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NewsLarger ships and less experience to blame for mooring incidents
Growing concern about mooring accidents, from both the shipping and stevedoring organisations, has led to calls for improvements in best practice to prevent deaths and injuries, particularly in dry bulk and containers trades.
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"Green" importance grows slowly in fenders
Growing global concerns for the environment are beginning to make their presence felt in the fender market, where ports are beginning to give "green" materials a greater importance.
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South Carolina Ports’ Strategic Plan Highlights Harbour Depth Advantage
October 20...The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) Board today adopted the first major update to the organization’s strategic plan in several years. The plan highlights Charleston’s tremendous harbour depth advantage, refines the agency’s mission and points to several areas of focus in the coming years.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers - Climate Change Report
19 October - Climate change, rising energy prices and increasing local sourcing are current and future challenges for the transport & logistics industry, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
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Cargotec's Polish unit
Cargotec has inaugurated a multi-assembly unit in Stargard Szczecinski, Northern Poland.
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NewsFendering Feature 2009 by Dave and Iain MacIntyre
Second class ''middle men'' are creating waves in the fender market, as Dave and Iain MacIntyre find out
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Technology isn't always the answer
In many manufacturing camps, the solution to driving sales figures is often thought to be tied to increased technology.
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NewsBarranquilla gets stripes
Colombia''s Barranquilla port has installed Zebra Enterprise Solutions'' NavisTM SPARCS to streamline terminal operations.
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Private sector installed on Magdalena River in Colombia
Colombia will receive $62m over the next 30 years from private-sector companies operating seven river port concessions and 24 coastal port concessions along the Magdalena River.
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Uganda to open Mombasa box terminal
A reciprocal agreement between Uganda and Kenya is to result in the construction of a dry dock and container terminal in the port of Mombasa to handle cargo from Uganda. These, it is hoped, will help reduce congestion. A 3,075-acre piece of land has been identified at the port and ...
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NewsGrab your conkers!
A carefully selected and properly maintained bulk unloader can save you money, as Patrik Wheater finds out
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NewsMore pressure on UK warehousing to come
As a consequence of changes to the Empty Property Rate (EPR) taxation in the UK, it has emerged that landlords are demolishing perfectly good warehouse property as a way of avoiding paying the substantial amounts of tax that unoccupied facilities now incur.
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NewsBaltimore pursues 3P project in advance of Panama Canal expansion
The Port of Baltimore''s first steps into a public-private partnership project are at the heart of its long term strategy. Felicity Landon reports
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Cavotec bulks up
Cavotec has won an order to supply advanced cable reel, control and steel chain technologies to the ThyssenKrupp group for installation on iron ore ship-loaders at Port Hedland in Western Australia. The equipment is set for 2010 delivery to China for installation on the ship-loaders.
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American Association of Port Authorities in Freight Stakeholders Coalition
The Freight Stakeholders Coalition, a group made up the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and shipper and surface transport trade associations in the US, is seeking a unified approach to Federal transport funding.
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As many as 2,500 South African merchant seafarers could be trained to form a pool of talent as navigation and engineering officers and deck crew members in the offshore industry.
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Chinese ports report growth
In July, the combined throughput of China''s coastal ports reached 500m tonnes, a growth of 12.9% over the corresponding 2008 month.
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NewsKonecranes' lighter touch
Konecranes has introduced a lightweight aluminium crane system for applications requiring high precision, less rolling resistance, low noise and corrosion-free extended durability and cleanliness.
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Manta still seeks private investor
Manta Port Authority is to transfer the shares held in Tide by HPH to another private company, now that HPH has pulled out of the deal.
