Port Performance
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Efficiency or effectiveness?
Stevie Knight asks why ports still lag behind the other industry sectors on performance indicators 12 Dec 2011 - Port Strategy
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A fit of conscience
Stevie Knight asks how important social awareness is in today's tighter tender processes 24 Oct 2011 - Port Strategy
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Complete cross-border co-operation
Copenhagen and Malmo must represent the ultimate cooperation between ports – they made history ten years ago when they merged to form one company in two countries, Copenhagen Malmö Port. 29 Sep 2011 - Port Strategy
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Teaming up
Strategic partnerships, joint marketing alliances, MoUs … cooperation between ports can mean a lot of different things. Felicity Landon explains 28 Sep 2011 - Port Strategy
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Ring of confidence
Stevie Knight argues that proactive ports will win the next growth battle 10 May 2011 - Port Strategy
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Do-it-yourself or bring in the experts?
The industry is divided over the merits of using consultants versus ports setting up their own systems. Accenture says (perhaps surprisingly) both have their uses. 05 May 2011 - Port Strategy
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Solution without a problem
KPIs are powerful tools, but there's dissent in how to best set and apply them. Martin Rushmere reports 04 May 2011 - Port Strategy
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A question of timing
There are various methods of measuring productivity and determining whether the underperformance of the terminal operator is material and should entitle the shipping line to terminate the agreement. 20 Apr 2011 - Port Strategy
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A good performance
HFW's Cecile Schlub and Matthew Gore discuss the legal implications of enforced key performance indicators 19 Apr 2011 - Port Strategy
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A new twist on an old method
It would be wrong to assume that performance measures in the port industry are a recent phenomenon. 02 Mar 2011 - Port Strategy
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An indication of worth
HPTI's Thomas Gondermann considers how best to tackle workable port-wide performance measures 02 Mar 2011 - Port Strategy
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Scales and economy
Comparing terminal features can be thankless and the results underwhelming, argues Stevie Knight 26 Jan 2011 - Port Strategy
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Disparate measures
Mr Heinrich Goller of Hamburg's HHLA believes there has to be a better way of comparing operations than the present system. 27 Apr 2010 - Port Strategy
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Comparatively speaking
KPIs are an investment that has to give a return, so setting them can be a ticklish business, explains Stevie Knight. 26 Apr 2010 - Port Strategy
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Seller's need to wake up to today's lower prices
Those seeking to sell terminals to raise much needed cash will be operating in a buyers' market. 14 Jul 2009 - Port Strategy
