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Let’s talk myths.

1st March 2022

Hard facts win the war against more and more myths

1st March 2022

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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has one public terminal left for privatisation and it is gaining a lot of interest. AJ Keyes looks at the potential implications

4th November 2021

BATTLE LINES FORMING

4th November 2021

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COMMENT: The International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) and the World Bank have brought to our attention that many digital developments in the ports sector have been designed and deployed without…

22nd June 2021

Cyber Security: The Road to Resilience

22nd June 2021

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COMMENT: This is the era of breaking with convention. Look at the incumbent sitting in the White House defying the law of gravity! writes Mike Mundy.

20th December 2020

Breaking with convention

20th December 2020

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COMMENT: Bangladesh is the largest least developed country (LDC), according to the United Nations, in terms of population and economic size but even with the restraining influence of COVID-19 it is expected…

6th November 2020

Bangladesh Port boom to prove instructive

6th November 2020

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COMMENT: A range of thoughts and views are offered in this edition about the global ports industry in the post Covid-19 era, writes Mike Mundy.

6th May 2020

Beyond the COVID bubble…

6th May 2020

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COMMENT: As PS goes to press us citizens of the UK await the end of the latestchapter in the saga of Brexit, writes Mike Mundy.

15th November 2019

Brexit: changing the logistics landscape

15th November 2019

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Valenciaport Foundation’s Alexandre Sánchez Pérez and Jonas Mendes Constante highlight questions that port authority managers should be asking about autonomous ships.

16th December 2017

Autonomy preparations

16th December 2017

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COMMENT: The promise of autonomy in shipping is certainly getting pulses racing, if the patter from September’s London International Shipping Week (LISW) is anything to go by, writes Carly Fields.

9th October 2017

Autonomy realities

9th October 2017

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COMMENT: Come on, admit it, who hasn’t had their interest piqued by the driverless units being proudly paraded by a growing number of companies? For me, the whole thing has that special…

25th August 2016

Hands off

25th August 2016

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Third time’s a charm? Not for the European Port Services Regulation. For 15 years, the European Commission has been trying to regulate the bloc’s port industry, with no success.

28th January 2016

Groundhog day

28th January 2016

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Getting greens onside is one of life’s great battles for ports looking to expand. Some tackle environmentalists head on, preferring a fight to flight. Others bring them into every conversation to prove…

19th February 2014

Blanket bans

19th February 2014

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There is a coups de théâtre being played out in Hong Kong. Hutchison’s Hongkong International Terminal has been an unwilling extra in a performance put on by its contracted dockers, who are…

2nd May 2013

Curtain call for Hong Kong drama

2nd May 2013

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Have long-winded and overly bureaucratic planning processes taken another victim in the maturing UK port industry? Fears are that a setback in Hutchison Port Holdings’ already lengthy Bathside Bay plans might send…

29th November 2012

Best laid plans

29th November 2012

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Surely dockworkers around the world must be getting the message that pressure tactics have had their day... or are they still able to turn a blind eye to the big picture of…

6th October 2010

Brave new world

6th October 2010

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The new UK government’s championing of “Big Society” has inspired at least one national port community to think local.

8th September 2010

High society

8th September 2010

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As I write this column, we are one month on from the devastating Deepwater Horizon explosion and the inevitable ecological disaster is still to be fully realised.

8th June 2010

An oily mess

8th June 2010

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In the last issue of the year, it is traditional toreflect on the year gone by. However, Im afraid I can see little worth in relivingthe mess that was 2009.

30th December 2009

Between a rock and a hard place

30th December 2009

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In these harsh - and getting harsher - times, its refreshing to hear that not everyone has been dragged down by the doom and gloom brigade.

7th January 2009

Bright spots

7th January 2009

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There is always a new frontier in theinternational port business. And as at the time of writing the G8 groupis convened, it is most relevant to focus on Africa, an area where…

6th August 2008

Africa is coming

6th August 2008