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  • Port Strategy: Finding the correct light levels allows for the safe handling of goods and equipment without compromising safety
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    Lighting the way

    2011-01-05T15:06:00Z

    John Bensalhia looks at the latest products, trends, financial and safety elements of port lighting

  • Line up for the Lunatic Express
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    All aboard

    2011-01-05T10:00:00Z

    Man eating lions, murder, political controversy, highs and lows - the so-called “Lunatic Line” has seen it all. Where is it? It is the railway built in the era of British East Africa that runs from Mombasa to Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria and on to Kampala in ...

  • Port Strategy: Finding the correct light levels allows for the safe handling of goods and equipment without compromising safety
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    Lighting the way

    2011-01-05T10:00:00Z

    John Bensalhia looks at the latest products, trends, financial and safety elements of port lighting

  • Seb Doderer: “Promoting the North Sea Region while ensuring it will represent a beacon for sustainable cruise”
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    North Sea sustainability: New area, new responsibility

    2011-01-05T10:00:00Z

    High growth rates in European cruise tourism have been recorded in particular for the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas – but the North Sea Region has so far not been recognised as a major cruise destination in its own right. However, this is something that is about to change.

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    Making the numbers count

    2011-01-03T10:00:00Z

    Calculating a return on investment is not always easy when dealing with IT, especially on a terminal operating system.

  • Tyne recognised that successful IT provision would add value and contribute to the port's success
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    Pragmatic provision

    2010-12-31T10:00:00Z

    Alex Hughes looks at port IT improvements in a new light

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    Twistlock sensor solution finally found

    2010-12-29T10:00:00Z

    The ability to weigh containers on-the-go has long been as aspiration of the container handling industry.

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    PSC overhaul could benefit ports

    2010-12-29T10:00:00Z

    Port state control is a phrase containing three impressive words, but it has to be read carefully. States, not ports, exercise control over ship quality.

  • Port Strategy: Insurance companies suggest that terminals adopt a load sensing system as part of an accident prevention programme
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    Too big for boxes

    2010-12-27T12:45:00Z

    Alex Hughes investigates the container weight challenges facing spreader manufacturers

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    Buoying Sino-Australian relations

    2010-12-24T10:00:00Z

    One of the ten agreements signed in June was a memorandum of understanding between China Development Bank and Aquila to explore development opportunities related to Aquila’s Queensland coal projects at Isaac Plains, Washpool and Eagle Down and Aquila’s West Pilbara iron ore project.

  • The Yangtze is showing firm growth
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    Yangtze throughput rise

    2010-12-23T17:18:00Z

    Statistics from the Yangtze River Administration show that throughput of general cargo via the major ports along the Yangtze trunk line has been growing substantially.

  • DP World is selling a three-quarter stake in its Australian facilities. Photo: A Jacobs
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    DP World sells off Aussie operations

    2010-12-23T16:54:00Z

    DP World has sold a 75% stake in its Australian facilities, the majority of which is going to Citi Infrastructure Investors.

  • Montreal's strong performance is partly due to the port’s dynamism
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    Study shows Montreal is central to recovery

    2010-12-23T16:53:00Z

    Montreal’s ability to emerge from recession has long been pointed to as a guide to what can be achieved from a downturn, but a global study has now outlined the port’s part in the picture.

  • Alberto Aleman Zubieta: "I'm not going to pay much attention to those types of things... I look at the factual reality"
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    Panama Canal dismisses WikiLeaks

    2010-12-23T16:53:00Z

    The Panama Canal’s administration has dismissed the apparent doubt outlined by the “WikiLeaks” quotes on the Canal expansion’s viability.

  • Cimbria Moduflex retractable chute
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    Keeping cement terminals clean

    2010-12-23T16:29:00Z

    Apart from alumina, cement is one of the most dusty dry bulk commodities. Spillage prevention during loading and unloading operations poses a major challenge.

  • Amoris’ barge unloading equipment can be seen on the port side just ahead of the wheelhouse.
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    New CSD for Antwerp dredging project

    2010-12-23T15:05:00Z

    Damen Dredging Equipment has handed over ''Amoris'', a one-off stationary cutter suction dredger which has gone straight to work on the AMORAS silt dredging and treatment project in the Port of Antwerp.

  • To the question, “show me the evidence” an effective response is to prepare a dashboard of Key Performance Indicators.
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    A chain reaction

    2010-12-23T10:00:00Z

    The challenge now is to develop processes that will deliver practicable, cost effective solutions toward sustainable development, argues Herman Journée and Chris Wooldridge.

  • The new demands lend themselves to transparency
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    Transparent handling

    2010-12-23T09:30:00Z

    The stimulus of legislation in Europe can be seen in the effect of such provisions as the General Food Law that is aims at food safety in the whole transport chain from seeds in the land to final product in the retail shops.

  • Developing roles for ECO SLC
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    Developing roles

    2010-12-23T08:15:00Z

    Chris Wooldridge of Cardiff University points out, “When the port sector started environmental research and development fifteen years ago, the initiative was focussed on cargo handling at the quay side, but now it must broaden its scope. Shipping is a global activity; it’s time to deliver integrated environmental management for ...

  • The stocking fillers may be lacking this season
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    No Christmas stocking for box ports

    2010-12-22T10:00:00Z

    The liner industry has entered the slow season. Normally the peak season comes around late August through early October, but this year it came early in the July-August period.