Insight and Opinion – Page 11
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Monopolies and Common Sense
COMMENT: The situation in Montevideo, Uruguay is interesting and is one that is a regular issue raised elsewhere, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsDARWIN’S CHINA OWNERSHIP UNDER REVIEW
The port of Darwin, Northern Territories, Australia has been sucked into the ongoing dispute between China and Australia.
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NewsHOME DEPOT TAKES TO THE WATER
COMMENT: The debate in Washington, D.C. over “infrastructure”- however you define it, is continuing, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsGLOBALISATION AND SUPPLY CHAIN REMAIN AT RISK
COMMENT: Ports struggle with congestions, carriers with lack of capacity and countries with more COVID-19. The pressure is not letting up, writes Ben Hackett.
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LIVESTOCK REFORMS MOOTED
COMMENT: Anyone who has had the dubious pleasure of standing downwind of a livestock carrier in port will surely empathise with the growing calls for greater scrutiny and regulation of this trade, writes Mike Mundy.
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THE UNEVEN COMMERCIAL POWER RELATIONSHIP
COMMENT: For all the right reasons, a lot of attention among port developers, policy makers and regulators is focused on the competition in the terminal and shipping markets and risks of the emergence of dominant positions, for instance due to vertical integration, writes Peter de Langen.
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Fundamental port sector change
COMMENT: How many times has it been said? Will it hurt to say it again? OK then, lets just ‘put it out there’ – COVID-19 continues to test us all, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsNEW PORT PERFORMANCE INDEX - GOOD TRY BUT WRONG
COMMENT: The World Bank and IHS/Markit Container Port Performance Index is well off the mark and does not reflect reality, writes Ben Hackett.
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COLLABORATION NOT CONFRONTATION
COMMENT: Do you get the impression that labour unions as currently formatted in the ports sector are more backward than forward thinking? writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsNOT BUSINESS AS USUAL
COMMENT: USA infrastructure has endured yet another crisis, with the outage of the Colonial Pipeline, a major artery for moving refined products from refineries (in the US Gulf Coast) to consumers in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic, writes Barry Parker.
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EMERGING GLOBAL MARKET FOR STORING AND UTILISING CARBON
COMMENT: A stream of recent announcements suggests that a global market for storing and utilising carbon is emerging, writes Peter de Langen.
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Cyber Security: The Road to Resilience
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 even considering cyber security, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsVALENCIA: BALANCE SECURED
New container terminal development in Valencia appears to have struck the right balance in a challenging environmental situation.
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NewsPORT BRAGGING RIGHTS
Well, truth be told, for a while I stopped writing about “Infrastructure” bills from Washington, DC after an almost handful of failed efforts. This time, it may be different, but I am not holding my breath, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsUNCONVENTIONAL STEPS TO COMBAT CRIME?
Drug crime has been present in ports for centuries and is unlikely to ever go away, writes Peter de Langen.
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Sustainability finds core financial dimensions
COMMENT: President Biden said at the recent Leaders’ Summit on Climate that we are in a “decisive decade” for tackling climate change, writes Mike Mundy.
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DON’T FORGET THE LITTLE GUYS
With a lot of port sector engagement with the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ (digitalisation) and advanced strategies to achieve zero emissions being deployed, it is quite easy to forget that there are those ports who have not yet got their heads round the basics on either front, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsGLOBALISATION STUMBLES UNDER COVID-19 PRESSURE
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting pressure on globalisation beyond the Trump Administration impacts, writes Ben Hackett. The question is: What has gone wrong?
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NewsESPO PLOTS OPS USE
The release of the framework document: Towards an Intelligent Framework for Onshore Power Supply by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), signposts the rapidly increasing interest in powering ships at berth by this method as a path to reducing co2 emissions and air pollution in ports.
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NewsOZ COAL: NEW ‘DANCE’ PARTNERS
The unofficial ban by China on Australian coal imports is resulting in a structural shift in seaborne coal trading patterns.
