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NewsIndustry not backward - just smaller
It''s not that the port industry is necessarily a conservative one, “it''s more that they don''t easily benefit from innovation, as they are often limited in their resources," according to Simona Margarino of the Ports Adapting to Change (PATCH) initiative.
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NewsConsider the wider transport system
Automation is a big thing in the ports business, sometimes crucial to growth, and sometimes less so. At box terminals in New York, where the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post has put labour practices under a microscope, it is vital.
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NewsInvestors give nod to France port reforms
Reforms to legislation governing ports in France have resulted in incumbent port authorities ceding all operational control of terminals to private sector stevedores.
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2011 record year for Brazilian ports
The 886m tonnes of freight handled by Brazilian ports in 2011, a year-on-year increase of 6.25%, set a new record.
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Colombia ups port investment to $1.05bn
To allow Colombia to comply with regional free trade agreements, ports on both its Atlantic and Pacific coasts are to receive combined investment of $1.05bn.
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NewsGenoa Port Environmental Energy Plan
The port of Genoa reduces CO2 emissions by 20,000 tonnes every year thanks to €60m worth of investments in new energies - all part of the goal of the new Port Environmental Energy Plan (PEAP), says Luigi Merlo, President of Genoa Port Authority.
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NewsGreen concerns over Oz shipping boom
The Australian Green party is calling on the Oz Government to pause plans to increase fossil fuel exports and issue more port approvals until an upcoming environmental report by UNESCO has been published.
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NewsTerminal Modernisation at Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach has launched a $1,2 billion project to modernise the Middle Harbour terminal.
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Colombian box terminals to operate 24/7
The Colombian government is to switch to 24 hour operations for its port logistics zones and container yards from July.
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Spanish ports stats labelled ‘fictitious’
José Llorca, head of Spain''s National Ports Authority, has claimed that while it has received positive financial results from its various ports over the last few years, some of these were ‘fictitious’.
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Suape threatened with $50m fine
Suape Container Terminal has been asked to pay a fine of $50m related to a breach of an established labour agreement.
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APPA to issue 20-year investment plan
Paranaguá and Antonina Port Authority (APPA) is to issue a 20-year port expansion programme in June.
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EIB loans Rotterdam €900m
The European Investment Bank has made total loans of €900m available to the port of Rotterdam, the majority of which will be used to develop the Maasvlakte 2 outer harbour.
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Altamira issues bulk terminal tender
Altamira Port Authority has issued a tender in respect of the construction, fitting out, management and operation of Specialist Dry Bulk Terminal (TEGM).
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Valparaiso box concession could fail again
Asaf Ashar, ports consultant at the University of New Orleans, believes that the new tender proposed for Terminal 2 at the Chilean port of Valparaiso may well fail again.
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Ecuador to formalise port services
The government of Ecuador has introduced new directives that will formalise all services offered by those working within the ports industry.
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Brazil's private operators face tender threat
The Audit Commission of the Brazilian government has asked for four of the country’s private container terminal operators to demonstrate within 90 days that they are handling a balance of their own cargo and that of third parties.
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Auckland enters facilitation phase
Ports of Auckland and the Maritime Union of New Zealand commenced the Employment Relations Authority’s facilitation process in May in a bid to break their nine-month industrial dispute.
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Manta issues port tender
Manta Port Authority in Ecuador has issued a tender for a 25-year concession to not only expand the existing port, but also to operate it.
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NewsBalancing the portfolios
Swings in port ownership throughout southern Europe are changing the face of Mediterranean operations. Alex Hughes reports
