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NewsPlaying in the mud
Answers aren’t always obvious. Take the Port of Emden, in Germany which was probably the first big study on what is called ‘fluid mud’.
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NewsKeeping the balance: development and protection in Africa
While ports are part of the logistics chain with a decisive role in the protection of the marine environment, port expansion or development always raises a balancing problem of priority between environmental and social-economic issues.
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NewsEnvironmental Aspects of Dredging Seminar
An international seminar on the Environmental Aspects of Dredging organized by PAO (Post Graduate Education) at the Delft University of Technology, in cooperation with the IADC and CEDA, will be held at Deltares, Delft, on 10 and 11 March 2011.
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Four front
With so many lighting companies vying for port business, it can be difficult to choose the right product.
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NewsMarseilles Fos sees rise despite strikes
Cargo handled at Marseilles Fos reached 78.3 million tonnes to the end of November, pointing to an overall 3% rise on last year’s figures.
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NewsOptimism today - but wait to see follow up
Northern Europe''s 2010 performance gives cause for optimism, even though the coming year’s advances might have to wait a little, according to the latest Global Port Tracker for the region.
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NewsAustralian floods continue to hit coal ports
The Queensland floods, which in total have covered an area greater than France and Germany, continue to disrupt port operations.
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NewsSmall is beautiful
Los Angeles has devised a program to nurture entrepreneurs by making sure that the smallest of enterprises will gain access to the port’s professional service and construction contracts.
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NewsLighting the way
John Bensalhia looks at the latest products, trends, financial and safety elements of port lighting
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NewsAll aboard
Man eating lions, murder, political controversy, highs and lows - the so-called “Lunatic Line” has seen it all. Where is it? It is the railway built in the era of British East Africa that runs from Mombasa to Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria and on to Kampala in ...
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NewsLighting the way
John Bensalhia looks at the latest products, trends, financial and safety elements of port lighting
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NewsNorth Sea sustainability: New area, new responsibility
High growth rates in European cruise tourism have been recorded in particular for the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas – but the North Sea Region has so far not been recognised as a major cruise destination in its own right. However, this is something that is about to change.
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Making the numbers count
Calculating a return on investment is not always easy when dealing with IT, especially on a terminal operating system.
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Twistlock sensor solution finally found
The ability to weigh containers on-the-go has long been as aspiration of the container handling industry.
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PSC overhaul could benefit ports
Port state control is a phrase containing three impressive words, but it has to be read carefully. States, not ports, exercise control over ship quality.
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NewsToo big for boxes
Alex Hughes investigates the container weight challenges facing spreader manufacturers
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Buoying Sino-Australian relations
One of the ten agreements signed in June was a memorandum of understanding between China Development Bank and Aquila to explore development opportunities related to Aquila’s Queensland coal projects at Isaac Plains, Washpool and Eagle Down and Aquila’s West Pilbara iron ore project.
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NewsYangtze throughput rise
Statistics from the Yangtze River Administration show that throughput of general cargo via the major ports along the Yangtze trunk line has been growing substantially.
