North America

Red tape is holding back development at ports up and down South Americas east coast. Bob Moser reports

San Francisco and Prince Rupert use economics and natural advantages to get ahead, by Martin Rushmere

US East Coast ports should look past the Panama widening hype for long term gains, finds Martin Rushmere

When the figures come in for 2011, they might point to a narrowing of that widening growth-rate gap between the mature and emerging markets. But dont open the champagne.

There are qualitative as well as quantitative differences emerging between the more mature and emerging markets, highlighted by more than just growth rates.

Haiti’s lack of movement on getting its port infrastructure working again is seriously hampering aid coming into the country, the chief executive of a customs and logistics company has said.