Trade Review
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Access dispute threatens port and rail investment
The lengthy legal battle between Australia’s commodity majors over third party access to infrastructure continues to rumble on. 20 Apr 2010 - Port Strategy
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Capacity crunch
Australia’s west coast iron ore ports are suffering from the sort of congestion normally associated with the nation's east coast coal ports, reports Michael King 19 Apr 2010 - Port Strategy
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Flemish ports present single face to market
Every other tonne of cargo moved through the Flanders ports of Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend and Zeebrugge is part of a short sea cargo - unless you look at Ostend, when the figure shoots up to more than 99 tonnes in 100. 11 Nov 2009 - Port Strategy
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Marco Polo grant qualification to get easier
More than 420 companies have had financial support from the European Union's Marco Polo fund since its inception almost seven years ago - and rules for unlocking more of the ¢ 450m ($671m) set aside for grants will be made simpler from next year. 10 Nov 2009 - Port Strategy
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A lesson learnt
For Europe and its shortsea ambitions, the future lies in the past, as Stuart Pearcey explains 09 Nov 2009 - Port Strategy
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Green goals slip out of favour
When it comes to the crunch, do "green" issues, and hence sea transport, still remain important? 15 Dec 2008 - Port Strategy
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Shortsea winners take the initiative
Which ports come out on top in the competition to attract and build shortsea business? "Generally speaking, the winning ports are those which recognise the business potential of shortsea and then take the initiative without waiting for government action [such as Motorways of the Sea funding], by engaging in direct partnerships with shipping lines and ports at the other end of a shortsea connection," says Patrick Verhoeven, secretary general of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO). 12 Dec 2008 - Port Strategy
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The competition conundrum
'Take the partnership approach' seems to be a common theme among those looking for ways to increase the use of shortsea shipping in Europe. But when does "partnership" mean "collaboration", and will that bring in the competition police? Felicity Landon reports 11 Dec 2008 - Port Strategy
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How to cash in on MoS drive
So what kind of port infrastructure is needed to attract Motorways of the Sea (MoS) services?
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Keep on truckin?
The pained first steps of a European Union project to encourage more traffic off the roads has so far failed to impress. Alex Hughes investigates
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Driving on untested motorways
On September 26, the Dutch shipping line Transfennica inaugurated an MoS service between the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and Bilbao, in Northern Spain. According to operations manager Karel van Zijl, it took about six months of negotiating prior to the launch of the service. This, he explains, was due in part to the fact that Bilbao was entirely new to this form of short sea link, although Zeebrugge had a wealth of experience on which to draw. 30 Jan 2008 - Port Strategy
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Breaking box boundaries
The next big jump in containership design is imminent, so what are the implications for containerports, asks Mike Mundy 19No it's not going to stop - the 10,000 teu barrier will well and truly be broken in the near future, containerships will continue to get bigger and ports will have to react accordingly. 01 Aug 2006 - Port Strategy
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Market overcomes safety fears
A few years ago public unease about new LNG terminals looked set to limit the aspirations of the US, the biggest potential market for LNG imports. But things are changing as Mike Corkhill, editor of LNG World Shipping, reports. 01 Dec 2005 - Port Strategy
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Riding the Rollercoaster
It's a tumultuous, not to say precarious time to be reviewing this trade, as Nick Elliott reports. 01 Nov 2005 - Port Strategy
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No room for complacency
Gazing into the future of the trade from a terminal capacity perspective, Drewry's ports director Neil Davidson told PS: " Our analysis of supply and demand at the major North European deepsea container ports including UK, shows that even with the new developments which we definitely know are coming on stream, e. g. Deurganckdok in Antwerp, Port 2000 at Le Havre, Rotterdam's Euromax, etc, average utilisation levels will still reach almost 90% by 2010. Plus of course, within this, certain ports and terminals are more intensively used than others. 01 Nov 2005 - Port Strategy
