Insight & Opinion
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Bridges to mend and to build
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey appears to have hit a difficult patch in its trading life. 16 May 2012 - Port Strategy
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Reinsurers open premium hike floodgates
The earth is certainly moving under the insurance market, as a result of the natural catastrophes of the past year and a half, and the port industry will suffer as a result. 09 May 2012 - Port Strategy
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How long is a piece of string?
One of the challenges of ports and carriers is how to define their capacity. For container ships we have been introduced to the terms 'nominal' and 'effective' capacity as well as 'weighting out', and on the landside we have all sorts of measures. 03 May 2012 - Port Strategy
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Shaking up the status quo down-under
Melbourne finally has its sights set on the prize with Port minister Denis Napthine giving the port's long-awaited third container terminal the official go-ahead. 26 Apr 2012 - Port Strategy
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A keen focus on Brazilian development
As one of the fastest growing economies, Brazil is doing its best to improve its ports and road infrastructure to cope with huge shipment volumes. Insurance carriers regionally and globally meanwhile have to pick up the pieces when breakdowns, theft and port congestion add to shipping and cargo costs. 19 Apr 2012 - Port Strategy
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Security funding needs local support
Port security is full of challenges. The Port of Everett is set to install lighting, courtesy of a $1.3m free ride, fully funded by US port security grants covered within ARRA - a Federal infrastructure funding initiative. 11 Apr 2012 - Port Strategy
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Legacy or lunacy?
They say it will represent an important part of the legacy of Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki but how realistic is it to think that Kenya’s new port of Lamu will follow an effective development programme? 05 Apr 2012 - Port Strategy
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Go fish and keep good staff on the hook
We are bombarded on a daily basis with spiralling unemployment figures. So dire is the job market in many countries that you would be forgiven for thinking that employees would put up with anything just to keep what they have. 29 Mar 2012 - Port Strategy
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Memory loss the bane of the industry
If someone suffers from memory loss or senility, then the shipping industry is where to be. The industry bounces from crisis to euphoria and then appears to forget how it got there, but as the events will be repeated every two to four years we do not need much of a memory. 22 Mar 2012 - Port Strategy
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Lethal cocktail
Congestion is back in the East African ports of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam and to informed observers this comes as no surprise. 14 Mar 2012 - Port Strategy
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Red-Med railway pipe dream
The Israeli government has approved the construction of a railway line from the Port of Eilat to the national railway grid, linking it to the Mediterranean ports of Ashdod and Haifa. 07 Mar 2012 - Port Strategy
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Claims information found in unexpected places
‘Claims’ is very much the name of the insurance game right now. With record insured losses in 2011, underwriting companies are upgrading the sometimes elderly software that is supposed to aid sound assessments. 07 Mar 2012 - Port Strategy
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Welcome the investment outsiders
Is the entrance of pension funds, infrastructure funds, private equity funds and other non-core investors into the international port investment arena a good thing? Of course it is. 29 Feb 2012 - Port Strategy
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RAMPing up American port potential
An important piece of legislation, the Realize America’s Maritime Promise proposal that could free up money for harbor maintenance, is kicking around Washington, DC. 29 Feb 2012 - Port Strategy
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No easy win for Tauranga
The labour situation in New Zealand has gone from bad to worse: discontented port workers were about to enter their fourth month of strikes at Ports of Auckland as this issue went to press. 23 Feb 2012 - Port Strategy
