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  • Water wings: London has seen a dramatic upturn in intra-port freight
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    London's water world

    2014-03-20T10:00:00Z

    Richard Everitt reflects on his nine years as chief executive of the PLA with Felicity Landon

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    LNG carrier training completed

    2014-03-19T19:49:00Z

    The Russian Register of Maritime Shipping (RS) has carried out surveyor training on classification services for LNG carriers.

  • Turkish global port operator connects with APS [938580]  -  2 Linkid : 1973571
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    Cargotec collects refurbishment projects

    2014-03-19T17:23:00Z

    Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has secured even more equipment orders from Belawan International Container Terminal in Indonesia (BICT) and Terminal Pacifico Sur Valparaíso SA (TPS) in Chile.

  • UECC said these are the first PCTC’s of their kind to be fitted with an LNG fuel propulsion system Photo: UECC
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    UECC wins LNG vessel order

    2014-03-19T15:52:00Z

    United European Car Carriers (UECC) is to build two dual-fuel LNG pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) with 1A super Finnish/Swedish ice class for Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI).

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    NSW unveils 20-year ports strategy

    2014-03-19T12:29:00Z

    The state of New South Wales has unveiled its first Freight and Ports Strategy, aiming to cater for a near-doubling of freight volumes in 20 years. The strategy document says the growth in the NSW will impact significantly on ports, road and rail networks, intermodal terminals and freight corridors.

  • New York's snow hasn't frozen port relations. Credit: Jo Christian Oterhals
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    Cold snap, warm will in NY

    2014-03-19T10:00:00Z

    In New York, the conversations have all about bad weather: cargoes of road salt not arriving, straddle carriers slipping around at Port Elizabeth, trucks sliding around the Brooklyn docks, and tankers punching through ice as they move up to Albany to load Bakken crude.

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    Containers in, people out

    2014-03-19T10:00:00Z

    “Every year there are accidents with people in the yards, but technology is at a stage where we can avoid these extremely dangerous work patterns, so why not do it?” says Leander de Nooijer of Certus Automation.

  • Hard work: Portland's workers are making life difficult for ICTSI
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    Worries of US West Coast extremes

    2014-03-19T10:00:00Z

    Dockworkers strike at the ICTSI terminal in Portland, while the employers association on the US West Coast says there should be no problems in reaching a new contract agreement this year.

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    Arctic works to prevent oil pollution

    2014-03-18T16:14:00Z

    The Arctic Council’s Task Force on Arctic Marine Oil Pollution Prevention (TFOPP) is to develop an urgent action plan to protect the fragile environment.

  • The European Commission appointed eleven European coordinators for the new transport infrastructure policy
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    EC appoints 11 new TEN-T coordinators

    2014-03-18T14:16:00Z

    The European Commission has appointed eleven European coordinators for each of the nine core network corridors of the trans-European transport network (or TEN-T), as well as for the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and for Motorways of the Sea.

  • UECC said these are the first PCTC’s of their kind to be fitted with an LNG fuel propulsion system Photo: UECC
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    Newbuild dual fuel pure car and truck carriers

    2014-03-18T13:33:00Z

    United European Car Carriers (UECC), jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, has signed a contract to construct two dual fuel LNG Pure Car and Truck Carriers (PCTCs).

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    Valencia struggles to retain transhipment

    2014-03-18T11:18:00Z

    Valencia''s ongoing difficulties over the cost of handling transhipment containers have handicapped its ability to retain business.

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    Antaq fines bulk terminals for blocking access ways

    2014-03-18T11:10:00Z

    Brazil''s National Agency for Waterway Transport (Antaq) has revealed that it has fined seven dry bulk terminals operating in the port of Santos for rule violations.

  • The new partnership looks to develop Hong Kong as a long-term transhipment hub. Photo: Magalie L'Abbe
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    Strategic partnerships to build Hong Kong hub

    2014-03-18T10:29:00Z

    Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Trust is working to strengthen Hong Kong’s position as a long-term transhipment hub through strategic partnerships with COSCO Pacific and China Shipping terminal Development Company (CSTD).

  • Narrow angle: The crane's eye view may not be the same as the TOS. Photo Autepra
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    Too clever by half

    2014-03-18T10:00:00Z

    Optimisation is great as long as different technologies work together, finds Stevie Knight

  • Trojan Technologies’ Marinex BWT system
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    Type approval for Canadian BWT system

    2014-03-17T16:49:00Z

    Trojan Technologies of Canada has announced that its Marinex BWT product suite has obtained IMO type approval from DNV on behalf of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate.

  • America’s short sea shippers believe that the new tighter ECA regulations will do more harm than good
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    ECA – more harm than good?

    2014-03-17T16:42:00Z

    Short sea shipping representatives have hit back over the ‘expensive’ new ultra low fuel Emission Control Area (ECA) requirements set to come into force in North America in January 2015.

  • Rietlanden Terminals carries out transit, storage and handling of dry bulk and scrap in the Port of Amsterdam
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    Amsterdam lights up Rietlanden Terminals

    2014-03-17T16:22:00Z

    Rietlanden Terminals BV at the Port of Amsterdam has become the ‘world’s first’ terminal to be illuminated entirely by high-power LEDs.

  • Diseased: Rattus Rattus, or the Black Ship Rat spread bubonic plague around the world. Photo: HZel
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    Hitching an uninvited lift

    2014-03-17T10:00:00Z

    Mice, rats and cockroaches usually come under a fairly intense prevention program: not only do they spread disease but if they get a foothold in a food import facility it’s difficult to get rid of them without damaging food stocks.

  • ABP uses a hawk to ward off destructive pigeons from Southampton
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    Nuisance calls

    2014-03-14T10:00:00Z

    Wildlife is coming to town, causing ports all kinds of problems. Stevie Knight reports