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  • Damen is one of the partners in the PortXL start-up accelerator programme
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    Damen joins Rotterdam sustainable port project

    2015-11-06T14:45:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Group has announced its partnership of the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s start-up accelerator programme, PortXL.

  • The agreement marks the first overseas project in Qingdao Port’s international development
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    APMT brings in Qingdao at Vado

    2015-11-06T12:18:00Z

    APM Terminals has brought in experts from the Qingdao Port Group to create a new joint venture for the APM Terminals Vado port project in Italy.

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    IPO for Phnom Penh Port

    2015-11-06T10:52:00Z

    Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Autonomous Port is to list on the local stock market, the company underwriting the issue, Yuanta Securities, have said via their website.

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    Buenos Aires' TRP concession in doubt

    2015-11-06T10:52:00Z

    The head of Argentina''s tax authority (AFIP), Ricardo Echegaray, has asked the courts to withdraw the concession awarded to Terminales Río de la Plata for container berths 1, 2 and 3 at the Port of Buenos Aires.

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    New paradigms for port efficiency

    2015-11-06T10:52:00Z

    Port authorities need to be collaborating and partnering with other port authorities in the supply chains of the future, said Long Beach’s Dr Noel Hacegaba.

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    Barreiro necessary to allow Lisbon reinvention

    2015-11-06T10:52:00Z

    Manuela Patrício, director of Port Terminals and Logistics at Lisbon Port Authority, has defended the decision to build a new container terminal at Barreiro on the southern bank of the Tagus river in Lisbon.

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    Former minister speaks of ‘light touch regulation’

    2015-11-06T10:52:00Z

    Light-touch regulation for a market-oriented sector was the message for the UK ports industry from former transport minister Sir Simon Burns, at the opening of the Port of Felixstowe’s latest extension.

  • The pilot has been undergoing tests at the Noatum Container Terminal Valencia since September
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    Noatum lighting pilot slashes energy costs

    2015-11-05T15:14:00Z

    A dynamic lighting system has begun a pilot test, developed by Ingeniería de Aplicaciones Energeticas SLU, at the Noatum Container Terminal in Valencia.

  • The pilot has been undergoing tests at the Noatum Container Terminal Valencia since September
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    Innovative lighting tests at Noatum

    2015-11-05T15:02:00Z

    A dynamic lighting system has begun a pilot test, developed by Ingeniería de Aplicaciones Energeticas SLU, at the Noatum Container Terminal in Valencia.

  • Congress 2015
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    FEPORT on greenhouse emissions

    2015-11-04T16:59:00Z

    FEPORT gave the opening speech at the GreenPort Congress discussing innovations in equipment and new technologies to reduce greenhouse emissions.

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    Tianjin port boss sacked

    2015-11-04T14:00:00Z

    Reuters reports today that the boss of Tianjin Port in China has been sacked three months since huge chemical blasts occurred at the port killing more than 160 people.

  • APM Terminals announces new multipurpose terminal at Qingdao Port
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    APMT cements China multi-purpose ambitions

    2015-11-04T11:45:00Z

    APM Terminals has entered a joint venture with Qingdao’s Donjiakou Port to produce a new multipurpose terminal with two deep water berths.

  • Port Botany and Port Kembla will be required to cater for growing trade volumes
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    NSW publishes Kembla and Botany roadmap

    2015-11-03T14:41:00Z

    NSW Ports has launched a 30 year master plan, Navigating the Future, for the Port of Botany and Port of Kembla.

  • The Global Container Terminal in New Jersey has chosen more efficient Musco lighting
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    Musco lighting improves cost and efficiency

    2015-11-03T12:12:00Z

    The Global Container Terminal in New Jersey, US, has installed a new Musco lighting system which promises to save US$1.3 million over the next decade.

  • The Port network of Rome and Lazio has won the ESPO port of the month award
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    Rome green cruise achievements

    2015-11-03T10:38:00Z

    The Port network of Rome and Lazio has won the ESPO port of the month award for its green cruise and ferry achievements.

  • Downturn: the IMF's annual meeting warned that slowing growth in China poses a threat to the global economy. Credit: International Monetary Fund
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    Beware of great expectations

    2015-11-03T10:10:00Z

    COMMENT: The leaders of the major economies are hoping that next year will be better than 2015 is turning out to be as the stock markets crash around us, wars engulf us in more places than can be rushed to and consumers remain wary of their future. However, the signs ...

  • Breaking through: Oakland is showing signs of getting through the doldrums. Credit: Russell Mondy
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    Heel digging

    2015-11-03T10:10:00Z

    Battle lines are being drawn on the expanded Panama Canal effect, finds Martin Rushmere

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    The port value calculation

    2015-11-03T10:10:00Z

    COMMENT: Like other sectors of the global industry, ports are keen to point out their national economic impact, writes Peter de Langen.

  • Closer: proximity to the Suez Canal is a major advantage for Egypt's ports. Credit: Chris Lovelock
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    Covering the bases

    2015-11-03T10:09:00Z

    OSC''s Ian Chadney examines the changing face of the North African container business

  • Journey: getting staff on board is essential to implementing a new TOS
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    Power to the people

    2015-11-03T10:09:00Z

    Jade Software''s Kaustubh Dalvi explains why change management is essential when upgrading a TOS