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    Fremantle opens liquid berth door

    2014-02-26T17:03:00Z

    Fremantle Ports has invited expressions of interest to develop and operate a dedicated bulk liquids berth at Kwinana to handle cargoes such as petroleum products, chemicals and liquid fertilisers.

  • The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is gradually replacing the whole of its fleet with greener vehicles
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    PANYNJ vehicle fleet gets greener

    2014-02-26T15:26:00Z

    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is set to spend US$28m on more than 200 green vehicles bringing the number of alternative fuel, environmentally friendly trucks and cars at the port to around 85%.

  • MCH Trolley Over Water: This picture shows four 300W LED floodlights (Phoenix Products - ModCom Hi’s) mounted on the trolley of an STS crane illuminating the spreader over the water
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    Improved Lighting Technology Supports Port Sustainability

    2014-02-26T11:52:00Z

    LED lighting on port container cranes greatly reduces energy consumption and costs. Each seaport has a unique set of geographic, political, operational, and financial circumstances that define its environmental initiatives. In the U.S., there are numerous regulations and initiatives aimed to reduce the impact of port activities, thus increasing the ...

  • The STS transfer between the two Q-Flex ships took six days to complete
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    Qatargas LNG STS transfer

    2014-02-26T10:10:00Z

    Qatargas-chartered LNG vessels carried out the ‘first’ ship-to-ship (STS) transfer operations of LNG between two Q-Flex type ships.

  • Queensland's ports need to consider broader environmental and political aspects. Credit: Michael McGimpsey
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    Getting port policies right

    2014-02-26T10:00:00Z

    Getting the right policy framework for port development is a complicated challenge.

  • Financially, bagging facilities can provide considerable benefits to ports
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    Bag for life

    2014-02-26T10:00:00Z

    On dock bagging services offer value-added services for port customers. John Bensalhia reports

  • The lock’s site is strategically located between Dutra and Ayrton Senna highways
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    Penha’s Lock boosts navigation and São Paulo Water-Ring

    2014-02-25T20:30:00Z

    Last October, the construction of Penha’s Lock started. This will give new impetus to the São Paulo Metropolitan region and the dream of deploying the Water-Ring is starting to become reality, says Frederico Bussinger, IDELT Consultant and Former Director of São Paulo Waterway Department.

  • Coal supplies in Russia’s far east are under intense development at present
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    Russian coal terminal construction

    2014-02-25T10:44:00Z

    Russia’s Volga Group has acquired a 50% stake in Sukhodol LLC – the company which is constructing the new bulk terminal at Sukhodol Bay in Russia’s Primorsk territory.

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    New strategy to boost EU maritime tourism

    2014-02-25T10:40:00Z

    The European Commission has produced a new framework that includes series of actions to boost the maritime sector and support the development of sustainable tourism in coastal destinations.

  • Imperial Shipping Holdings' inland barge has become the 500th ship to be Green Award-certified
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    Green Award for 500th barge

    2014-02-25T10:19:00Z

    The Green Award Foundation, a scheme developed to promote quality inland shipping, has certified the 500th inland barge, marking a major milestone in the industry.

  • Sennebogen introduced the 875 E-Series as a 'world first' in 2013
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    Sennebogen ‘world first’ for Turkey

    2014-02-25T10:04:00Z

    Germany-based Sennebogen has delivered the 875 E-Series materials handling machine, which was introduced as a ‘world first’ in 2013, to Kocaman Denizcilik for use at Aksa Port, Turkey.

  • Port Metro Vancouver was the first to sign up to Carbon War Room's A to G environmental rating system. Credit: Danielle Bauer
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    Reducing the footprint

    2014-02-25T10:00:00Z

    Financial incentive schemes are critical in driving fuel efficiency, reducing shippers’ carbon footprints and benefiting shipping’s bottom line, says Carbon War Room''s Peter Boyd

  • The barge contract marks a major milestone in LNG America's LNG bunkering infrastructure along the US Gulf Coast
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    ‘First’ LNG bunker barges for US

    2014-02-24T14:57:00Z

    Seattle-based Jensen Maritime, part of Crowley Maritime Corporation, is to build some of the ‘first’ LNG bunker barges in the US for LNG America LLC.

  • Felixstowe's new quay is scheduled to be operational in 2015
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    Felixstowe expansion consent

    2014-02-24T10:30:00Z

    The UK’s Port of Felixstowe has finally received consent from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to extend its newest container handling facility, berths 8 & 9.

  • Moving workers off the dock has implications for training
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    License to operate

    2014-02-24T10:00:00Z

    Fredrik Johanson at ABB Crane Systems reminds us that crane operators in container terminals still need training even when intelligent automatic systems are handling a major part of the crane cycle

  • The PowerBuoy wave generation technology uses a “smart” ocean-going buoy to covert wave energy into low-cost, clean electricity. Photo Ocean Power Technologies, Inc
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    World’s largest wave energy project underway

    2014-02-21T12:37:00Z

    UK-based Lockheed Martin and Australia’s Victorian Wave Partners Ltd are to develop the ‘world’s largest’ wave energy project – a significant step toward making ocean energy commercially available.

  • PSA's development at Jawaharlu Nehru Port is back on track
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    PSA and JNPT get back on track

    2014-02-21T12:07:00Z

    Singapore’s PSA International Ltd is to develop the fourth container terminal at Jawarharlal Nehru Port in India – a contract that was originally terminated back in 2012.

  • Port Fourchon, US, will be providing LNG bunkering to Harvey Gulf
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    Playing the long game

    2014-02-21T10:00:00Z

    In the US the LNG bunkering sector is dominated by a very small number of players. One, in fact.

  • Ships are the major source of air pollution in Hong Kong Photo: Kai Yan, Joseph Wong
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    Hong Kong fuel switching programme

    2014-02-20T18:08:00Z

    Civic Exchange, Hong Kong''s independent think tank, has commended the shipping industry for extending the Fair Winds Charter to the end of 2014.

  • Tema Port in Ghana now has eight new MAFI R336 RoRo tractors
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    MAFI tractors for Ghana

    2014-02-20T16:23:00Z

    Germany''s MAFI Transport-Systeme GmbH has completed delivery of follow up tractor orders at Tema Port in Ghana meaning that the whole fleet has now been upgraded.