Insight and Opinion – Page 38
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NewsFull throttle
You certainly can’t accuse Virginia Port Authority of half measures. In July, it replaced all of its board members bar one in a sweeping move to kick-start growth.
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The medicine that damages the patient
It can be argued that too much belt tightening may not be a good thing: we can see a parallel with the fiscal measures used to fight excess debt at the sovereign levels.
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NewsTreading a fine line on co-operation
“Co-operation” is today a sensitive word in the European port business. Against a background of European anti-trust officials raiding several of the world’s largest shipping lines to investigate possible collusion, port and terminal companies now have to tread very carefully on co-operation.
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NewsThe bigger picture
US labour issues have once again stolen the headlines on the West Coast, with a timing bordering on perfection.
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NewsMaking the most of a supporting role
In this season of Labor Day, job creation and the inchoate 2012 Presidential campaign trail - now an eighteen month affair - ports continue to be a bit player in the larger script.
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NewsBenefits born out of adversity
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 brought fundamental change to the ports sector. And while this change was born out of adversity much of it is change that can now be regarded as positive.
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NewsDeep pockets and a lot of patience
Remember that base line rule in port planning, supply of new capacity must take place in advance of demand?
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NewsThe Berbera option
Ethiopia, which has had more than one spat with Djibouti over the access it gets to its port facilities, the service levels available there and the price it pays for these, is soon to have a new port gateway made available to it.
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NewsPiracy port breach will force fresh thinking
The scourge of modern day piracy has prompted shivers down the spine of many a hard-working ship owner. With one of the world’s key shipping arteries at the top of the Gulf of Aden, avoidance of the area is unrealistic.
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NewsAn extraordinary affair
The early expulsion of Getma International, a subsidiary of the NCT Necotrans group, from its 25-year concession for the Conakry container terminal in Guinea has all the hallmarks of a most extraordinary affair.
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NewsPrivate cash more attractive than ever
Pulling in Federal money to fund infrastructure projects got a little bit harder, as the US credit rating was downgraded.
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NewsThe fiscal crisis has landed
The global economy is entering a difficult period, the outcome of which we cannot guess at this stage.
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NewsContainer rate slide sounds alarms
The bush telegraph beats louder about crashing freight rates and, in turn, the prospect of hard rain falling in the container shipping line sector looms larger, threatening the recovery of container terminal throughput.
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NewsAre you taking the TWIC?
Back in the early days after the attrocities of September 11, 2001, one of my business ventures was the recipient of a Round 1 Port Security grant from what became the TSA, the body behind the TWIC ID scheme.
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NewsAn Asian dilemma
Travelling around Asia opens the mind as there are events taking place here that introduce new issues, and these suggest we may not always have been looking in the right direction.
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NewsWhy it's good to talk about the future
Too much talk, not enough action. It’s a charge levelled with alarming frequently at the maritime industry – usually from within and from those at least partially responsible for the constant posturing.
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NewsGive cargo a vote
There is a cliché to the effect that "...cargo does not vote - but people do". Usually the context is the funding of infrastructure.
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NewsKeep an eye on the container prize
Ports and terminals would be well advised to monitor the potential fortunes of the container shipping sector over the next few months.
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NewsRe-inventing the wheel
Terminal operators today are moving to re-define their role, to come up with an identity that clarifies what they do. At least that is the case in container terminals; bulk terminals have a more clearly defined role.
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NewsAn Indian first
International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) has entered the burgeoning Indian container market in an innovative way.
