Walking the environmental tightrope

Port of Melbourne

Source: Flickr - Chris Phutully

Just how hard it is for port executives to plan ahead and get traction for major new development, in an era when environmental concerns are paramount?

At a time when shipping lines are clamouring for new berth space, and are prepared to drop some ports from their voyage patterns to overcome congestion, port managers in the western world in particular are having to walk a tightrope between the need for quick action and the need to ensure that not just commercial issues but environmental concerns are fully answered.

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