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Port access study for Bering Strait
The US Coast Guard is seeking input from the public to evaluate the need for establishing vessel routing measures in the Bering Strait.
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Dredging for Savannah
The Port of Savannah has received conditional blessing from the US Army Corps of Engineers in relation to the dredging plans to expand the US’s fourth-largest container port. The Corps have judged that the planned mitigation projects around the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge will offset the environmental costs of ...
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Port of Seattle wins environmental award
The Port of Seattle has won a national Green Fleet award recognising its use of alternative fuels including biodiesel, CNG and hybrid vehicles. It is also for its programmes relating to air quality and green practices.
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Zero emission trucks for Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach has entered a deal with Vision Motor Corporation to develop a hydrogen fuel cell/plug-in electric ''on-road'' truck and an electric zero-emission terminal tractor.
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Maryland promises to offset dredging pollution
Maryland Port in Baltimore has promised to offset pollution caused by dredging. The state Department of the Environment is requiring the Port Administration to limit or make up for the nitrogen and phosphorus expected to drain back into the Patapsco River from the dredged material to be placed in ...
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Port rail project gets funding
The Port of Los Angeles has been awarded $16 million toward a rail project that will both reduce pollution and ease congestion.
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NewsNew Initiatives
Explore the initiatives that will have a bearing on your future environmental strategy
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Shipping experts explore nuclear power potential
A consortium of British, American and Greek interests have agreed to investigate the practical maritime applications for small modular reactors (SMR) as commercial tanker-owners search for new designs that could deliver safer, cleaner and commercially viable forms of propulsion.
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NewsSmit and Boskalis sign merger protocol
Royal Boskalis Westminster and Smit International have signed a protocol for a full merger of the two companies. The transaction will be executed through an all cash public offer of €60 exdividend (instead of cum dividend as previously anticipated) by Boskalis for all outstanding shares in Smit.
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NewsSnow forces UK port closures
Heavy snow and icy conditions have brought two of the UK’s main hubs to a standstill, with Southampton and Felixstowe both shutting up shop today.
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Callao terminal up and running early
The latest and largest container terminal on South America’s west coast has been officially opened, a year ahead of schedule after just over two years of construction work.
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Revenue up for Essar
The ports division of Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics Ltd has announced a revenue increase of 53% for the quarter, year-on-year.
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Antwerp introduces major investment programme
The port of Antwerp has unveiled a $2.2bn investment programme, which it will implement over the next 15 years. The amount is double its previous budget and aims to increase its competitiveness, as well as maintaining its position as Europe''s number two port. As from 2011, port dues will be ...
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Brazil’s u-turn on concession extensions
The Brazilian government has declared that it will not extend concession agreements signed by port terminals before the 1993 Modernisation of Ports Act in contradiction to a resolution passed by the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq) allowing such renewals.
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Paperless ports to boost Brazilian throughput
Brazil''s Ports Secretariat (SEP) is to tackle a lack of information, communications problems, non-registered documents and a lack of operational security at its ports.
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Port Botany racked with congestion
The new IT system at DP World''s Port Botany container terminal in Australia has been blamed for serious delays at the facility.
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FLAGSHIP box terminal optimisation win
FLAGSHIP, a consortium of over 40 partners in the European maritime industry, has implemented the first integrated real-time optimisation system to target congestion in container terminals.
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NewsTiming issues
Dalian, north China''s largest operator, is the latest port to test the murky capital financing markets with a listing on the Shanghai stock exchange.
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NewsGlobal funds win Brisbane lease
An investment consortium has won the right to a 99-year lease to operate the Port of Brisbane.
