All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 1002
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Ditch paper reliance to further short sea shipping
Short sea shipping in Europe is being held back by reliance on old-fashioned paper management systems, according to Alberto Magrassi, an expert in shipping systems from IT firm Elsag Datamat.
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Port Trust could manage vacated Kochi box terminal
The possibility has been floated that Kochi Port Trust could assume managerial responsibility for the port''s Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal once DP World moves its operations to the new Vallarpadam operating area at the end of this year.
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NewsCMA CGM takes delivery of new 13,300 TEU vessel
The CMA CGM Group is pleased to announce the delivery today, 10th of November, in South Korea, of the CMA CGM CHRISTOPHE COLOMB.
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NewsPorts’ key role in the sustainable logistics chain
Sustainability in operations is no longer just an attractive option. It is fast becoming a commercial imperative to reduce costs and drive competitive advantage. Kate Royston investigates how it is remaining firmly on the agenda through the economic downturn
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UK needs focus for "greening" of ports
Despite making "significant inroads" in environmental management, the majority of UK ports do not feel that they are doing enough, according to the ''Green Ports'' survey from Royal Haskoning.
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Environmentally friendly vehicles for Rio Grande
The Environment, Health and Harbour Safety division of the Port of Rio Grande has been given two all-terrain vehicles in order to improve the way it is able to exercise its duties in the port.
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Konecranes supplies Damietta
Konecranes has won an order to supply Egypt''s Port of Damietta with six rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and two empty container reachstackers.
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Shore power for cruise ships in Vancouver
The shore power installation at Port Metro Vancouver, the home port of the Vancouver-Alaska cruise, is the result of a $9-million cooperative initiative between the Government of Canada, the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, BC Hydro and Port Metro Vancouver.
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NewsSummit touts Indian infrastructure
Noises from the World Economic Forum''s recent India Economic Summit are hopeful of a 9% or 10% growth rate pulling money into civil projects like ports. However, despite the proposed reforms, there are still some big issues to be tackled by a government that has a largely rural, conservative (and ...
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NewsPort community milestone
By sharing information in a highly integrated way, port community networks eliminate mountains of paperwork. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsUkraine port accused of "embezzeling" by NCC
The Ukranian Supreme Court has ruled that the agreement between the Russian National Container Company (NCC) and the state-run Commercial Sea Port of Illichivsk (SCPI) is void, effectively forcing NCC''s Ukrainian subsidiary Ukrtranscontainer to wind up its business in the country.
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China' new green feeder service
Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) recently announced the launch of its first direct feeder service for Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited. The new service will run directly from YICT to the factory of Nine Dragons Paper in Xibeisha, Dongguan.
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Port of Long Beach's "Green Port" tie up with China Merchants
In a new “green port” collaboration, the Port of Long Beach and China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI), one of the world’s largest operators of seaport terminals, have signed a comprehensive environmental exchange agreement to further “green” technologies and practices on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.
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Flemish ports present single face to market
Every other tonne of cargo moved through the Flanders ports of Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend and Zeebrugge is part of a short sea cargo - unless you look at Ostend, when the figure shoots up to more than 99 tonnes in 100.
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NewsTIS dispute may resolve soon
Ukraine''s Yuzhny port authority has signed a deal confirming that it will register the berths built by Transinvestservice (TIS) in its port so that they can become operational - in return for a year''s delay in a compensation claim by TIS.
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NewsCrane safety "should not be optional"
A project to establish a minimum safety specification for quayside container cranes is being launched by TT Club, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) and ICHCA International - and the message is that "critical safety features should be standard and not optional."
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Gulftainer confirms Iraq forays
Middle East operator Gulftainer has confirmed that it is actively involved in "new ventures" in Iraq.
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Cargotec delivers
Cargotec has delivered 20 Kalmar terminal tractors to the port of Rades in Tunisia, and has signed a deal to refurbish 13 straddle carriers later this year.
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NewsOpinion Barry Parker New Yorker
Sitting in the front row at Port Industry Day, held in New York in the auditorium aboard Intrepid, my head began to ache from the sheer complexity of solving infrastructure problems, on a grand scale. Indeed, Surface Transport funding, now expired, has been extended on a month-to-month basis.
