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Reducing shipping’s carbon footprint
Ports have an increasingly strategic role to play in their link in the value chain between ships and shore, writes Warwick Norman, chief executive officer, RightShip.
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SGMF releases LNG Bunkering guidelines
The first edition of ‘LNG Bunkering – Safety Guidelines’ has been released with the aim of providing the bunkering industry with best practices to ensure gas-fuelled ships are re-fuelled safely and reliably.
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New electric ferry unveiled in Sweden
Swedish ferry operator, Ballerina, is adding its first electrically-powered ferry to its fleet to transport passengers between 10 stops on the waterways of Stockholm.
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GreenPort Congress & Cruise 2015
Delegates are invited to attend the tenth Greenport Congress and third Greenport Cruise conference, to be held at Copenhagen Malmö Port from 6 to 9 October 2015.
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Panamanian port challenges
Whether they are being used as a port of call or as a cruise stopover, Panamanian ports will see an increase in calls over the next few years, but one expert warns that users should be aware that they still present certain challenges to cargo interests.
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Reducing emissions across the whole supply chain
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) says the new International Workshop Agreement (IWA 16) is a major step forward in achieving joined up thinking across the whole logistics support chain, including at ports and terminals.
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Reducing emissions across the whole supply chain
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) says the new International Workshop Agreement (IWA 16) is a major step forward in achieving joined up thinking across the whole logistics support chain, including at ports and terminals.
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Treating contaminated soils and sediments
Envisan France, the French branch of the environmental division of Jan De Nul Group, is constructing a new treatment centre (CPEM) in La Seyne-sur-Mer, Southern France, designed specifically for the treatment and valorisation of contaminated soils and sediments, writes Kristof Nachtergaele, manager treatment centres and Daphné Glaser, business development manager, ...
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Boosting efficiency between the quay and the stack
The final frontier for terminal efficiency lies between the quay and the container stacks. Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) can boost productivity and lower OPEX in this area so that the whole terminal will see the benefits, says Michel Lyrstrand, global sales director, Gaussin.
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KPIs and measuring environmental performance
Having made strong commitments to environmental stewardship, port authorities and operators are immersed in monitoring programmes to ascertain the performance of their activities against a series of criteria to reach stated targets, writes Charles Haine, sustainability advisor, maritime & waterways team, Royal HaskoningDHV.
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Labour dispute drags on
Labour discussions are still underway to try to resolve the US west coast ports crisis with the Whitehouse arbitrator ushered in to help end the labour disputes this week.
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‘Green’ checklist to improve smaller ports
An 11-point checklist has been developed by researchers at Plymouth University that say it could help the UK’s smaller ports work more sustainably.
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ICTSI moves in on Iraq
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is taking advantage of new opportunities in developing Iraq, with expansion planned for its Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) at the Port of Umm Qasr.
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Preparing ports for oil spill response
Over the past 20 years, a great deal of work has been done to clean up the environment and prevent pollution and with even more stringent regulations in place, being prepared for an oil spill is vital, UK-based Adler and Allan (A&A) told ‘GreenPort’.
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Order book boost for DEME
Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering (DEME) has secured a number of new contracts worldwide worth approximately €1.6bn, providing a welcome boost for its order book in Q1 2015.
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Norwegian rehabilitation project
Treatment and remediation expert, Envisan, has won an important rehabilitation project in Norway which aims to restore the port basin to its desired depth and stop the further spread of contaminated sediments.
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Dredging strategies for successful port developments
With commercial pressure to exploit resources in increasingly challenging and remote locations and the drive to accommodate ever increasing vessel sizes, port developers have a wealth of technical challenges to face. Mike Costaras, dredging group manager, HR Wallingford, looks at how advances in the way we plan and execute effective ...
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Liebherr cranes boost Belgian activity
Liebherr Maritime Cranes has delivered two of its strongest ever new mobile harbour cranes (LHM to Katoen Natie NV, which, as a result, has set a new benchmark in terms of lifting capacity at Antwerp.
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Hamburg calls for infrastructure action
The Port of Hamburg says that a 50% rise in seaport-hinterland traffic will shape the growth in freight traffic for Germany, but it warns that the country’s ports must rate top priority in the new Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan in order to keep up with it.
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No waste, just resources at the Port of Koper
Concern for the environment is a constituent part of Port of Koper’s management policy and organisational culture, writes Franka Cepak, environmental manager, Port of Koper, Slovenia.