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  • First in: Virginia is targeting first and last call business. Credit: USACE
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    Depth isn't everything

    2017-12-16T09:59:00Z

    US East Coast ports continue to dig deep for business. Martin Rushmere reports

  • Gap: it is getting harder to find skilled port workers
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    Labour challenge

    2017-12-16T09:59:00Z

    Are fully-owned port labour pools falling out of favour, asks Alex Hughes

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    Forging Chinese connections

    2017-12-16T09:58:00Z

    COMMENT: Much of the major port and terminal investments over the past ten to fifteen years have been made by private and corporatised companies from the likes of DP World, PSA, ICTSI and SSA Marine, as well as from firms linked to carriers such as APM Terminals (Maersk), Terminal Link ...

  • Pouring in: Australian ports are still investing in coal handling. Credit: Port of Newcastle.
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    Dropping coal position

    2017-12-16T09:58:00Z

    As environmental initiatives bite, coal is losing favour at European ports. John Bensahlia reports

  • Growth: West African ports, like Tema's breakwater, are building rapidly. Credit: Ghana Ports Authority
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    Rekindling the flame

    2017-12-16T09:56:00Z

    The rollercoaster West African port sector might be on the rise again, finds Stevie Knight

  • The La Kretz Blue Economy Incubator (rendering courtesy of Gensler)
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    Work begins on Los Angeles’ AltaSea incubator

    2017-12-15T11:13:00Z

    The Port of Los Angeles'' (LA) marine research centre AltaSea has heralded the start of construction of the La Kretz Blue Economy Incubator, a facility forming a key part of its campus.

  • Put up or go elsewhere and suffer: that seemed to be the main takeaway from the defiant statement from Mr Yildirim Photo: JorgeAlejanDroo/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0
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    Yilport bemoans Bolívar ‘smear campaign’

    2017-12-15T11:13:00Z

    Put up or go elsewhere and suffer: that seemed to be the main takeaway from a defiant statement from Yilport Holding’s (Yilport) boss following a call to examine Ecuador''s Puerto Bolívar port contract following protests by banana producers.

  • The Port of Shanghai (pictured) held on to second place on the table Photo: Bruno Corpet (Quoique)/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Ningbo-Zhoushan still world’s top port

    2017-12-15T11:13:00Z

    The Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan has retained its place as the world’s top port in terms of cargo throughput, registering 11.3% year-over-year growth.

  • The parliament of the autonomous region of Galicia has approved a new Ports Law, which brings back into regional ownership 122 quays Photo: Vicente Villamón/flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
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    Galicia passes first regional Ports Law in Spain

    2017-12-15T11:13:00Z

    In Spain, the parliament of the autonomous region of Galicia has approved a new Ports Law, which brings back into regional ownership 122 quays. No other autonomous region has yet gone down this route, although others, notably in the Basque Country and Catalonia, have indicated similar aspirations.

  • This paralysis of talks between the two parties has come at a time when significant progress appeared to have been made Photo: Yanni Koutsomitis/flickr/CC BY 2.0
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    Competition authority undermines Spanish reform talks

    2017-12-15T11:13:00Z

    The file opened by Spain''s main competition authority on proposed stevedoring reform at the country’s ports has had a destructive impact on negotiations between owners and unions at both a national and local level, claim port unions.

  • The Courts of Claims in Guatemala has declared null and void the concession contract held by APM Terminals for the Quetzal Container Terminal, Terminal de Contenedores Quetzal (TCQ), at Puerto Quetzal Photo: pete/flickr/CC BY 2.0
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    APMT to appeal nullification of Quetzal concession

    2017-12-15T11:13:00Z

    The Courts of Claims in Guatemala has declared null and void the concession contract held by APM Terminals for the Quetzal Container Terminal, Terminal de Contenedores Quetzal (TCQ).

  • The ALC has called for police to enforce the Supreme Court of Victoria’s orders and ensure that legitimate business activities can resume at the Port of Melbourne Photo: Chris Phutully/flickr/CC BY 2.0
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    Call for police action on Webb Dock picket

    2017-12-15T11:13:00Z

    The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has called for police to enforce the Supreme Court of Victoria’s orders and ensure that legitimate business activities can resume at the Port of Melbourne in Australia. Port operations are being hampered by a union members’ blockade.

  • The deal aims to make learning and development opportunities accessible to all employees while encouraging them to seek essential functional skills support
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    PD Ports-Unite seal learning deal

    2017-12-15T11:13:00Z

    UK-based ports company PD Ports has signed a ''Learning Agreement'' with Unite the Union (Unite) for its sites across the North East of the country. The deal aims to make learning and development opportunities accessible to all employees while encouraging them to seek essential functional skills support.

  • Victoria International Container Terminal
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    Humanised automation is the way forward

    2017-12-14T13:07:00Z

    Regardless of how advanced automation becomes, we will still need people at terminals in the coming years.

  • Fergusson Container Terminal
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    Auckland planning for zero emissions

    2017-12-14T11:51:00Z

    Ports of Auckland is using an emissions reduction scheme to help it become a zero emissions port by 2040.

  • Port of Barcelona
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    Mediterranean ports provide LNG to AIDA

    2017-12-13T17:05:00Z

    Three Mediterranean ports are providing LNG refuelling opportunities for an AIDA Cruises vessel as part of an LNG initiative.

  • Strategic vision: Québec Port Authority wants to create a hub for maritime logistics on the continent Photo: QPA
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    Proposed new container terminal for Québec

    2017-12-13T15:25:00Z

    The Québec Port Authority (QPA) says it plans to build a container terminal at the site of the Beauport 2020 project to allow for its future expansion.

  • Felicity Landon
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    Seahorse Awards recognise Port Strategy contributors

    2017-12-13T12:33:00Z

    ''Port Strategy'' contributor Felicity Landon won the Innovation Journalist of the Year accolade at the Seahorse Journalist Awards.

  • The leak at Port of Qasim's LNG terminal was caused by a faulty insulation joint
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    Teething troubles at Pakistan LNG terminal

    2017-12-13T11:31:00Z

    The industry has been reminded of the hazards of working with LNG following the leakage at Port of Qasim’s LNG terminal in Pakistan.

  • Shanghai has come out top in a new Drewry index ranking the connectedness of the world’s container ports (image is of the city of Shanghai) Photo: Valentin Stanciu/flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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    Shanghai world’s most connected container port

    2017-12-13T10:47:00Z

    Shanghai has come out top in a new Drewry index ranking the connectedness of the world''s container ports.