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Long Beach makes 70% diesel pollution cut
The Port of Long Beach''s clean-air efforts are achieving dramatic across-theboard reductions in air pollution, including a 72 percent decline in diesel particulates, according to the latest comprehensive study.
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NewsDover's focus on efficiency
WITHIN A PORT context, ‘efficiency’ is usually a word associated with operational rather than environmental management, but it has been the mantra used to deliver real carbon savings at the Port of Dover.
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Cadiz concession delay
Six consortia have bid for the contract to build the new container terminal at the port of Cadiz, with a contract to be awarded in September. However, the operating concession will only be issued 18 months prior to the facility opening.
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Konecranes nets Lithuania contract
Konecranes has confirmed an order for three ship-to-shore cranes and seven rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Lithuania’s JSSC Klaipedos Smelte. The cranes will be delivered to the port of Klaipeda starting in the fourth quarter of 2012.
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NewsNew Report Ranks Top-20 Carriers
SeaIntel Maritime Analysis has developed an environmental benchmark index allowing direct comparisonbetween the 20 largest container carriers.
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NewsPlanning ahead pays off
Cranes with very long outreaches are now being put in position at major ports around the world. But is existing port infrastructure sufficient to be able to accommodate them?
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$600m Development for Port Bonython
Flinders Ports wants to build a $AUS600mill port with a three kilometre-long jetty at Port Bonython, near Whyalla, South Australia.
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NewsRotterdam barge terminal strategy pays environmental dividends
ALPHERIUM, THE LARGEST barge-connected inland terminal in the Netherlands, has proved such a success since it opened for business in October 2010 that the facility is already operating at capacity.
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Spaniards demand profitable ports
The Spanish cabinet has approved revisions to the National Port Law which will make it mandatory for ports to achieve a 2.5% annual surplus.
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Tampa lands federal security funding
Tampa Port Authority has secured some $2.6m in federal funding for security-related, collaborative initiatives.
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NewsLarger than life
The big ships are coming, but where are the orders for equipment to serve them asks Alex Hughes
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NewsMOL Earns Environmental Ratings from DBJ
Mitsui OSK Lines has purchased the DBJ Environmental Ratings from the Development Bank of Japan.
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NewsZero-Emission Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck
Vision Industries has delivered the world''s first zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell-electric Class 8 truck to Total Transportation Services Inc (TTSI).
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Chilean operators oppose Panitao tender
Armasur, the professional body representing maritime transport operators in Chile, is opposing the concession to build the proposed Punta Panitao port in the south of the country.
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Montevideo must offload empties
Uruguay''s National Ports Authority (ANP) wants to move empty containers outside the port of Montevideo to avoid operational collapse at the container terminal.
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TSB wins Busan community contract
Korea’s Total Soft Bank is to play a “key role” in BPA-NET, Busan’s port community system designed to “increase the efficiency of port operation”, to improve service quality, and create value-add. The company will provide software and service for the PCS.
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Libyan ports resume international operations
The security situation at the Libyan port of Tripoli and Benghazi has stabilised to such an extent that cargo vessels from both Italy and Malta have both made calls.
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NewsKiel’s opens up its vista
The Port of Kiel has opened its doors to the public with a new viewing terrace at its Schwedenkai Terminal.
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Meeting differing customer demands
When there’s no such thing as a ‘standard customer’, manufacturers face the challenge of producing a variety of products, each with their own characteristics, all priced differently.
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Humber region wins 'Enterprise Zone' status
The Humber region has been awarded ‘enterprise zone’ status creating significant financial incentives for new renewable energy businesses.
