All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 937

  • By its very nature, dredging is an environmental impact.
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    Environmental Aspects of Dredging Seminar

    2011-01-10T14:01:00Z

    An international seminar on the Environmental Aspects of Dredging organized by PAO (Post Graduate Education) at the Delft University of Technology, in cooperation with the IADC and CEDA, will be held at Deltares, Delft, on 10 and 11 March 2011.

  • Santiago Alfageme has rearranged its berth in deep water, and parallel to the river's flow
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    Nature's way

    2011-01-10T10:00:00Z

    Stevie Knights looks at the latest innovations to keep channels and berths clear

  • News

    Four front

    2011-01-07T10:00:00Z

    With so many lighting companies vying for port business, it can be difficult to choose the right product.

  • Marseilles Fos’ volumes suffered from a slowdown in the world economy and strike action
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    Marseilles Fos sees rise despite strikes

    2011-01-06T15:44:00Z

    Cargo handled at Marseilles Fos reached 78.3 million tonnes to the end of November, pointing to an overall 3% rise on last year’s figures.

  • While “strong growth” is evidenced by North Europe’s 2010 deep sea import figures, 2011 will be "restrained"
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    Optimism today - but wait to see follow up

    2011-01-06T15:42:00Z

    Northern Europe''s 2010 performance gives cause for optimism, even though the coming year’s advances might have to wait a little, according to the latest Global Port Tracker for the region.

  • Small businesses - and now very small businesses - are getting a hand from the Port of Los Angeles
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    Small is beautiful

    2011-01-06T15:42:00Z

    Los Angeles has devised a program to nurture entrepreneurs by making sure that the smallest of enterprises will gain access to the port’s professional service and construction contracts.

  • Queensland’s coal operations have been severely disrupted
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    Australian floods continue to hit coal ports

    2011-01-06T15:42:00Z

    The Queensland floods, which in total have covered an area greater than France and Germany, continue to disrupt port operations.

  • Port Strategy: Finding the correct light levels allows for the safe handling of goods and equipment without compromising safety
    News

    Lighting the way

    2011-01-05T15:06:00Z

    John Bensalhia looks at the latest products, trends, financial and safety elements of port lighting

  • Port Strategy: Finding the correct light levels allows for the safe handling of goods and equipment without compromising safety
    News

    Lighting the way

    2011-01-05T10:00:00Z

    John Bensalhia looks at the latest products, trends, financial and safety elements of port lighting

  • Seb Doderer: “Promoting the North Sea Region while ensuring it will represent a beacon for sustainable cruise”
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    North Sea sustainability: New area, new responsibility

    2011-01-05T10:00:00Z

    High growth rates in European cruise tourism have been recorded in particular for the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas – but the North Sea Region has so far not been recognised as a major cruise destination in its own right. However, this is something that is about to change.

  • Line up for the Lunatic Express
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    All aboard

    2011-01-05T10:00:00Z

    Man eating lions, murder, political controversy, highs and lows - the so-called “Lunatic Line” has seen it all. Where is it? It is the railway built in the era of British East Africa that runs from Mombasa to Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria and on to Kampala in ...

  • News

    Making the numbers count

    2011-01-03T10:00:00Z

    Calculating a return on investment is not always easy when dealing with IT, especially on a terminal operating system.

  • Tyne recognised that successful IT provision would add value and contribute to the port's success
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    Pragmatic provision

    2010-12-31T10:00:00Z

    Alex Hughes looks at port IT improvements in a new light

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    Twistlock sensor solution finally found

    2010-12-29T10:00:00Z

    The ability to weigh containers on-the-go has long been as aspiration of the container handling industry.

  • News

    PSC overhaul could benefit ports

    2010-12-29T10:00:00Z

    Port state control is a phrase containing three impressive words, but it has to be read carefully. States, not ports, exercise control over ship quality.

  • Port Strategy: Insurance companies suggest that terminals adopt a load sensing system as part of an accident prevention programme
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    Too big for boxes

    2010-12-27T12:45:00Z

    Alex Hughes investigates the container weight challenges facing spreader manufacturers

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    Buoying Sino-Australian relations

    2010-12-24T10:00:00Z

    One of the ten agreements signed in June was a memorandum of understanding between China Development Bank and Aquila to explore development opportunities related to Aquila’s Queensland coal projects at Isaac Plains, Washpool and Eagle Down and Aquila’s West Pilbara iron ore project.

  • The Yangtze is showing firm growth
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    Yangtze throughput rise

    2010-12-23T17:18:00Z

    Statistics from the Yangtze River Administration show that throughput of general cargo via the major ports along the Yangtze trunk line has been growing substantially.

  • DP World is selling a three-quarter stake in its Australian facilities. Photo: A Jacobs
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    DP World sells off Aussie operations

    2010-12-23T16:54:00Z

    DP World has sold a 75% stake in its Australian facilities, the majority of which is going to Citi Infrastructure Investors.

  • Montreal's strong performance is partly due to the port’s dynamism
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    Study shows Montreal is central to recovery

    2010-12-23T16:53:00Z

    Montreal’s ability to emerge from recession has long been pointed to as a guide to what can be achieved from a downturn, but a global study has now outlined the port’s part in the picture.