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Boxship design 'flaw' has serious consequences
18 Jun 2008
Underwriters and brokers are beginning to express concern about the potential for rising damage liability claims at ports and terminals, as a result of fundamental problems coming to light in the operation and design of the containership fleet.
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Still room for 'hands-on' bosses
11 Jun 2008
The designation of “hands-on manager” is not always a compliment; it’s sometimes used derisively to describe someone who somehow advanced from the docks (or other “blue collar” work) up the rungs of the executive ladder.
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The rise and rise of the inland port
04 Jun 2008
When we talk about North European ports today, we tend to focus on the Le Havre-Hamburg range of deepsea ports and associate those ports with congestion. True, false or misconception?
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The good, the bad and the not-so-ugly
24 Jun 2008
This is the 50th issue of Port Strategy and as there isn’t room here to list an "anything-to-do-with-50" ranking, I thought I would list my likes and dislikes of the port business until space runs out.
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Coordination a priority
02 Jul 2008
The contrast between achieving market reach in mature and emerging economies has perhaps never been greater. In northern Europe, for example, the battle is one of delivering enough capacity and removing the landside bottlenecks that can slow road and rail traffic especially at peak times.
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