All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 979
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Tyre-maker recycles its water
Two months of operation of water recycling and harvesting rainwater has allowed Goodyear South Africa to save 5.6m litres of water; enough to supply 180 homes for a month. The Uitenhage plant is finding a new use for wastewater from its boiler house, and saving steam condensate. The recovered water ...
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Hamilton inland port
An independent inland port and commercial hub operation serving the Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Waikato “golden triangle” has been proposed by Tainui Group Holdings.
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NewsTough get going
Ports in the Benelux face crisis head-on and investments continue to ensure they emerge stronger than ever. Helen Hill reports
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Queensland rebranding
Australia’s Far North Queensland Ports Corporation is rebranding itself as Ports North.
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LA gets smarter
Managing the 46 miles of waterfront and more than 350 fixed cameras on site at the Port of Los Angeles can be arduous.
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Enhanced import container standard
Relevant documentation for containers imported to New Zealand will now have to be submitted 12 hours before a vessel’s estimated arrival and six-sided inspections (as opposed to four-sided) may be undertaken if quarantine declaration requirements have not been met.
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Kalmar’s Peruvian order
DP World Callao has placed an order for two Kalmar DRF450 reachstackers and two Kalmar DCE80 empty container handlers for its new terminal operations in Peru. Meanwhile, in Asia Yingkou Port Group Corporation has ordered eight Kalmar DRF450 reachstackers and one DCE80 empty container handler. The new machines will ...
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Training provision goes further
GAC Training & Service Solutions Limited (GTSS) is a new initiative that will provide innovative and cost saving training solutions for the LNG and tanker markets, as well as other commodity and maritime sectors. The company will deliver a portfolio of training courses for both seafarers and shore-based shipping ...
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Itajaí working round the clock on reconstruction
The TSCC Consortium, in charge of the reconstruction works of the Port of Itajaí, has laid out a new plan to speed up the completion of works on berths 01 and 02, severely damaged by the floods of November 2008.
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Government to solve Burgas terminal problem
Bulgaria''s Minister of Transport has promised to help resolve problems at the new Terminal 2A at the port of Burgas.
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NewsA solid argument
Scotland''s Cromarty Firth Port is going for the twin pronged approach of ‘big fence, high-tech solutions’.
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Saudi Arabia biggest port security spender in Middle East
Saudi Arabia is planning to spend $26.3m on port security, making it the largest spender in this area in the Middle East.
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Reduced LPC profit
A comparable 35% reduction in interim profit to NZ$3.7m (US$2.6m) and a “mixed” Northern Hemisphere trade outlook despite positive Asian volume, has seen Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) reduce its full-year profit prediction by up to 10% to NZ$9m (US$6.3m).
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NewsEastern orders for Gottwald
With a further order from Lebanon and a follow-up order from Qatar, Gottwald is strengthening its position in the Middle East.
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Doha to be dotted with box terminals
The proposed New Doha Port will have a five kilometre long access channel, alongside which will be located a number of large container terminals.
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Union reacts to Auckland outsourcing
An announcement that Ports of Auckland is investigating outsourcing parts of its stevedoring operation to third-party contractors has drawn a “not this century” response from a stopwork meeting of about 150 Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) members.
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NewsAPM welcomes Apapa simulator
Manufacturer ARI Simulation has delivered a crane simulator at APM Terminals Apapa facility in Nigeria. The simulator, said to be the first of its kind in the West and Central African sub-region, is designed to boost productivity and safety in cargo handling operations.
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NewsHydrostatic straddles for Central America
The Port of Acajutla, El Salvador, will be the first container terminal in Central America to use Terex Noell hydrostatic straddle carriers (model NSC 634 H) to improve operational efficiency.
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Timber deck cargo under the spotlight
An updated Code of Safe Practice for the carriage of timber cargo on deck is now being prepared for submission to the IMO’s DSC sub-committee. Mike Compton* reviews the probable changes to the Code
