Insight and Opinion – Page 39
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NewsWhere's the trust?
Ports should be watching the latest round of European anti-trust raids with interest.
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Virginia sees the bigger supply picture
The State of Virginia, technically a “Commonwealth”, is setting the pace in transportation planning.
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NewsA new dawn
India is a container market that all major international terminal operators want a piece of due to its major growth potential.
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Deal or no deal
The level of deal activity in terms of terminal investment opportunities is steadily building.
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NewsFinding the right coping mechanisms
The wider impact of the the Japanese tsunami and subsequent radiation leaks has broad repercussions for the shipping and ports industry.
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NewsUS 'Infrastructure bank' back on the table
The long talked about “Infrastructure Bank” is back in discussion-mode, albeit with a much different visage than originally proposed during the campaign season three years ago.
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NewsRadiation checks reveal common policy void
As April ended and May started, ships that had called at Japanese ports post-radiation leaks finally found their way to European and US ports. And what greeted them was a disjointed mix of reactions and confused strategies on screening and decontamination plans.
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NewsTrade could suffer from the 'Japan effect'
The impact of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Japan’s imports and exports potentially has significant implications.
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NewsFront line
Ports are the front line for any island nation; they are the gateway for both inbound goods and commodities and for potential revenue-earning exports. The series of recent natural disasters has put this dependence into stark perspective.
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NewsCaution counselled as uncertainty rules
Our industry expects economists to provide forecasts for the months and years ahead, prognosticating about demand and supply as well as financial returns. We spout optimism and pessimism with equanimity, but often with a lag.
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NewsDitch politically-motivated infrastructure schemes
With attention focused on the ongoing sagas of the Highway Trust Fund, it’s clear that Obama advisor’s advisors (keenly aware of the old adage, “Cargo does not vote”) are not looking carefully at maritime issues.
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NewsA balancing act
The question of port capacity and specifically the issue of introducing it at the right time was raised briefly in the last issue of PS but in the light of recent events it is worthy of further discussion.
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NewsBanking on reforms can take its time
If you go the World Bank route then invariably arriving at a conclusion about what type of port reforms to adopt will prove a long drawn out process based on a myriad of studies.
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NewsJoining the dots
February’s opening of Vietnam’s largest ever container terminal has at last crystallised the country’s true potential in the box handling market.
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NewsPromises of a good year
Being an economist is not easy. We are expected to have an opinion on the state of the economy but are usually castigated for our views.
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NewsThe China effect
In January 2011, it was announced that China will lend Cameroon 243.5bn CFA francs ($48.7m), the majority of which will be spent on financing new deep-sea port facilities at the port at Kribi in the south of the central African nation.
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NewsA question of capacity
The challenge presented by maintaining the right level of port capacity is becoming more complicated.
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Cargo is still king
In early January, the Port of Seattle joined a growing list of ports with Green Truck programs.
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NewsHutchison aims for top of the list
New year, new take on port listings. Or that’s what Hutchison Whampoa is banking on with its US$6bn initial public offering for its port assets in Hong Kong and southern China.
