Insight and Opinion – Page 16
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NewsGreece: When will PPP resistance end?
What does an investor expect from a public private partnership (PPP) in the port sector?
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INTRA-PORT COMPETITION IN BUENOS AIRES
COMMENT: One of the best-known cases of port reform aimed to create intra-port competition is that of Buenos Aires, the largest port of Argentina, writes Peter de Langen.
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NO NEED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF “WeWork” CULTURE
COMMENT: It is interesting to see the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) voicing a pitch for a larger slice of Trans-European (Ten-T) funding and particularly on the basis of assisting ports that have projects with an ROI which is “low and slow", writes Mike Mundy.
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Brexit: changing the logistics landscape
COMMENT: As PS goes to press us citizens of the UK await the end of the latest chapter in the saga of Brexit, writes Mike Mundy.
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Change must be justified
As recent events in Douala, Cameroon have demonstrated, we are now in the era of concession renewals and there is not always a guarantee of continuity for existing incumbents, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsOutside the bubble
COMMENT: One of my big issues is the relationship of the maritime business with the rest of the world, existing “outside the bubble," writes Barry Parker.
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NewsNot a smart policy
The weaponising of trade strategically to achieve political supremacy is being honed by the Trump Administration globally, irrespective if the country at the receiving end is friend or foe, writes Ben Hackett
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NewsPOLAND’S EMERGING DOMINANCE
Poland has turned into the Baltic Sea’s main container hub, with volumes outstripping even Russia’s Baltic ports. And there are significant plans to consolidate this position, with every Polish port lining up ambitious expansion plans. Significant over investment – like that seen on the EU’s North Atlantic coastal stretch – ...
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Emerging competition between ‘Port innovation systems'
The recent news that the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, Temasek, and the global freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel, will start a venture fund, to be based in Singapore and called Reefknot Investments, is the latest of various initiatives that have emerged over the recent years, writes Peter De Langen.
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NewsPut on warm winter clothes
COMMENT: The Game of Thrones aficionados will fully understand the doomsday phrase that “winter is coming,” writes Ben Hackett
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Time for a change
COMMENT: Isn’t it about time that political appointments at the top of port management bodies were stopped? asks Mike Mundy
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NewsSustainable conferences
COMMENT: The conference season is upon us with a vengeance, after a summer lull, back-at-work shipping and port professionals are faced with tough choices of which events (often overlapping, or worse, simultaneous) to attend, writes Barry Parker.
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ANAKLIA PORT – END OF THE LINE?
The Republic of Georgia’s Anaklia port project looks to be floundering – one of the main partners in the development consortium, US-based Conti Group, has just announced its decision to exit the project while simultaneously the development appears to be threatening Georgia’s reputation as one of the world’s best investment ...
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Check and double check, the best project evaluation criteria
What drives a port authority or other government agency to develop the infrastructure for a new terminal and offer a new concession when there is little or no prospect of the facility offering a satisfactory rate of return to potential operators, asks Mike Mundy.
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NewsComplacency or wishful thinking both lead to denial
As the global economy faces the prospect of a potential recession, the maritime industry needs a reality check, writes Ben Hackett.
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African ports awards - importance of port performance indicators
In June 2019, the winners of the fourth edition of the African Ports Awards (APA) were announced in Lomé, Togo (see http://www.fondationapa.org), writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsAdding value to geography
In the previous issue, which was a humorous attempt to call out some short-sighted planning, the notion of the “big picture” was an important undercurrent, writes Barry Parker.
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Time to get real on forecasts
Assessing the earnings potential of port investments is more difficult than many other types of infrastructure where there are more stable or guaranteed levels of demand, writes Mike Mundy
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NewsHambantota damage limitation
COMMENT: China is getting touchy that its signature Belt and Road Initiative, via which it is expanding its global footprint in the maritime ports sector, is being increasingly criticised for having a strong geo-political dimension to it.
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NewsTime for a fresh approach
The beginning of July marked another landmark moment in the evolution of the container system – the delivery of the MSC Gulsun, the first box ship to be built to accommodate 24 rows of containers on deck and featuring a capacity of around 23,000 teu, writes Mike Mundy.
