“While the proposal aims to balance competitiveness and quality of services in EU Ports, the Commission fails to recognize that many European ports are currently among the most efficient and cost effective in the world? Furthermore, the liberalization of technical-nautical services of pilotage, by considering this as a commercial service, is contrary to the European Policy on maritime safety.
Philip Green, ceo of Royal P&O Nedlloyd stressed the importance of the ‘people factor’ in an address entitled “The X-factor in Management Education”.
He said: “?leadership is not just about seniority or authority, nor is it the domain of a very few senior managers. It is about providing direction certainly, but it is also about truly believing in what you want to achieve and how to go about it and inspiring others to share that belief and work with you.”
