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Plug-in port standards set
Classification society RINA has launched new voluntary environmental standards to allow ships to connect to shore-based electricity while in port, reducing harbour air pollution.
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Pilbara multi-port authorities safe
Plans to set up a single entity port authority for the Pilbara region have been ditched by the Western Australia Government. A change of government from Labor to Liberal preceded the decision to remain with various region port authority boards, including representatives from major shippers.
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If you did not anticipate it, blame the economists
The last two weeks has made me think that it is time to change professions. Being an economist is becoming unpleasant. Reading the newspapers and attending industry conferences can be very depressing. Why does everyone like to pick on economists when the shipping executives make irrational decisions?
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Indonesia needs mega-port
Users of Indonesia''s Tanjung Priok Port have again called for the merger of its two container terminals - Jakarta International Container Terminal and Koja Container Terminal - to form a major hub able to compete with those in nearby Singapore, Malaysia and China.
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ABB cranes go the regenerative route
Changing the way cranes use energy can have a major positive impact on energy use, as ABB have proved with the introduction of their automatic cranes.
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NewsValencia expansion on track
Bucking the weak global operating climate, Valencia port authority has confirmed to Port Strategy that its proposed extension works are running to schedule, and that it does not intend to postpone the works or the concession.
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Bromma's green specs
Spreader specialist Bromma has developed green specification guidelines to aid port planners.
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Cochin gets first middle-size VTMS in India
The first middle-size Vessel Tracking and Management System operating in India has been installed in Cochin port. The project makes use of VTS database customisation, meaning that the system, which includes a number of Transas software and hardware components, can be tailored according to a port''s needs.
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NewsLos Angeles looks to the sun for answers
The use of electric vehicles saves a great deal of oil, but arguably shifts the demand from one type of fossil hydrocarbon to another, on the basis that the electricity has to come from somewhere.
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NewsThree new ports for São Paulo
Government planners in Brazil have identified three possible new port sites in Sã o Paolo State. Two are at Ubatuba on the northern coast and one at Peruí be on the south coast.
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NewsEnergy: We must do more with less
Port operators should take heed of energy-guzzling space race pioneers, as Stuart Pearcey explains
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Ust-Luga boundaries in place
Russia''s Baltic port of Ust-Luga has officially had its boundaries defined by the central government. This has been done to make foreign and Russian investment in the port more attractive. Located close to the border with the European Union, the port can accommodate bulk carriers of up to 75,000 dwt ...
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Chilean ports suffer in downturn
Several Chilean ports are suffering as a result of the current economic downturn.
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NewsBiggest ever combiwall?
The Port of Muuga on the Gulf of Finland south coast is seeing what could be, said Danish contractor Per Aarsleff, the largest ever combination steel-pile retaining wall ever built.
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Angola restructures ports
The Angolan Transport Minister, Augusto Tomá s, has announced a radical reform of the Merchant Marine and ports sector as a means of restructuring and modernising them. Management is to be improved and congestion at ports, such as Luanda, reduced.
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JN Port wants wider channel
Jawaharlal Nehru Port is to finally issue a new tender for the deepening and widening of the main harbour channel. This aspiration of the port authority has been ongoing since 2004. Forecast cost has now reached $178.7m.
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Santos to concession part of Barnabé
Santos Port Authority (Codesp) has held public hearings in respect of future bids for a concession on the island of Barnabé , which is located on the left bank of the port. The 38,398 square metre site is currently occupied by Vopak.
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NewsKatoen Natie seeks to stop second Montevideo box terminal
The Belgian company Katoen Natie, majority shareholder in Terminal Cuenca de la Plata (TCP), is to ask the government of Uruguay to cancel the second container terminal project at the port of Montevideo.
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NewsPort Develoment Photos MottMac
In the UK capital, waste from many London boroughs is routinely transported by barge down the Thames to landfill in Essex. However, a waste-to-energy power station is being constructed at Belvedere on Halfway Reach in east London to reduce landfill volumes and supplement national power supply.
