Latest News – Page 420
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NewsTilbury plans to build new terminal
London''s major port the Port of Tilbury has submitted an application to build a new terminal adjacent to the current port in Thurrock in Essex.
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NewsOakland to upgrade air quality plan
The Port of Oakland is to upgrade its Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan that aims to lower emissions from containerised cargo operations over the next decade.
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NewsNewcastle chairman: coal puts port at financial risk
The newly-appointed chairman of the Port of Newcastle Board has said that the port''s reliance on coal - which accounts for 90% of its business - as its core cargo puts the facility at financial risk.
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NewsKalmar secures Wilhelmshaven strad pilot
Kalmar is helping the STRADegy pilot project at EUROGATE''s Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven move into its next stage, with the cargo handling solutions business having won the tender to supply the automated straddle carrier system to the facility.
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NewsDP World gives back to communities
Terminal operator DP World''s fourth Global Volunteer Week programme saw employees across the world deliver over 60 projects in partnership with 47 organisations, bringing benefits to more than 5,000 people and clocking up a new record of nearly 4,700 volunteer hours during work time.
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NewsPorts of Auckland now CEMARS-certified
Ports of Auckland has become the first port in New Zealand to be certified by the Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme (CEMARS).
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NewsGävle to double capacity for growth
The largest container port on the Swedish East Coast is doubling its capacity to 600,000 teu in order to achieve continued growth.
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NewsSeason’s Greetings from GreenPort
GreenPort would like to wish all of our supporters and readers season’s greetings and send our very best wishes for a happy and successful 2018.
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NewsUS port in hydrogen power plant first
Toyota is building what it calls the world''s first Megawatt-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen plant at the US Port of Long Beach.
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NewsMoving with the times
COMMENT: Slowly but surely, port agencies in Africa are becoming more sophisticated about how they offer port properties – container terminals, multipurpose terminals and so on – for a public-private partnership (PPP), writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsAutonomy preparations
Valenciaport Foundation’s Alexandre Sánchez Pérez and Jonas Mendes Constante highlight questions that port authority managers should be asking about autonomous ships.
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NewsSanctuary for seafarers
Ports need to balance commercial realties against funding seafarer welfare. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsA new chapter
Philadelphia rebranding highlights the port’s future focus, finds Martin Rushmere
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Safe as houses
COMMENT: In November, Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading port operator, launched its transformed property arm with a 960-hectare land bank, marking a further step in the gradual transition of the group from port operator to a development company of port, logistics and manufacturing complexes in 21 UK ports, ...
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NewsRead the traffic signs
TT Club''s Laurence Jones explains how simple traffic management procedures can reduce incidents
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NewsWho’s the greenest?
Felicity Landon asks if there’s a case for a sustainability ranking for ports
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NewsNigeria's new dawn
COMMENT: Finally, after more than a decade of delays at Nigeria’s National Assembly, the Nigerian Ports and Harbours Bill is in the final stages of approval that will lead to its enactment.
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NewsFinding fuel partners
COMMENT: The underlying shipping markets seem to be gathering steam, if presenters at recent ship finance conferences are to be believed, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsMuddying the water
Ballast water regs could create issues for ports as well as lines, warns Stevie Knight
