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    Coal - can it warm a cool economy?

    2009-02-23T12:24:00Z

    Can coal bring a much needed fillip to stagnating bulk ports? Stevie Knight finds out

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    EC calls for third short sea funding proposals

    2009-02-22T12:24:00Z

    The European Commission (EC) has published its third call for proposals for freight transport services under its second Marco Polo programme.

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    ZIM abandons Indian consortium

    2009-02-22T12:24:00Z

    Israeli shipping line Zim has pulled out of the group building the container terminal project at Ennore in India.

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    Liscont concession extension legal

    2009-02-21T12:24:00Z

    Portugal''s Office of Port and Maritime Transport has found that the extension granted to Liscont for the concession of its container terminal in the port of Lisbon is not anti-competitive. Given particular examination was the fact that majority shareholder Mota-Engil (82.95%) also has interests in other terminals in the port.

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    Naples operators back port revival

    2009-02-20T12:24:00Z

    Operators at the port of Naples recently got together with representatives of the port authority and the Transport Department of the regional government to discuss ways of tackling future challenges at the port.

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    Pollution - the big clean up

    2009-02-20T12:24:00Z

    Port pollution control has taken on a life of its own, as Stevie Knight finds out

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    An individual perspective

    2009-02-20T12:24:00Z

    David Jacobs of CWA has a very  personal view  of pollution issues. A ship''s master for many years, he is now a senior consultant and acts as arbitration for various maritime pollution cases.

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    Puget Sound ports go cleaner

    2009-02-19T12:24:00Z

    The Puget Sound''s air quality has just got another boost. The Ports of Seattle, Tacoma and PSCAA put in match funding to complement an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grant of over $300,000.

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    Virginia PA retrofits exhausts

    2009-02-19T12:24:00Z

    Virginia Port Authority''s (VPA) "Green Operators" (GO) programme  have got   the Evans Network on board its initiative by offering to retrofit  the independent contractors'' trucks serving the ports.

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    Lines in Vietnam JV

    2009-02-19T12:24:00Z

    Mitsui OSK Lines, Hanjin Shipping and Wan Hai Lines have sealed a joint venture deal with Vietnam''s Saigon Newport Company. The joint terminal will be located in Vietnam''s Cai Mep region and is anticipated to start operations in 2011.

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    Kalmar

    2009-02-19T12:24:00Z

    Maximum stacking heights depend on the type of operation, says Jari Pirhonen, general manager, terminal development, at Kalmar.

  • Port Strategy: Sheerness' massive car depot is under threat
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    Car giants threaten to pull out of UK ports

    2009-02-18T12:24:00Z

    BMW, VW, Peugeot/Citroen and vehicle logistics group CAT have all threatened to close their UK "added value" port operations as a direct result of the controversial new port business rates system being introduced in England and Wales.

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    Anti-trust authority slaps fines on Piraeus

    2009-02-18T12:24:00Z

    Piraeus Port Authority and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have been found guilty of anti-competitive practices by Greece''s anti-trust authority.

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    Beira dredge tender

    2009-02-18T12:24:00Z

    The Port of Beira has issued a tender for emergency dredging of its access channel. All bids for the 8m cu m dredge must be received by April 15.

  • Port Strategy: The Suez Canal is hard hit by service diversions
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    PS PAGE

    2009-02-18T12:24:00Z

    The world''s big canals - the Suez and Panama canals - are increasingly getting the attention of the world''s shipping interests.

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    Two more Chinese ports join box top ten

    2009-02-18T12:24:00Z

    The Chinese port of Guangzhou has overtaken Rotterdam and Kaohsiung to become the world''s seventh largest container port.

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    High-bay concept

    2009-02-18T12:24:00Z

    The most advanced stacking systems of the moment are the latest automated stacking crane (ASC) systems such as those at Euromax in Rotterdam, and Altenwerder and Burchardkai in Hamburg, stacking five or six high, says Jan van Beemen of Haskoning.

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    Auckland bucks downtrend to issue staff bonuses

    2009-02-18T12:24:00Z

    Ports of Auckland has issued performance bonuses to over 200 staff for achieving key productivity targets during the month of January.

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    Higher density ... higher power

    2009-02-17T12:24:00Z

    With the trend towards higher-density stacking, Halcrow is reporting increasing interest in automated terminals with rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes.

  • "We are seeing additional strain from increased static loads from stacked containers (stacking higher)," Julian Johanson-Brown, Halcrow
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    High stack, high risk?

    2009-02-16T12:24:00Z

    How high, how wide, how safe and, ultimately, how efficient? Felicity Landon reports on moves towards higher density stacking solutions