All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 974
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Manta Port becomes state-owned again
The Port of Manta passed back to the control of the government of Ecuador from April 1 closing the door onlast year’s failed concession attempt.
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NewsWindfarm investment to spur UK port competition
The UK’s ports are to gain from the recent windfarm industry budget promises. Siemens AG is to build a wind turbine factory located at a port site in the UK, creating around 700 jobs with more in the supply chain.
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NewsSeattle's clean and green ambitions
The US Port of Seattle has labelled itself “the cleanest, greenest, most energy-efficient port in the nation”, and a key part of this has been signing a number of Memorandums of Understandings with other groups.
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NewsA cuckoo in the nest
Today''s average port website might feature rather more information on that port’s green activities than its commercial ones. Felicity Landon reports
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Jamaica calls on Canada’s security expertise
Security matters have taken centre stage in Jamaica as its Maritime Authority joined forces with Canadian experts to develop a comprehensive national security strategy.
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NewsBreakwater construction sees by sonar
Punta Langosteira in Coruña has employed CodaOctopus'' Echoscope sonar technology to aid construction of a protective 3,360m long breakwater to improve port operations.
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Electric RTGs for SE Asia
Conductix-Wampfler AG’s electrified ryber-tyred gantry cranes are to be used in the Express Yard in South Korea, the Nagoya United Container Terminal in Japan, and the New Century Container Terminal in China. The three orders together have a combined total of €2.5m ($3.4m).
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Web-based management tool
PortVision has announced the world’s first web-based service platform that integrates vessel tracking, management and analysis in a single dashboard.
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WWL cuts greenhouse emissions
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) managed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 32% last year.
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NewsOil spill update from US
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill might well disrupt a number of ports operations. US press secretary Robert Gibbs and other officials briefed the media with an update, saying that “the area of the spill could soon be in a very large shipping channel.”
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NewsManila’s challenge to shipping lines
Manila’s North Harbour Port Inc (MNHPI) has spoken out at charges that its fees will hit consumers by challenging the shipping lines to bring down both cargo and passenger rates following its own 10% reduction in tariffs.
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NewsForth Ports holds off Northstream again
The third takeover proposal for Forth Ports has been unanimously rejected on the basis that it was too low. Worth around an estimated £640 million (US$973m) the bid, like the previous two, came from the Northstream consortium.
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NewsUK election promises for ports and shipping industry
In the run up to the election, Julian Brazier, the Conservative shadow minister for Aviation and Shipping was quizzed about the Tory stance toward the backdated rates fiasco.
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NewsA watery rebirth
As I write this column, the UK is just emerging from yet another day of airspace troubles; the result of Iceland’s hard-to-pronounce volcano slewing thousands of tonnes of ash into the skies.
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NewsEnvironmental insurance on the cards
Marsh has been exploring the use of environmental insurance to manage potential pollution liabilities associated with ports and terminal operations.
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Mexico needs better ports legislation
Legal action and an inadequate legal framework may well have been the catalyst for a $2bn loss in the Mexican port sector on the back of the cancellations of several major projects.
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Auckland advances online offering
Ports of Auckland has expanded its customer offering by combining its suite of information and cargo management systems into one online product.
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NewsK Line wins Green Flag for fifth year
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has been recognised through the port of Long Beach’s Green Flag award for the fifth consecutive year.
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Check the small print
In these less frenetic times, everyone from customers to customs has more to time to read the small print.
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NewsNew axle extends tyre life
An axle for heavy-duty empty container handlers has been introduced by AxleTech. The axle incorporates wheel-end technology that can reduce tyre wear by as much as 60%.
