Insight and Opinion – Page 12
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THE LOCALISATION TREND AND THE IMPACT ON PORTS
COMMENT: Maritime freight flows are the result of past supply chain design choices - if companies design global supply chains this results in global freight flows, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsPORTS: GREAT ENGINES OF GROWTH
COMMENT: Yes, this column’s name refers to a place up north, but, like many native New Yorkers, I spend time in the “Sixth Borough”- otherwise known as Florida, writes Barry Parker.
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BEHOLD AN ERA OF INNOVATION IS UNDERWAY
COMMENT: The container was probably the last mega innovation in the world of ports and shipping, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsEUPHORIA IN SHIPPING FINANCES MAY IMPACT PORTS
COMMENT: As the pandemic rolls back with vaccinations rolling out, the maritime industry becomes overly optimistic from ports, terminals, carriers and shipbuilding, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsNEW ADMINISTRATION, NEW ‘SUPER-CYCLE’
COMMENT: All along the East Coast, the talk is all about off shore wind, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsFURTHER STEPS NEEDED FOR NEW MERGER
COMMENT: On goes the wave of mergers of port development companies, this time between the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge, writes Peter de Langen.
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AUSTRALIA – CHINA COAL SLIP INEVITABLE
COMMENT: Tensions between China and Australia continue and appear to be progressively negatively impacting trading arrangements, writes Mike Mundy.
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Terminal operators: shoulders to the wheel…
COMMENT: It’s unusual that the supply side of the container sector is under pressure – that container availability and shipping capacity is stretched and when available invariably only at a high price, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsA LABOURED PATH
It is interesting that during a time when there was a clear need to “pull together,” 2020 featured a number of high-profile port labour strikes – in Australia, Argentina, Canada, France, Portugal amongst others.
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NewsPORTS ARE STRUGGLING
COMMENT: The economics, such as they are, of the COVID-19 crisis is playing havoc at the ports as is the virus infection as well, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsMUA: THE BIGGER PICTURE
Victoria International Container Terminals is the latest Australian terminal operator to be dragged into conflict with the Maritime Union of Australia. The MUA cites failure to reach an Enterprise Agreement as the cause but is this the whole story?
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NewsNO TO EASY GATES TO GO THROUGH
COMMENT: It is interesting to note that the latest UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport highlights what it sees as the plight of small island states (SIDS), buffeted under the impact of the pandemic and subject to regular shocks as a result of climate change. writes Mike Mundy.
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Calling the shots under COVID-19
COMMENT: At this juncture, it would have been excellent to look at COVID-19 in the rear-view mirror, writes Mike Mundy.
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The relevance of economics on international trade and ports?
COMMENT: Harping on a familiar subject, we really do need to ask ourselves what relevance economics has on international trade? writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsPORTS: A FRONT ROW SEAT
COMMENT: I must confess, over the past four years, I got a little tired of writing about the huge breakthrough “Infrastructure” investment initiatives which, as all boats rise with the tide, would benefit ports throughout the USA, writes Barry Parker.
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A STRATEGIC PLAN: TICKS THE BOXES BUT RADICAL ENOUGH?
COMMENT: The French Haropa ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris are steadily implementing the full merger announced over two years ago and the final step should be ready in June of this year, writes Peter de Langen.
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BCT TAPS COMODALECE FOR ENHANCED INTERMODAL RAIL
The Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), Gdynia is harnessing the powers of the EU’s COMODALECE project to deliver a major uplift in the efficiency of intermodal rail operations.
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NewsREDUCING THE CARBON INTENSITY
COMMENT: Ships calling at ports are subject to international regulations drawn up by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with headquarters on the River Thames but with 170+ member states, and a nearly equal number of hangers-on. Obviously, the IMO’s actions will impact ports directly - think about waste or ballast ...
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Breaking with convention
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.
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CARGO SAILING SHIPS; BECOMING SERIOUS BUSINESS?
COMMENT: Over the past couple of years, sailing cargo ships have made a bit of a comeback, writes Peter de Langen.
