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  • Application of proactive safety
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    “Design in Safety” or “Design for Safety”?

    2010-06-30T11:36:00Z

    When developing cargo handling equipment, manufacturers need not just to consider the concept of “Designed-in Safety” but also to introduce a “Design for Safety” methodology. Hannu Oja, Konecranes’ Director of Port Technology, explains the differences

  • In a European port
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    Is “safe” really safe?

    2010-06-27T11:12:00Z

    In safety, as in the environment, there is often a gap between theory and practice. Tatiana Eggert, of HPTI, investigates

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    IMO works to ensure safe lashing of deck containers

    2010-06-26T11:45:00Z

    Some “momentous” decisions concerning deck lashing of containers were made at the recent meeting of the IMO’s DSC sub-committee meeting

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    Safety performance: important progress

    2010-06-26T10:32:00Z

    Henrik Kristensen detailed APM Terminals’ Safety Culture implementation and approach, which have established new standards of safety performance for the container industry, while addressing the 2nd ICHCA Safe Cargo Handling Seminar in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • Evolution of the carbon footprint
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    Gijon monitors its ecological footprint

    2010-06-24T10:04:00Z

    MC3 methodology has been used for the past nine years to measure the Carbon Footprint of the northern Spanish port

  • Port Strategy: "Friendliness of maintenance is as good, if not better than, fixed plant, while the overall cost of operation is low," Andrew Mitchell, B&W
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    Long life promises

    2010-06-24T10:00:00Z

    If well maintained, there is no reason a Sennebogen materials handler cannot remain in service for at least two decades, claims the manufacturer.

  • Port Strategy: LA's Geraldine Knatz describes the tax move as a 'shot in the arm'
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    Proposed “tax holiday” for LA port businesses

    2010-06-23T15:27:00Z

    Port of Los Angeles executive director Geraldine Knatz has welcomed the proposal of a “Business Tax Holiday” for new businesses opening in Los Angeles.

  • Port Strategy: Valenciaport president Rafael Aznar celebrates international commitment to PCGC project
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    International ports confirm commitment to cluster study

    2010-06-23T15:27:00Z

    An agreement has been signed that brings a wide ranging and international group of port clusters together with Valencia port to examine best practice issues.

  • Port Strategy: George Osborne, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, has removed the rates burden on port business
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    UK budget brings backdated rates reprieve

    2010-06-23T15:27:00Z

    This week''s UK Budget announced funding to waive £175m of backdated business rates demands that had been levied on ports businesses.

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    Marco Polo call passes landmark

    2010-06-23T15:26:00Z

    With 101 proposals received by the call deadline, the third Marco Polo II call for project proposals has attracted a record number of submissions in 2010, beating all previous calls since its 2007 launch.

  • The UTC terminal with construction underway in 2007
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    Ukrtranscontainer will have its day in court

    2010-06-23T15:26:00Z

    The claim by Ukrtranscontainer (UTC) against the Ukrainian Government for investment rights violation is moving into the European Court of Human Rights.

  • Botany’s construction has helped boost the region
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    Port Botany expansion benefits region

    2010-06-23T15:26:00Z

    Construction companies and workers across New South Wales have reaped the rewards from the State Government’s A$1bn (US$876m) Port Botany Expansion project.

  • Don’t blink or you’ll miss it – the whole security check takes two seconds
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    Iris scanner for Philadelphia terminal

    2010-06-23T15:26:00Z

    The Port of Philadelphia has started to enrol warehouse workers at its Greenwich Terminal into a new - and fast - biometric security system.

  • Port Strategy: APM Terminals managed to increase profits when lines were suffering
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    Astute management could have repercussions

    2010-06-23T10:00:00Z

    The global container terminal operators reported profits in 2009 despite the shipping global recession and shipping calamity.

  • Port Strategy: Impressed by B&W's mobile loader productivity, Gleadell is investing in another for its Great Yarmouth terminal
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    Free and easy

    2010-06-23T10:00:00Z

    Alex Hughes investigates why mobile harbour cranes continue to meet the needs of many terminals

  • opportunity to have an impact on improving ecological standards
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    Sustainability: Accelerating Environmental Initiatives

    2010-06-22T10:27:00Z

    Henrik Kristensen, Head of Corporate Responsibilities at APM Terminals, outlines the company’s strategy for sustainability implementation strategy at

  • Overveiw of the environmental calculation
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    How to evaluate transport’s environmental performance

    2010-06-21T17:20:00Z

    Society’s environmental interest has evolved from a strong focus on local health effects towards more regional impacts on nature. Now, the focus is on global climate change and the use of finite and fossil resources. Thus, evaluation models for transport logistics environmental performance follow the same development path. Magnus Swahn ...

  • Port Strategy: Truck drivers can now self-serve at automated gates, saving time
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    The gate keepers

    2010-06-21T10:00:00Z

    An intelligent gate system is fast becoming a terminal ''must-have'', as Alex Hughes explains

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    Kuifeend nature conservation area

    2010-06-20T16:50:00Z

    The Kuifeend + Grote Kreek nature conservation area lies within the Antwerp North railway marshalling yard, right in the middle of the port of Antwerp.

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    Ready for biofuels?

    2010-06-20T10:59:00Z

    Richard Sadler, CEO of Lloyd’s Register, analyses the effect of biofuels on the shipping industry.