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  • Damaging: ICTSI believes that the ILWU’s strategy is "to the detriment of the entire region". Credit: ICTSI
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    Setting precedents

    2016-04-15T10:35:00Z

    ICTSI''s Portland woes are a test for the US West and East Coasts, says Martin Rushmere

  • Rail master: La Spezia handles up to 200 trains a week
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    Running the rails

    2016-04-15T10:35:00Z

    Alex Hughes examines the often arm''s length relationship between terminals and rail

  • Modern thinking: Haifa is all for increasing its technological advantages. Credit: U.S. Navy, Lt. j.g Laura Adams
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    Rising to the occasion

    2016-04-15T10:35:00Z

    Israel''s Haifa has no qualms about meeting its competition head on. Michael Mackey reports

  • Fair wind: Great Yarmouth has been selected as the construction and installation port for the East Anglia ONE windfarm
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    Gale force

    2016-04-15T10:35:00Z

    The drive for offshore wind power in Europe has scarcely begun, as Felicity Landon explains

  • Joined up: Calais' VIIA Britanica service neatly links Spain and the UK
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    Know your enemy

    2016-04-15T10:34:00Z

    Competition isn''t just around the corner in an interconnected Europe. Felicity Landon reports.

  • Stay put: not every port needs to aspire to hub status. Credit: Equipe Integrada
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    Big is not always beautiful

    2016-04-15T10:34:00Z

    COMMENT: It is the understandable desire of many ports to transition from feeder port to main port status, writes Mike Mundy.

  • Green Award Foundation received the Green4Sea Initiative Award
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    Green Award Foundation wins Green4Sea honour

    2016-04-15T10:06:00Z

    The Green Award Foundation has received the Green4Sea Initiative Award, given for its contribution to environmental sustainability in the shipping industry.

  • The Nordic maritime Hub project aims to improve port access facilities, establish shore side power supply and bunkering facilities for alternative fuels
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    Creating a Nordic maritime hub

    2016-04-14T12:32:00Z

    An EU funded project called the Nordic Maritime Hub project has been initiated at the Port of Frederikshavn in Denmark.

  • Chinese alliance: Port Klang is one of six Malaysian ports to form an alliance with China Photo: Dean Calma IAEA
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    China and Malaysia moot port alliance

    2016-04-14T12:04:00Z

    China and Malaysia are apparently forming a ‘port alliance’ to fast-track trade between the two countries and reduce customs bottlenecks.

  • Don't miss GreenPort Cruise and Congress 2016
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    GreenPort Congress 2016

    2016-04-14T10:50:00Z

    ESPO, FEPORT and Danish Maritime are some of the associations confirmed as supporters of the 11th GreenPort Congress being held in Venice from 12 to 14 October 2016.

  • The Ecoslops project aims to reduce the amount of sulphur in MDO
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    Ecoslops awarded innovation challenge award

    2016-04-14T10:36:00Z

    Ecoslops has announced that it has won the Future Programmes’ Worldwide Innovation Challenge, awarded by the French Government.

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    Commercial not political decision-making

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    COMMENT: Port reform processes gradually lead to a port industry where port authorities remain under government ownership, but have autonomy, are financially self-sustaining and operate as port development companies, writes Peter de Langen.

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    Connectivity all the rage

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    COMMENT: The concept of port connectivity has been around for some time; UNCTAD, for one, has done considerable research into the subject looking at freight rates, number of services, hinterland connectivity and reliable feeder operations, writes Ben Hackett.

  • Looking out: Kalmar reports a trend of maintenance outsourcing at terminals where cargo volumes have dropped. Credit: Kalmar
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    Just the job

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    Third party maintenance is still attractive at lower volumes, as John Bensalhia finds out

  • Slowdown: APMT’s deepwater berths are “still on the books”
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    Longer horizon

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    Poti''s a good yardstick of what’s happening on the eastern side of the Black Sea, finds Stevie Knight.

  • Temporary fix: mobile units can be useful when cleaner power is needed on the quay
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    Off the grid

    2016-04-14T08:49:00Z

    There are a lot of reasons why a port''s power supply may need added ''oomph''. Stevie Knight reports

  • Free flow: Tilbury relies on diversity of cargoes
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    Independent and proud

    2016-04-14T08:48:00Z

    UK ports should trumpet their often-overlooked achievements. Felicity Landon reports

  • Lacking: Crimean ports, including Kerch (pictured), have suffered from under-investment during Ukraine ownership
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    Dark days

    2016-04-14T08:48:00Z

    Black Sea ports are being chilled by uncertainties. Stevie Knight and Petar Pajevic report

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    Learning from bulk lessons

    2016-04-14T08:48:00Z

    COMMENT: Some folks were missing from an early April meeting of New York Maritime, or NYMAR, part of the New York Maritime Consortium, writes Barry Parker.

  • Shift work makes it much harder for equipment operators to concentrate. Credit Trondheim Havn
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    Dangers of workforce fatigue

    2016-04-14T08:48:00Z

    TT Club’s Peregrine Storrs-Fox considers an often over-looked risk in the cargo handling business