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NewsDo-it-yourself or bring in the experts?
The industry is divided over the merits of using consultants versus ports setting up their own systems. Accenture says (perhaps surprisingly) both have their uses.
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DP World goes all-electric in Sydney
DP World’s Port Botany terminal will receive four Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes by the end of the year.
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NewsLibyan government claims victory over Misurata
Libya’s heavily contested port of Misurata has fallen to regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, according to unconfirmed reports from the country’s Foreign Ministry.
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NewsFos stevedores transfer to private companies
National agreements on French port reforms will come into force at Marseilles-Fos from May, with the transfer of some 400 port authority personnel to private or part-private stevedoring companies.
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NewsTrelleborg berthing aid reduces accident risk
Manufacturer Trelleborg Marine Systems has launched a portable docking aid to improve berthing safety.
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NewsSolution without a problem
KPIs are powerful tools, but there''s dissent in how to best set and apply them. Martin Rushmere reports
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Investment grows for Middle East Gulf ports
Nearly all of the 35 ports in the Middle East Gulf region are currently undergoing expansion, with $46.5bn already committed. This follows $38.2bn invested up to 2008 and $38.5bn alone in 2009.
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NewsRadiation checks reveal common policy void
As April ended and May started, ships that had called at Japanese ports post-radiation leaks finally found their way to European and US ports. And what greeted them was a disjointed mix of reactions and confused strategies on screening and decontamination plans.
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Eco-straddle carriers for Burchardkai
Hamburg terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has placed an order for 14 Kalmar 7+ generation ESC350W diesel-electric straddle carriers.
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Meclift expanding sales in Latin America
Finnish handling equipment manufacturer Meclift is growing its Latin American market. It sold the first unit of its ML1612R Variable Reach Truck to Brazil and signed a distribution agreement with F&F Comércio e Representacões Ltda in 2010. 2011 has already seen almost all the company’s production capacity sold to Latin ...
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Abandoned port calls double in Brazil
Excessive waiting times at Brazil''s 17 leading ports resulted in 850 cancellations of shipping line calls in 2010, compared with just 457 cancellations the previous year.
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Coronel dry bulk volume up
The amount of dry bulk handled by the Chilean port of Coronel over a 12 month period beginning in February 2010 grew by 265%.
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Driving the economic engines
‘Portcentric’ isn’t a term generally used in the US – rather, there is a good deal of talk about ports being economic engines or providing opportunities to connect to markets, says Bruce Lambert, executive director of the Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies in New Orleans.
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NewsLiebherr unveils heavyweight MHC
Liebherr is to launch a new Mobile Harbour Crane model at TOC Europe 2011 to bridge the gap between the LHM 550 and the LHM 280.
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Barcelona - Spain's green port
Barcelona port intends to convert itself into the greenest in Spain.
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Durban eyes $14.5bn expansion
Mafika Mkwanazi, chairman of Transnet, has revealed that the organisation is considering building a new $14.5bn port in Durban.
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Tacna draws in speculators
Approximately 19 companies from different parts of the world have indicated an interest in building a new port in Peru on the coast at Tacna. The cost of the project has been estimated at $180m, although yet to be decided is how this will be raised. Both public financing or ...
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A central role
The port-centric concept can cut supply chain costs, reduce carbon footprints and improve customer service, finds Felicity Landon
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NewsWater for dusty Saldanha
A new source of water that will help control iron ore dust at the Saldanha bulk terminal is nearing completion.
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New box terminal call for JNPT
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called for the development of a new 200,000 teu container terminal at JNPT to ease congestion. It would also like to see new warehousing zones, the creation of integrated logistics parks and simplified customs procedures to ensure the smooth transit of containers.
