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    Liebherr secures RMG and STS orders

    2012-03-30T10:00:00Z

    Liebherr is celebrating two key orders for rail-mounted gantry cranes and ship-to-shore cranes.

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    Kalmar SmartPower RTG improves fuel use

    2012-03-30T10:00:00Z

    Cargotec has unveiled a new rubber-tyred gantry crane which promises minimised fuel consumption.

  • PANYNJ was front of the queue for the fast-tracked process to be applied to its 'Raise the Roadway' project. Credit: Tom Giebel
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    Presidential infrastructure order to aid US ports

    2012-03-29T16:01:00Z

    President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that will help expedite the permitting and review process for US government infrastructure projects, which will directly benefit US ports.

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    Go fish and keep good staff on the hook

    2012-03-29T16:00:00Z

    We are bombarded on a daily basis with spiralling unemployment figures. So dire is the job market in many countries that you would be forgiven for thinking that employees would put up with anything just to keep what they have.

  • Mohammed Sharaf: efficiencies and capacity investments “are now reaching a mature phase” which will help profits
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    DP World rides the world’s markets

    2012-03-29T16:00:00Z

    After getting its cash flow and net debt back under control as a result of good performance and the selling of 75% of its Australian operations, DP World has “a solid platform” underfoot, but there remain challenges.

  • New WCPI initiative will target the challenges of LNG bunkering and storage at ports
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    Ports prepare for arrival of LNG-fuelled ships

    2012-03-29T16:00:00Z

    In preparation for the imminent arrival of LNG-fuelled ships, a working group has been set up within the World Ports Climate Initiative to consider the standardisation of the safety aspects of LNG bunkering operations at worldwide ports.

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    DP World splashes cash on loan repayment

    2012-03-29T15:31:00Z

    Cash-rich DP World is to repay a $3bn loan outstanding under its revolving credit facility due to mature in October 2012. The repayments will take place between 4 and 10 April 2012.

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    APMT injury and CO2 wins

    2012-03-29T15:31:00Z

    APM Terminals’ 2011 Sustainability Report reveals a 21% decrease in Lost Time Injury Frequency, and a 16.5% per teu reduction in CO2 emissions, but admits there is still much to be done.

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    APMT seals Moin concession deal

    2012-03-29T15:31:00Z

    APM Terminals has passed the final hurdle for its Moin Container Terminal concession, gaining the final endorsement from Costa Rica’s Comptroller General Office in March.

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    Peru to handle 2m teu by 2014

    2012-03-29T10:00:00Z

    Peru’s National Port Authority has forecast that cargo handled by its national ports network will rise by 14%-15% on average over the next five years.

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    Valencia focuses on strategic priorities

    2012-03-28T09:40:00Z

    There was little talk of transhipment costs or container investments being frozen by the Port of Valencia at a recent workshop held at the London School of Economics.

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    Qube buys into Melbourne lease

    2012-03-28T09:40:00Z

    Assets and leases held by Westgate at Victoria Dock in Melbourne have been bought by Qube Logistics in a deal worth A$47m (US$49.3m).

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    Manta close to finalising tender

    2012-03-28T09:39:00Z

    Guillermo Morán, managing director of Manta port authority in Ecuador, has publicly stated that the organisation is close to finalising terms and conditions for the international tender that will result in a complete new container terminal complex being built at the port.

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    Onshore power reduces impact

    2012-03-27T17:30:00Z

    In this article Susan Dutt, manager of sustainability at the Port of Gothenburg, investigates the possibilties of decreasing environmental impact through the use of onshore power.

  • The European Commission has proposed new rules aimed at tightening the law on ship recycling
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    Commission wants new rules on shipbreaking

    2012-03-27T15:28:00Z

    The European Commission wants to reform the ship recycling industry through a proposal to tighten the law on shipbreaking.

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    Annulled Liscont concession extension deemed illegal

    2012-03-27T10:00:00Z

    The arbitration committee set up to decide whether Lisbon Port Authority was right in annulling the concession extension it granted to Liscont has ruled in favour of the terminal operator.

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    Melbourne fee rattles shipper cages

    2012-03-27T10:00:00Z

    Cargo interests have reacted against the proposed port licensing fee at Melbourne, with the Australian Peak Shippers'' Association describing the plan as "unacceptable".

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    NZ Productivity criticism refuted

    2012-03-27T10:00:00Z

    CentrePort Wellington chief executive Blair O’Keeffe says a Productivity Commission report on the local ports sector fails to acknowledge the dramatic surge in freight handled successfully over the past two decades.

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    Concordia fuel removal completed

    2012-03-26T16:25:00Z

    The works to remove fuel from the wreck of the capsized luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the Italian coast on 13 January, has been completed.

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    Felixstowe calls for axing of off-peak passenger trains

    2012-03-26T16:13:00Z

    Passenger trains sometimes carrying only three people are taking up rail paths that could be used by 30-wagon freight trains on the branch line to and from the Port of Felixstowe, Hutchison Ports UK chief executive David Gledhill has said.