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NewsHarnessing solar power in Dubai
DP World is launching a major renewable energy project to install photovoltaic solar panels to generate electricity, allowing it to reduce its carbon footprint while exporting surplus energy to the national grid.
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NewsData security headache
The growth potential of data is undisputed, but what does this mean for privacy? Felicity Landon reports
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NewsPort industry leaders ‘go green’
Five of the industry’s leading terminal operators are joining forces this month for a new initiative that aims to promote environmental awareness and sustainable future operations.
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NewsSingapore taps Big Data benefits
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is working with IBM to develop and test new analytics-based technologies to help improve safety, security and vessel traffic at the global port hub.
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NewsMexico's electric terminal
Conductix-Wampfler and SSA México (SSAM) have successfully completed a full-scale electrification project at the Manzanillo Mexico Terminal, apparently the first container terminal in the Americas to operate on 100% electric power.
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NewsConflict avoidance
Conflict and opposition – an inevitable response to any major dredging project? A new concept says it doesn’t have to be that way. Felicity Landon reports.
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NewsLA lauds PierPass success
This year marks the tenth anniversary of PierPass Inc’s OffPeak Programme, which has significantly reduced cargo-related congestion in and around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach since 2005.
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NewsGreening the role of ports in the logistics chain
The programme for this year’s GreenPort Congress hosted by Copenhagen Malmo Port from 7 to 9 October, will centre on greening the role of ports in the logistics chain.
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Safeguarding against terrorism
A new training project has been launched to help deliver improved training tools and techniques in response to terrorism threats aimed at Europe’s critical infrastructure, including ports.
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NewsICS targets waste reception non-compliance
The International Chamber of Shipping has expressed ongoing “concerns” about port facilities and what it describes as the “perennial problem” of a lack of waste reception facilities.
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NewsAntwerp grants ‘green’ discount
The Port of Antwerp is rewarding vessels that use alternative technology to reduce emissions of particulates with a 15 to 20% discount on port dues.
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NewsStaying on the radar
VectorUSA’s Chris Kyaw explains why terminals are soft targets for terrorists
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NewsTaking a new security approach
Rapiscan Systems’ Andrew Goldsmith discusses how ports can make best use of security screening
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NewsFaster, deeper, cheaper
Underwater, floating, sand-filled or rock-strengthened; breakwaters come in all shapes and sizes finds Felicity Landon
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NewsQuickest to the draw
Authorities and the public are watching to see who will be the first to act on green issues, says Martin Rushmere
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NewsReducing emissions across the whole supply chain
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) says the new International Workshop Agreement (IWA 16) is a major step forward in achieving joined up thinking across the whole logistics support chain, including at ports and terminals.
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NewsSingapore goes green
Singapore’s Jurong Port is recycling concrete and using other green construction methods to build what is said to be the world’s first green berths.
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NewsWind power for Maasvlakte II
APM Terminals has signed a two-year contract with Amsterdam based NV Nuon Energy for wind powered generated electricity to power the new cranes and handling equipment at the new Maasvlakte II terminal.
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NewsEnvironmental measures
Building up a ''green conscious'' can be an expensive but rewarding task, finds Iain MacIntyre
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NewsHamilton to harness ‘green’ technology
Canada’s Port Fuels and Materials Services Inc is to build a plasma gasification energy-from-waste facility at the Port of Hamilton, which it hopes will lead the way in ‘green’ energy in the sector.
