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    Navis sets out software aspirations

    2016-06-22T13:49:00Z

    Navis is to develop its terminal operating systems to cover smaller terminals and investigate software-as-a-service based platforms, according to new president Benoit de la Tour.

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    Mclean’s “fresh perspectives” for Bromma

    2016-06-22T13:13:00Z

    Bromma’s new president is keen to bring a “fresh perspective” to the Swedish spreader manufacturer’s business.

  • Innovation 'incubator' to drive Navis product development
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    Navis launches operational innovation lab

    2016-06-22T13:13:00Z

    Navis has launched an “operational innovation laboratory” in Rotterdam focused on improving the impact of software on operational performance and advancing the technical integration of processes, systems and users at container terminals.

  • Lorène Grandidier, vice chair of the PEMA Safety & Environment Committee
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    PEMA explores key issues for port operations

    2016-06-22T10:48:00Z

    The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published three information papers exploring key issues for port and terminal operations to include shore side power and lighting technologies.

  • Alphatron Marine to provide discount to Green Award ships
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    Recognising Green Award ships

    2016-06-22T10:38:00Z

    Alphatron Marine will reward Green Award certified ships with a 10% discount on a range of its products and services for both sea-going and inland navigation ships.

  • There's less money to be made from terminal operations. Credit: Dieter Gora
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    Operations risk/return ratio increasingly skewed

    2016-06-22T10:23:00Z

    Container terminal operators are facing mounting risks and diminishing returns in a climate characterised by port modal share volatility and uncertainty.

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    DBA wins Baku contract

    2016-06-21T15:40:00Z

    The DBA Group has reached an agreement with Baku International Sea Trade Port to supply architecture and engineering services for the new Port of Baku in Alat.

  • Cavotec has secured a contract to install a combined mooring and battery charging system on a Finnish passenger ferry
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    Cavotec wins Finland ferry contract

    2016-06-21T14:26:00Z

    Engineering group, Cavotec, has won a second order for a combined automated mooring and battery charging system for a hybrid passenger ferry in Finland.

  • Ports need to prepare for the worst. Credit: Equipe Integrada
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    Contingency planning now essential for VGM

    2016-06-21T14:09:00Z

    Just days until the enforcement date of the IMO’s SOLAS amendment on container weighing, the industry is being told to put contingency plans in place as upwards of 70% of containers are expected at ports without a verified gross mass come July 1, according to ICHCA International.

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    More delays to Brazilian concession programme

    2016-06-21T12:14:00Z

    In Brazil, Wellington Moreira Franco, the minister responsible for the country’s port concession programme, has asked for patience in respect of difficulties that have emerged in implementation.

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    Posorja to become major industrial zone

    2016-06-21T12:14:00Z

    Otto Bottger, DP World''s commercial manager for the South American west coast and future director of the Posorja container terminal, has confirmed that the operator is to invest $1.2bn in its latest project.

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    Contecon's Posorja legal challenge rejected

    2016-06-21T12:14:00Z

    A request by Contecon, the ICTSI company which operates the container terminal at the port of Libertador Simón Bolívar de Guayaquil, to have DP World''s Posorja concession suspended as a precautionary measure has been turned down by Ecuador''s competition authority, the Superintendencia de Poder de Control de Mercado (SPCM).

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    Auditor General investigates Quetzal contracts

    2016-06-21T12:14:00Z

    Guatemala’s Auditor General, Carlos Mencos, has filed a criminal complaint in respect of 19 contracts that are in force in the Port of Quetzal (EPQ) on the grounds that they transfer public powers to the private sector.

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    Darwin commits to US$18.5m development

    2016-06-21T12:14:00Z

    Infrastructure investments are being planned for the Port of Darwin that will expand its reefer, general cargo and cruise ship capability.

  • Victorian government needs to look further ahead. Credit: David Wallace
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    Melbourne needs future-proofing

    2016-06-21T12:14:00Z

    Long-term port planning in the Australian state of Victoria needs to improve if it is to handle its future freight task, according to Opposition infrastructure and ports spokesman David Hodgett.

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    Australia lays down weighing law

    2016-06-21T12:14:00Z

    The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has issued its final decision on rules for ports and shippers regarding container weighing protocols.

  • PSA has invested in 22 new AGVs
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    PSA strengthens AGV fleet

    2016-06-21T11:35:00Z

    PSA Singapore (PSA) has invested in 22 new Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) for its container terminals, bringing the fleet to 30 units.

  • Environmental experts have warned MPs and peers of the dangers posed by marine litter
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    PLA backs Cleaner Thames campaign

    2016-06-21T10:32:00Z

    The Port of London Authority (PLA) is backing a campaign to rid the Thames of marine litter as environmental experts warn MPs and peers of increasing danger to marine life.

  • MoorMaster AMS units during At Sea Demonstrations
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    Cavotec nets second combined MoorMaster order

    2016-06-20T16:38:00Z

    Cavotec has announced that it has won a second order for its combined MoorMaster and battery charging system for a hybrid passenger ferry application in Finland.

  • Drax trains at Liverpool biomass terminal
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    Shifting freight sustainably

    2016-06-20T15:26:00Z

    The Port of Liverpool has its focus firmly on sustainable freight transfer. To date its completed 400 rail transfers to Drax power station in North Yorkshire.