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  • Into modernity: Port Lafito has been called Haiti's "first modern container terminal Photo: GB Group
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    Entering the modern era

    2014-07-30T11:39:00Z

    Haiti’s “first modern container terminal”, Port Lafito, operated by the GB Group, will benefit from a Tideworks terminal operating system (TOS).

  • The new U2-based system, developed by Ideal Business Services Ltd, features ferry and vessel scheduling of arrival and departure times
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    Ideal system for Holyhead management

    2014-07-30T11:39:00Z

    Stena Line has implemented a custom-built computer system to ensure the efficient port operations and management at the UK’s Port of Holyhead.

  • The Bollard Load Test offers a safe method of testing marine mooring bollards
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    Port of Tyne tests the water

    2014-07-30T10:30:00Z

    In its search for a solution for safely testing the efficacy of its mooring bollards, the UK’s Port of Tyne has found what it calls a “revolutionary” new product.

  • Take flight: environmental systems for ports need to bring a number of parties together. Credit: Martin Pettitt
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    Building up environmental attributes

    2014-07-30T10:00:00Z

    Ports suffer from a lack of joined-up environmental information systems, says Actual IT''s Gregor Veselko

  • Concession terms need to be aligned with long term port goals
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    Concession challenges apply worldwide

    2014-07-30T10:00:00Z

    COMMENT: I recently had the opportunity to discuss the challenges in granting concessions with a large number of port authorities in West and Central Africa, writes Peter de Langen.

  • SPM Buoy
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    Environmental and Oceanographic Monitoring Solutions

    2014-07-29T13:37:00Z

    Over the years, Unique Maritime Group has implemented many systems for Environmental and Oceanographic Monitoring, which consist of remote sites for the measurement of various parameters, data transmission and centralised data collection.

  • Winning performance: Gaussin has been boosted by the volume of terminal tractors ordered by DP World
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    Strong performance by Gaussin

    2014-07-29T11:40:00Z

    Global handing solutions provider, Gaussin Manugistique, achieved a strong turnover in its half year accounts – €16.9m up by 170% on the same period last year.

  • Over the next five years, ABS and MPA will work on maritime R&D
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    ABS and MPA collaborate on R&D

    2014-07-29T10:04:00Z

    ABS and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote maritime research and development (R&D) and innovation.

  • The Port of Amsterdam says a level playing field between EU ports is crucial. Photo: Peter Elenbaas
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    Dutch ports under EU tax break microscope

    2014-07-28T17:17:00Z

    An in-depth investigation into Dutch Corporate Tax Law has been launched by the European Commission to ensure fair competition between EU ports.

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    European Council finance for EMSA

    2014-07-28T16:39:00Z

    The European Council has adopted a regulation to finance the actions of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in the field of response to marine pollution caused by ships and oil and gas installations from 2014 to 2020.

  • Get together: Inatech's ERP solutions improve ship operators' interaction with ports
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    Connecting the process dots

    2014-07-28T10:00:00Z

    Ports are latecomers to the Enterprise Resource Planning party, as Iain MacIntyre discovers

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    Teekay LNG secures Yamal contract

    2014-07-25T12:34:00Z

    Through a joint venture with China LNG Shipping, Teekay LNG is to build six 172,000m³ ARC7 LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project.

  • Full tank: Long Beach is a fan of LNG fuel
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    New technology, old habits

    2014-07-25T10:00:00Z

    Terminal tractors need to balance sensitive features with regular rough handling, finds Stevie Knight

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    UK shipowner fined over Oz pollution incident

    2014-07-24T14:57:00Z

    UK-based Lombard Corporate Finance Limited has been fined AUS$5,000 (US$4,700) after its car carrier, ‘Morning Midas’, was involved in a ‘pollution incident’ in Port Phillips Heads, Australia, in 2012.

  • The new ECAs will cost Maersk Line around US$250m
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    Maersk sulphur regulation implications

    2014-07-24T14:56:00Z

    Maersk Line says that the projected financial impact of the new Emission Control Areas (ECA) coming into force in January 2015 will cost it more than US$250m.

  • Too hasty: Victoria University says that Melbourne may not achieve full capacity for 20 years so the new Oz port development may not be needed just yet
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    South Oz ports pre-mortem report

    2014-07-24T11:35:00Z

    Experts at the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics at Victoria University in Australia have completed a “pre-mortem” report warning of the dangers of pushback by private operators and of the haste towards building a new port.

  • The new tool will help shipowners identify routes that may qualify for ballast water exemptions. Photo: Zane Johnston
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    New online BWM tool unveiled

    2014-07-23T11:20:00Z

    A new online ballast water management tool has been developed by Helcom and Ospar Commissions to make ballast water treatment easier for shipowners.

  • Sold off: APMT’s Portsmouth terminal is being sold to US investors
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    APMT sells off US terminal

    2014-07-23T11:11:00Z

    APM Terminals is selling its state-of-the-art container terminal located in Portsmouth, Virginia, US, because it doesn’t want to remain a non-operating lessor of the facility to the Commonwealth of Virginia for the next 16 years.

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    Heading for a new economic crisis

    2014-07-23T10:00:00Z

    China has scuttled the development of super alliances with its negative decision on the P3 whose rationale was for joint fleet management by the top three carriers which would have resulted in a reduction of capacity, which in turn would lead to a rise in freight rates.

  • Full picture: labour issues at Ngqura port may not be what they seem
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    Get to the truth of it

    2014-07-23T10:00:00Z

    COMMENT: ''Spin'' – what can be called bending facts to suit your own purposes – is no longer confined to governments and large commercial organisations, writes MIke Mundy.