Area & Trade Reviews
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Facing up to falling volumes
Despite rocky times, the Los Angeles and Long Beach box trade dominance will continue. Martin Rushmere reports 14 Dec 2011 - Port Strategy
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Bureaucracy and eco-regs worry developers
Huge environmental costs and lengthy bureaucratic processes on the US West Coast are starting to make investors take a second look at the whys and wherefores of building terminals. 13 Dec 2011 - Port Strategy
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'Panama Effect' keeps West Coast guessing
What might be called the Panama Canal Syndrome is keeping port planners and executives on the alert over the effect the widened canal will have on US West Coast port traffic. 02 Dec 2011 - Port Strategy
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Double trouble depresses volumes
Canada and the environment converge on US West Coast ports, as Martin Rushmere discovers 01 Dec 2011 - Port Strategy
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Beyond the box
Multi-business strategies spread the risk at the UK’s Portland harbour. Carly Fields reports 18 Nov 2011 - Port Strategy
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Vision before strategy
Despite a very large territory, the Ukraine has been used to hearing the phrase, “nice potential”, while it remains – mostly – unrealised, says Arthur Nitsevych of Interlegal. 17 Nov 2011 - Port Strategy
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Fragile recovery gains traction
In 2008 there were a number of shipping lines offering direct calls into the Black Sea, but the 2009 crash was an unmitigated disaster for the area. 16 Nov 2011 - Port Strategy
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A volatile character
Bullish Baltic sentiment will not be enough to drive demand; real investment and commitment is also needed. Stevie Knight reports 15 Nov 2011 - Port Strategy
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Industry questions Brazilian cruise choices
Brazil will invest millions of dollars to build four new passenger terminals and reform two key existing ones for cruise tourism before the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but the industry is concerned over the choice of ports, and timetable for construction. 02 Nov 2011 - Port Strategy
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Jump the queue
Itajai is positioning itself as an alternative to more congested Brazilian ports, as Bob Moser finds out 02 Nov 2011 - Port Strategy
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Brazil's federal authorities flex their muscles
Brazil's federal government will renegotiate contracts with ports that have administration delegated to states, municipalities and the private sector, in order to secure more influence over management and investment plans deemed key to national interest. 31 Oct 2011 - Port Strategy
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Beating the bureaucracy
Red tape is holding back development at ports up and down South America's east coast. Bob Moser reports 28 Oct 2011 - Port Strategy
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A market in waiting
Iraq's long-awaited reconstruction boom has yet to materialise, as Karen Thomas discovers 19 Oct 2011 - Port Strategy
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Timing new transhipment
Regional projects that target the transhipment market have slowed in the last two years. 18 Oct 2011 - Port Strategy
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The sleeping giant that is Saudi Arabia
Regional giant Saudi Arabia lacks modern port capacity for a country of its size, location and wealth. 17 Oct 2011 - Port Strategy
