All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1000
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NewsSiwertell coal unloader for Itaqui
A Siwertell coal unloader ordered to discharge coal in Porto do Itaqui, Brazil, offers environmental, technical, and efficiency benefits.
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NewsGalveston re-builds for the future
The Port of Galveston hosted the 98th AAPA Convention during the last week of October just over a year after Hurricane Ike hit the Texas port city of Galveston, sinking the city’s historic downtown under ten feet of water.
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NewsGreening ports through Carbon Management
Jonathan Shopley, Managing Director, The Carbon Neutral Company assesses how the ports and maritime sectors can react to reduce their carbon emissions
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NewsManaging port vessel traffic using earth observation technology
ABPmer and BMT ARGOSS are working on a European Space Agency-funded project to provide earth observation-based monitoring services to support Vessel Traffic Management systems
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NewsAuramarine new ballast water treatment systems
Auramarine Ltd, a leading manufacturer of heavy fuel oil supply systems and other auxiliary units for marine and power station engines is now applying its wide ranging experience in liquid flows to a new sector that benefits the environment.
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NewsSustainable resource management
Kate Royston is leading a practical research project to understand how port estate areas could benefit from closer co-operation between their businesses
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NewsAll in the mind
Carly Fields finds that more weight should be given to the psyches of port chief executives in troubled times
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African Ports Conference in December
Maritime experts from the African continent will meet in Durban, South Africa on the 10th and 11th of December for the 35th African Ports and Maritime Conference which will chart ways of enhancing regional integration in the drive to economic sustainability espoused by its leadership.
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NewsLiebherr continues to grow in India
Liebherr has acquired a strategically important order in the Indian market.
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NewsEmission assessment using auto-ID
Transponder technology is being used to assess emissions by seagoing vessels in the Rotterdam area. Rinkje Molenaar1, Kees van der Tak2 and Jan Hulskotte3 explain how the technology works
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NewsPeru Muelle Sur terminal to open early
Callao, the largest container port on the west coast of the continent, is set to open April 2010 - a year ahead of schedule.
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NewsGate bottlenecks / Hi-Tech Solutions
Ports and terminals are under growing pressure to meet the needs of increased container traffic, hold down costs and meet heightened security needs, says Hi-Tech Solutions.
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CLIMEPORT’s 2nd technical meeting
The second technical meeting of the CLIMEPORT Project, has been held recently in Piraeus (Greece). Climeport is a 1.6 million euro, 36 month long project, funded by the EU and MED programme, which aims to tackle the effects of climate change.
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Oakland’s truck ban exceeds regulations
The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners adopted a strict truck ban effective January 1, 2010 to help clear the air.
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NewsLowering the security bar
A large, integrated access control and CCTV system with a difference has been installed at a major Scottish port.
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NewsAirClim: “Europe needs Emissions Control Areas”
Europe should follow the example of the US and Canada by establishing ECAs, says Christer Ågren of the Air Pollution & Climate (AirClim) Secretariat
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PS PAGE
Now available from our parent company Mercator Media are the papers in powerpoint form from the recent Private Capital & Ports Conference held in London. These are genuinely regarded as essential reading by all ports and terminal operators who now confront a somewhat different climate in the banking sector and ...
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NewsStrikes at Piraeus ruled illegal
The Greek judiciary has labelled as "illegal" strikes against the new concessionaire at the Port of Piraeus, a verdict that trade unions have renounced as "unjust".
