier.
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NewsCan all this optimism be justified?
COMMENT: Demand growth in volume terms remains buoyant at 5.2% in 2017 but does anyone remember the 15%-25% growth rates before the Great Recession, asks Ben Hackett.
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NewsWeighing inland against port-centric logistics
Martin Rushmere looks at the options to get cargo out quicker to customers.
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NewsToo many grey areas in box weighing
Conductix-Wampfler’s Alexander Eckardt questions whether we are there yet on verified mass legislation.
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NewsTime to play the politics card
COMMENT: At one time, before today''s mega ships and mega rail links, the harbour at New York was the entrepot for vessels moving cargo between America''s heartland and the US East Coast, which linked to the rest of the world, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsStanding up to bullies in ports
Iain MacIntyre asks key stakeholders if workplace harassment and bullying in ports is a global issue
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Socially unacceptable in port environs
COMMENT: The allision on March 19, 2018 between the berthed Tolten and Hamburg Bay (alongside) at the South Asia Port Terminal in Karachi, Pakistan made international headlines following the distribution of a video showing the allision and several containers crashing onto the berth and into the sea, writes Lizzie Gray.
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NewsThe smart way to aid navigation
Before investing in navigation aids, make sure there''s not a better alternative, advises Stevie Knight
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NewsPatchwork quilt leaves pilotage holes
The UK’s unusual port ownership structure has left pilots out on a limb, finds Alex Hughes.
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Angola to end Caioporto concession
The Angolan government wants to terminate Caioporto’s concession contract to operate the Caio deep-water port in Cabinda.
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No pressing need for megaport, say Chile agents
Carlos Manterola, vice president of Chile’s National Association of Shipping Agents (Asonave), says that while the organisation is not against the construction of a major new deep water port, “now is not the moment” to make the necessary level of investment. Instead, he would like to see the resources spent ...
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Major investment in Chancay and Ilo
The Chinese ambassador in Lima has stated that Cosco Shipping Holdings is to build and manage the Port of Chancay, which is located some 58 kilometres north of the Peruvian capital. It will invest $2bn.
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NewsPeel Ports pitches Brexit plan B
The UK’s Peel Ports Group has put forward an alternative option to introducing a warehouse into the supply chain routing for trade after the UK’s departure from the EU.
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NewsAntwerp moves further down blockchain path
Belgium’s Antwerp Port Authority and software startup T-Mining have developed a solution to transfer documents with blockchain technology and automate (through “‘Smart Contracts’”) the document-flow.
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NewsLA tops Descartes’ US port ranking
The Port of Los Angeles (LA) has been named the US’ top ocean port by import volume.
