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  • Cleaning up the Port of Mina Zayed
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    Divers clean up Abu Dhabi ports

    2012-05-02T10:00:00Z

    Abu Dhabi Terminals (ADT) is demonstrating its commitment to protecting the marine environment - its just completed a two day diving campaign to clean up the seabeds of the Emirate’s ports and marinas.

  • EC flag: European Parliament
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    Devil in the detail

    2012-05-02T10:00:00Z

    The proposed European Commission directive on the award of services and works concession contracts covers a broad spectrum of concessioning details that most EU operators currently take for granted.

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    Port consultants team up

    2012-05-02T10:00:00Z

    Consultants HR Wallingford and UK Port Advisers have formed an alliance to advise clients on both strategic and technical considerations.

  • APM Aarhus, driving operations by wind
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    APM uses wind to power terminal

    2012-05-02T09:47:00Z

    Denmark’s APM Terminals Cargo Service has announced that it has formed a new partnership with DONG Energy, to reduce the operator’s energy consumption and CO2 emissions at the port of Aarhus.

  • Tacoma – a strategic view for the next ten years
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    Tacoma ten year plan

    2012-05-02T08:47:00Z

    The Port of Tacoma has announced its strategic development plan for the next ten years – the culmination of a year’s worth of research with customers, the local community and employees.

  • Eniram has developed an easy to use Dynamic Trimming Assistant (DTA) which provides real time recommendations to achieve energy savings
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    Weathering the storm

    2012-05-01T14:48:00Z

    Unforgiving environmental targets have compounded already difficult market conditions to stretch shipping operators to breaking point, but there is a way to tackle both challenges and save money, says Henrik Dahl, co-founder and CTO of Finnish shipping data analytics specialist Eniram.

  • Sealed EC port concessions, including that of Piraeus, will avoid the incoming legislation. Credit: Pavlos
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    Regulatory overload

    2012-05-01T10:00:00Z

    HFW''s Anthony Woolich examines new proposals on the award of concession contracts to ports and terminals

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    Konecranes nets ASC order

    2012-05-01T10:00:00Z

    Manufacturer Konecranes has received an order for 20 automated stacking cranes from Global Terminal & Container Services in New Jersey, marking Konecranes’ second ASC delivery to the US.

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    Argentinean Liebherr cranes order

    2012-05-01T10:00:00Z

    Liebherr Container Cranes has won an order for the supply of one ship-to-shore container crane to Exolgan Container Terminal, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • MPA has unveiled a new fleet of low emission patrol craft
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    Low emission patrol craft for Singapore

    2012-05-01T09:30:00Z

    The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has unveiled its brand new fleet of six low emission patrol craft.

  • RINA is helping shipowners to save on fuel
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    RINA focuses on fuel savings

    2012-04-30T12:45:00Z

    International classification society RINA has launched a new complete package to help shipowners save fuel and reduce emissions.

  • APM Aarhus, driving operations by wind
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    APM uses wind to power terminal

    2012-04-30T11:57:00Z

    Denmark’s APM Terminals Cargo Service has announced that it has formed a new partnership with DONG Energy, to reduce the operator’s energy consumption and CO2 emissions at the port of Aarhus.

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    Santos Brasil and APMT fight for Brazilian terminals

    2012-04-30T10:00:00Z

    According to terminal operator Santos Brasil, it is studying three possible new concessions in Brazil, two of which will be in the port of Suape and one at Manaus.

  • Export Processing Zones have stopped being the low-hanging fruit for hinterland development
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    A panacea no more

    2012-04-30T10:00:00Z

    A "must-have" for hinterland development has long been seen as the establishment of export processing/free trade zones.

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    Cargotec secures slew of Kalmar orders

    2012-04-30T10:00:00Z

    Cargotec has secured an order to deliver 13 Kalmar reachstackers and four Kalmar empty container handlers to Europe Container Terminals, supported by a five-year maintenance agreement. The order has been booked for the first quarter of 2012.

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    APS wins South America first

    2012-04-30T10:00:00Z

    Brazil’s Terminal de Conteineres de Paranagua has selected APS Technology for its gate OCR and rail OCR at its terminal, marking the first on-dock rail OCR solution to be installed in South America.

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    Baltimore top of the US ports for growth

    2012-04-27T10:00:00Z

    The Port of Baltimore is celebrating a 15% increase in annual cargo volumes, marking the greatest growth of any major US port last year.

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    New Brazilian dry bulk concession due in May

    2012-04-27T10:00:00Z

    The Brazilian state of Pará is to issue a $546m tender for a dry bulk terminal at the port of Outeiro in May.

  • Harbour depths cause more tension between US ports than hinterland rivalry, as Georgia and Savannah can attest to.
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    Customer capture

    2012-04-27T10:00:00Z

    In the hinterland chase, Europe goes international while the US sees a demography shift, as Martin Rushmere explains

  • The TT Club is working towards safer supply chains
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    TT Club growth up

    2012-04-27T09:41:00Z

    The TT Club has announced 8.5% growth in premium income for 2011 – maintaining a strong financial platform last year, despite challenging marketing conditions including the Japanese tsunami and Thai floods.