All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 713
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Portuguese ports to combine purchasing power
Portuguese ports are to make joint purchases of goods and services, with the aim of achieving a savings of 15% by 2020.
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NewsUrgent need for Turkey planning review
Turkey needs to re-evaluate port planning and design across the board to ensure that it is able to capitalise on its "promising" future, according to Celalettin Ilhan, deputy general manager of STFA Construction Group/ ECAP.
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NewsEco Marine shortlisted for efficiency awards
Japan’s renewable energy expert, Eco Marine Power (EMP), has been nominated as a finalist in two categories of the inaugural Ship Efficiency Awards 2014, hosted by Lloyd’s Register and organised by Fathom Shipping.
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NewsMalaysian potential for LNG top spot
The commercial intelligence specialist for the energy, metals and mining industries, Wood Mackenzie says that by 2020, Malaysia has the potential to be the largest supplier of flexible LNG to the global market, larger even than Qatar.
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NewsPort of Barcelona - hosts of the 2014 GreenPort Cruise Conference & GreenPort Congress
Barcelona is Spain''s number one port and is located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula less than 150 km from the French border. The Port of Barcelona will host a Welcome Reception, Gala Dinner and Port Tour - book your place now to find out more.
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NewsSlower growth for Chinese ports
Shanghai International Shipping Institute (SISI) says that during the second quarter of 2014, global ports suffered weak performance because of lower trade demand by Asia.
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NewsJoin your peers from across the world!
Book your place now to join port professionals from ports and terminals across the world. Delegates from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Ghana, Iceland, Malaysia, South Africa and the USA, as well as from Europe, have already confirmed their attendance.
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NewsSupporting associations' members benefit from discounted delelgate places
ESPO, EcoPorts, PEMA Environment Committee, Feport, Euroshore and IAPH are just some of the associations supporting the 2014 GreenPort Congress. Book your place and benefit from the discounts available.
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NewsCutting edge technologies on dock
Navis is looking to the future to ensure container terminals are ''big ship'' ready in advance of the arrival of 25,000 teu vessels.
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NewsNanotechnology applied to fuel emulsion to cut emissions
UK-based SulNOx Fuel Fusions says that application of nanotechnology to emulsified fuel could cut emissions of NOx by 50% and particulates by up to 90%, as well as “slash the emissions of green house gases”.
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Kalmar helps automate new Melbourne terminal
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply container handling equipment and related automation technology worth more than €40m to Port of Melbourne’s new container terminal.
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NewsEbola outbreak re-routing port calls
Since the Ebola outbreak, concerns have been escalating over the knock on effects to operations at ports in South Africa, South America and the Ivory Coast.
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NewsRotterdam congestion eases but reliability knocked
Delays are starting to ease at the Port of Rotterdam because of the short term measures put in place last month, but new research shows that schedule reliability to the port plummeted this summer because of the congestion.
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NewsRotterdam congestion eases but reliability knocked
Delays are starting to ease at the Port of Rotterdam because of the short term measures put in place last month, but new research shows that schedule reliability to the port plummeted this summer because of the congestion.
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NewsContinental CST releases the pressure
Continental Commercial Speciality Tires (CST) has launched a new tyre pressure monitoring system designed to enhance safety and efficiency of vehicle fleets in ports.
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NewsOvercapacity continues to threaten Turkish port future
The threat of overcapacity in Turkey continues to hang over the sector, as operators rush to meet the changing demands of shipping lines.
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NewsValue of schedule reliability
COMMENT: The value of schedule reliability for shippers is clear and widely understood; recent congestion concerns in North European ports, especially Hamburg and Rotterdam, have now highlighted the value of schedule reliability for terminal operators as well, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsEmerging from fire
It used to be thought that environmental concerns were simply issues for the mature, established economies. Now there’s an awareness that developing ports will also be growing their own set of environmental challenges that could suck the blood from their future – unless dealt with early, writes Stevie Knight, ...
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LPG drives order frenzy for VLGCs
Drewry Shipping Consultants says that a sharp rise in LPG demand is fuelling an order frenzy for very large gas carriers (VLGCs).
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NewsNamibian dawn
Infrastructure investment is beckoning a new era for Walvis Bay, as Aidan Grange explains
