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AFRICA

AFRICA

Qatar and Sudan have made a $4bn deal to develop Sudan’s second-biggest port, Suakin, located in the northeast of the country.

29th March 2018

Qatar and Sudan to develop Suakin port

29th March 2018

AFRICA

AFRICA

DP World confirmed it hasn’t received a purchase offer for its 33% stake in Doraleh Container Terminal following state-controlled Djibouti Ports and Free Zone Authority’s (DPFZA) claim that it is prepared to…

29th March 2018

DP World: No Doraleh offer made

29th March 2018

GPCA

GPCA

Kurt Nagle has over 30 years of experience in Washington, DC, related to seaports and international trade. Since 1995, Mr. Nagle has served as President and Chief Executive Officer for the American…

29th March 2018

Kurt Nagle

29th March 2018

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

PRODUCTS & SERVICES GREENPORT

An integrated systems manufacturers is reporting high levels of interest in its oil spill monitoring buoys following several recent port and harbour installations in the Middle East.

29th March 2018

Oil spill monitoring buoys gain notoriety

29th March 2018

EUROPE

EUROPE

Like it or not, Brexit continues to dominate the agenda for the UK ports sector, reports Felicity Landon

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Getting over the ‘B’ word in the UK

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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

While they may not steal the limelight for most visible port assets, fenders form the backbone of quay protection, finds Alex Hughes

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Safeguarding the ship to shore interface

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THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya, and James Macharia, transport cabinet secretary, have been piling the pressure on Catherine Mturi-Wairi, managing director of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), to achieve greater freight…

29th March 2018

Fair and proper process the only way

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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Apprenticeships or graduates? Felicity Landon considers the way forward in the ports industry

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Training – to what degree?

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CARGO SPOTLIGHT

CARGO SPOTLIGHT

COMMENT: A number of recent fatalities resulting from mobile equipment accidents have again highlighted the need to improve traffic management in terminals, writes Laurence Jones.

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Easy wins for traffic management

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TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Stevie Knight discovers that ports are, sometimes unwittingly, in the front line when it comes to cyber attacks

29th March 2018

Invisible enemy at the port gate

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ASIA

ASIA

Some - but not all - of the region’s potential will live up to its promise, writes Stevie Knight

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Southeast Asia awash with possibilities

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CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports need to marry onshore passage planning with the plans completed by calling ships to prevent incidents.

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Dangers of mismatched passage plans

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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Barry Parker explains the financial strategies for ports caught in strategic crosshairs of lower trade flows and increased bargaining power on the carrier side

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Coping with shifting operational sands

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NORTH AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA

Protectionist levies could have far reaching effects for America’s ports, finds Martin Rushmere

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Trump’s tariffs hang heavy on US ports

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THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: The conference season is in full bloom in the States with ‘disruption’ seemingly the topic of the day, writes Barry Parker

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Changing data sharing paradigms

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POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

COMMENT: In 1970, Sonya Gandhi, former president of the Indian National Congress, presented two Indian elephants - Sony and Lanka - to former Yugoslavia President Josip Broz Tito at his Summer Residence…

29th March 2018

Zagreb Pier: White elephant?

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GPCA

GPCA

We welcomed the following speakers to GreenPort Congress America 2018.

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Speakers

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GPCA

GPCA

Ms. Fidell has been working as a consultant in the maritime industry for almost 20 years. The bulk of her experience lies with planning, analysis, and design for port projects, with a…

29th March 2018

Tracy Fidell

29th March 2018

GPCA

GPCA

Mr. Yuji Mitsutake has been engaged in maritime related business since 1990 in Port and Harbor Bureau of Kitakyushu. He has been mainly in charge of management, operation, marketing and promotion of…

29th March 2018

Yuji Mitsutake

29th March 2018

GPCA

GPCA

Founder and CEO for Ranmarine Technology, Richard Hardiman developed the idea for the WasteShark, a USV (aqua-drone) trash collector for Ports, Rivers and harbours, based on the principles of good economics, but…

29th March 2018

Richard Hardiman

29th March 2018

GPCA

GPCA

Robert Howe was born in 1962. He graduated with a master of science in civil engineering from TU Braunschweig (the Brunswick Institute of Technology) in Germany in 1992.Mr. Howe started his career…

29th March 2018

Robert Howe

29th March 2018

GPCA

GPCA

Shawn Kiernan is the Chief of Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) Project Development for the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration and is responsible for helping to ensure a safe and…

29th March 2018

Shawn Kiernan

29th March 2018

GPCA

GPCA

Tom Sprehe is a Senior Vice President and Director of Innovation and Technology at KCI Technologies, Inc. (KCI). He has 35 years of experience in design, construction management, and operations of solid…

29th March 2018

Tom Sprehe

29th March 2018