Port Strategy News – Page 287
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NewsThe economic union is in disarray
COMMENT: The European Economic Community made strident efforts to move the bloc to the next level, political union, embodied in the principles of the Economic Union (EU), writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsVLSFO sales are growing
The new low-sulphur bunker oil VLSFO (Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil with a maximum 0.5% sulphur) has become extremely popular in Europe’s largest bunker port.
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NewsYou can still download the papers and presentations from GreenPort Cruise & Congress 2019
Over 50 expert speakers from the world’s leading companies in the ports, terminals, renewable energy, shipping, fuels, technology and policy sectors presented at this year’s conference.
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Political appointees - past their sell by date
COMMENT: Is there any real benefit in having a political appointee sitting at the top of a port authority? It is a system that has been around for years but in today’s world is such a system past its sell by date, asks Mike Mundy.
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NewsUK port operator in “major restructure”
A big UK port operator has confirmed it is in the “process of a major restructure” involving compulsory and voluntary redundancies.
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NewsDP World Sokhna enters trilateral partnership
DP World Sokhna recently entered into a trilateral partnership to serve as the hub for all construction material imports needed to build the central business and financial district of Egypt’s new administrative capital.
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NewsPort corporation denies market power misuse
A port corporation in Australia has denied it has breached competition law after the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) started legal action against it in its first case taken under the amended misuse of market power provision.
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NewsFrench port to be LNG refuelling hub
CMA CGM has chosen a French port as a refuelling hub for its future LNG-powered 15,000-TEU vessels.
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NewsAddressing wash water monitoring compliance
A catalyst for significant debate, scrubber wash water is frequently under the microscope, in every sense of the word, writes Emma Johnson, Chelsea Technologies’ maritime manager.
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NewsShore power leader emerges in South China
A container terminal facility has become the first in South China to offer shore power at all berths.
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NewsShore power leader emerges in South China
A container terminal facility has become the first in South China to offer shore power at all berths.
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NewsSafe sanctuary for birds opens
Australian fairy terns will have a safe sanctuary at a port in western Australia this summer breeding season.
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NewsSwedish terminal to be fossil-free by 2020
A newly launched environmental strategy aims to make a Swedish container terminal fossil-free by 2020.
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NewsProject helps ports deal with climate change
A project is helping help ports in southwestern Europe to minimise the effects of climate change on their infrastructures and operations.
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NewsUS100m container expansion project begins
A global terminal operator has initiated the circa US100m second phase expansion of its terminal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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NewsCAD$300m for port project
Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is committing up to CAD$300m in financing for a new container terminal in the country.
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NewsStrive for more at home to lead in the world
ESPO Secretary General Isabelle Ryckbost shares an important new European Commission document and see what is in for ports.
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NewsWind pathways to decarbonised shipping
Carbon-neutral fleets run entirely on renewables are no longer a pipe dream but are already on the way, says Gavin Allwright, Secretary General of the International Windship Association.
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NewsChinese influence overhyped, says Drewry
Global expansion and influence by Chinese port companies is not as significant as the hype that surrounds it, a maritime consultancy has said.
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NewsTurkish Port Wins Cruise Sustainability First
Ege Port Kusadasi has set a new benchmark by becoming the first cruise port to be granted Ecoports certification.
