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NewsWaste in a mess
Despite legislation in place to combat pollution in ports, ships continue to discharge illegally, reports Patrik Wheater
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NewsDeep Vision
How does a port choose the right X-ray screening system for its operations? It depends what you’ re looking for. Felicity Landon reports
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Look to software for improved outputs
X-ray scanning technology is somewhat mature, according to Rapiscan’ s Peter Kant. “ We have multiple players in the market to deliver it, and the technology today isn’ t all that different from last year or the year before. “ There was a huge jump three or four years ago, ...
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NewsDodging detection delays
Removing the human element could avoid the time-consuming interpretation of X-ray images, as Felicity Landon finds out
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NewsMobile solutions win over French officials
Smiths Detection, part of the global Smiths Group, recently delivered two HCV-Mobile systems to French customs, to screen trucks for narcotics, contraband and counterfeit goods. It is the first time the French government has purchased mobile scanners for customs applications. The contract includes an option to buy two more HCV-Mobiles.
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NewsEnergy boost
Ports are taking up the green challenge, seeking out various ways of reducing both fuel consumption and engine emissions. Alex Hughes reports
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TSI powers ahead with hybrid crane trials
TSI Terminal Systems Inc, which operates the Deltaport and Vanterm container terminals in the Port of Vancouver, is trialling a new hybrid RTG,which is able to regenerate kinetic and potential energy to battery banks during braking manoeuvres.
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NewsNo stone unturned
HIT is hedging its bets running a number of ‘ green schemes’ concurrently to improve RTG emissions and noise, as Alex Hughes explains
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AMP'd up, Cavotec style
Viewed by many on the US west coast as the driver in greener solutions for powering ships in dock, Cavotec has developed three different types of its branded Alternative Maritime Supply (AMP) units. Ship-based systems, semi-fixed systems and shore-based systems offer a supply of electrical power to docked vessels, obviating ...
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NewsSECCONDD chance for seals
The next generation of standardised container seals is already in the offing, Felicity Landon reports
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Electronic seals here to stay
Electronic seals for containers are the way of the future and there is no way back, says Frans Jol, spokesman for the SMDG group.
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NewsLegislation overload
Port operators are used to being bombarded with new rules and regulations – and environmental “ issues” generally lead the field. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsCutting out CARBs
New emissions regulations off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach hope to enforce a dramatic improvement in air quality.Felicity Landon reports
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NewsWinds of Change
Brownfield sites and generally windy conditions near the coast - what better place than a port to put up wind turbines? Felicity Landon finds out how ports can harness alternative energy
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Record-breaking energy farming
Approval for planned wind farms off the UK''s Kent coast could put the Port of Ramsgate at the centre of the new development. The London Array, the world''s largest wind farm project, will consist of 341 turbines situated between Margate and Clacton.
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NewsBlazing a trail
The United Kingdom port of Blyth is something of a centre of excellence when it comes to renewables.
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Under watchful eyes
CCTV technology can offer everything from movement detection to automated number place recognition.But first,ports must make choices on monitoring levels,coverage and layout.Felicity Landon reports
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SECURITY BRIEFING
Port surveillance systems and equipment must be cost-effective, dependable, able to operate in potentially severe weather conditions in a maritime environment, require minimum maintenance and repair and have the availability of a prompt repair response when necessary. DSSL takes a closer lookCVSS's sister company, DSSL, has launched a CCTV system ...
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NewsDeep demands of dredging
Whether it''s dealing with contaminated waste or upsetting the habitat of rare wading birds,dredging is a sector packed with environmental "issues". Felicity Landon reports on the latest thinking
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IADC points to bigger picture
The whole environment should be taken into account when considering port developments - including ecological, economic, social, cultural, political and technical, says Constantijn Dolmans, secretary general of the International Association of Dredging Companies. Port planning is therefore determined by environmental issues in their broadest sense, he says."In the ecological sense,it ...
