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What price Piraeus port sale?
COMMENT: Husnu Ozyegin, president of Fiba Holding, has done it again. Fiba is the owner of a 65% stake in Turkish container terminal Kumport and Ozyegin and has confirmed the sale of the Fiba group’s shareholding for a reported $940m, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsDepth perceptions
US East Coast ports are going deep, but it''s not all about the depth of water on offer, explains Martin Rushmere
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NewsGetting back in sync
COMMENT: In the past, I’ve sounded off about the port side of the business being out of sync with the carrier side: vessels are, frankly, way too big for terminals, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsBetter together
XVELA''s Manuel Perez discusses the urgent need to improve synergies between terminals and carriers
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NewsLiving with paradoxes
Maurice Jansen examines how ports can better face ever more complex issues
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Port co-operation and mega-ships
COMMENT: In the, often heated, discussions on the effects of mega-ships on shoreside infrastructure, let’s include the question of co-operation between nearby ports, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsPuerto Bahia up for sale
The next major phase of expansion of unit load traffic in the hub port of Cartagena will be at Puerto Bahia, the new dry cargo port. And the burning issue of the moment is which terminal operating company will oversee the forecast expansion.
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Getting the message out
COMMENT: Our innate ability to overtly promote ourselves as an industry means that we are failing to get the message out about the significance and the excitement of ports. We need some fresh thinking, writes Carly Fields.
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NewsTake cover
The Tianjin disaster is a timely reminder for ports to check their insurance liabilities.
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NewsFreewheeling finesse
Ports can mitigate the huge cost headache of tyres with some clever choices, explains Stevie Knight
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NewsReflections on glass
The glass industry is opening handling windows for ports. John Bensalhia reports
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NewsIs Ukraine's optimism misplaced?
COMMENT: Your Economist recently spent two days attending a conference on container shipping and ports in Odessa, where the popular catchphrase is “victory, freedom and peace” in that order, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsShale gas spillover
US Gulf ports welcome a breakbulk and project cargo handling boom. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsRunning partners
Are South African being left behind in the drive for bigger and better ports, asks AJ Keyes
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NewsHow remote can 'remote' be?
ABB''s Fredrik Johanson considers the possibility of control centres for multi-terminal remote crane operation
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NewsVirtually there
Rapidly advancing virtual reality technology is helping ports to look into the future, finds Felicity Landon
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Think hard about the yard
Bright Light Systems'' John Chalmers shines the spotlight on plasma technology
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NewsUS$8.5m LNG vessel incentive
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has offered companies SGD$12m (US$8.5m) funding for the building of LNG-fuelled vessels.
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NewsUS tackles port cyber security
As more US ports turn to automation to increase the efficiency of their operations, the House Homeland Security Committee warns they could be at risk of cyber-attacks.
