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Koper Plan Adopted
The Government has endorsed the National Spatial Plan (NSP) for the Port of Koper.
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NewsPort of Gothenburg receives International Environmental Award
THE PORT OF GOTHENBURG has received an international award for its contribution to cleaner shipping.
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NewsIndia’s major port shake up
Following India’s plan to create seven new deep water facilities, it also seems that its major ports, so named because they are government owned, may be facing a challenging reorganisation.
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NewsChallenging a communication culture
Ineffective communication could be losing port and terminal operations significant sums of hard money. Or, as Captain John Wright of WrightWay Training told Port Strategy, “One plus one plus one doesn’t always equal three.”
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NewsClean fuel will save lives in port areas
A research paper published this week showed that air pollution near ports and next to shipping lanes drops dramatically when vessels shift to cleaner, low-sulphur fuels.
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Productivity now mandatory at Santos
All concessionaires at the port of Santos will have to meet minimum productivity standards in future or risk having their concessions withdrawn.
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EU to reform ports legislation
European Commissioner Siim Kallas has announced a policy to be in place by 2013 to reform ports policy by reducing the administrative burden placed on ports.
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Dover welcomes Brazilian mission
The Port of Dover recently welcomed a delegation from the Association of Road Freight companies of Brazil, a syndicate of over 7,000 freight companies in the Great São Paulo area as part of their fact finding trip to the UK.
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ICTSI's automation boost
International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) has stepped up terminal automation at its flagship Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in the Philippines and Suape Container Terminal (SCT) in Recife, Brazil.
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New AGVs replace first-generation vehicles
Gottwald is supplying 22 automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in Rotterdam, a long-term customer.
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Kalmar grows Chinese presence
Cargotec is continuing its growth in the competitive Chinese port equipment market through a new order from Cosco Pacific subsidiary Jinjiang Pacific Ports Development (JPPDC).
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TOS for Polish inland facility
PCC Intermodal is to start to deploy an Autostore Terminal Operating System (TOS) at its Kutno inland terminal in central Poland, a key national and international railroad nexus.
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Crane gives Odense flexibility
The recent acquisition of a Liebherr mobile harbour crane has gained the Odense Port Terminal at Lindø more than one kind of efficiency.
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Barcelona gains information system
HITT''s subsidiary in Canada, Klein Systems Group, is to provide the Spanish port of Barcelona with a Port Management Information System.
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Humber’s ‘reasonable’ renewable bid
The Humber region of the UK has been awarded ‘enterprise zone’ status creating significant financial incentives for new renewable energy businesses, but it’s a cut down version of the original plan.
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NewsShiploader to the rescue
Since a March storm destroyed the Store Norske Spitsbergen Grubekompani (SNSG) aged loading equipment, the company has been trying to replace it – but its been left with a very tight timeframe.
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NewsDeep pockets and a lot of patience
Remember that base line rule in port planning, supply of new capacity must take place in advance of demand?
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NewsTaking the weight
A lack of research and price pressures could hold back cable and wire development, finds Alex Hughes
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NewsNew Bromma Roadmap™
Stockholm-based Bromma, introduced a new suite of terminal productivity tools designed to keep spreader operations in a “green zone” of higher performance.
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NewsThe Berbera option
Ethiopia, which has had more than one spat with Djibouti over the access it gets to its port facilities, the service levels available there and the price it pays for these, is soon to have a new port gateway made available to it.
