All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 946
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NewsAnother way to efficiency
“It is really a different approach to our colleagues within the ports, where they are taking very specific environmental actions,” says Michael Stange, who represents the City of Hamburg, Port Integration’s key partner.
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NewsA community feel
Port Community System operators are looking to expand their influence far beyond the port itself. Michael King reports
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NewsYangtze venture on the cards for APMT
APM Terminals is looking at possible Chinese river port ventures, specifically in the Yangtze.
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NewsSri Lanka’s new port opens early
Sri Lanka''s new deep sea port at Hambantota, on the south coast of the island, has been officially opened almost half a year ahead of schedule.
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NewsNew data requirement may cause delays
Port operations may well be impacted by shipper’s lack of readiness for the first phase of the new Import Control System (ICS) says a trade and logistics solutions provider.
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Polish conversion
The fact that Poland’s newest container terminal DCT Gdansk took a long time to find the financing required for its set-up was no accident.
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Pushing the right buttons
The flow of information a port needs is simply pushing electrons around, says Michael Schwank. Pushing the right ones in the right direction will make life easier for all concerned.
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NewsBeating bottlenecks
Don''t spend on reducing gate bottlenecks until you''re sure of the return on your investment. Stuart Pearcey reports
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Safety first for APM
All facilities in the APM Terminals stable observed Global Safety Day on October 12, with themed events and training to improve safety performance and standards.
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NewsMany variables to finding the perfect fit
Konecranes does not make many of the more widely used attachments for forklifts because specialist producers are more experienced and have the necessary engineering capability to make a much better product, says Konecranes FLT expert Mikael Andersson.
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NewsNot in my back yard!
The relationship between ports that need to develop and their surrounding social and ecological environments is very often a matter for heated debate with the NIMBY factor usually to the fore.
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NewsNew Zealand's Lyttelton battles subsidence
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) chief executive Peter Davie has advised his port’s container terminal - which has already slumped 20-30 centimetres following the major earthquake on September 4 - could continue sinking for the next three years.
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NewsLos Angeles on hunt for global marketeers
Los Angeles’ port is to boost its global standing through a chain of worldwide satellite marketing offices.
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NewsSihanoukville left out in the cold
In a surprising move, government officials in Cambodia have not named the country’s major hub in its role call of national assets likely to list.
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Vietnam's Cam Ranh gets new lease of commercial life
Vietnam’s Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh has said that Cam Ranh Port, a major war era facility, will not become a foreign military base but will instead be adapted to serve cargo ships.
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NewsClosing the net
The net is about to tighten on bribery and corruption in international businesses, among them the ports industry, and particularly for British citizens who transact business overseas.
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NewsThe case for independence
It’s an old story but it is worth one reiterating that if a country has a single container terminal then it is a no brainer when it comes to deciding on the category of operator that should be awarded a concession under a privatisation initiative: independent container terminal operator every ...
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NewsForming attachments
Very specific handling requirements often call for dedicated FLT attachments, says Alex Hughes
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NewsBucking the trend
Gulftainer achieved something highly unusual in 2009: while other terminals in the Middle East were losing traffic, it actually boosted throughput at its two Sharjah terminals, by around 10%, to 2.75m teu.
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NewsElectrification of rubber-tyred gantries
Conductix-Wampfler headquartered in Weil am Rhein, Germany, has received three large orders for the electrification of rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) in Asia.
