Insight and Opinion – Page 42
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NewsOnly the beginning of the end
At the recent Journal of Commerce conference in Oakland (TPM) one of the major carrier’s chief executives suggested that the industry had not been ready for the boom in cargo and had had no pre warning.
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NewsA spoke in the wheel
It''s easy to get caught up in the ‘us’ and ‘them’ mindset working in the shipping industry.
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NewsGrowth marred by confusion
The last two months have been interesting for economic analysts; data has been contradictory and has led to the lengthy debate on whether we are about to return into recession or are poised for solid growth.
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NewsToo much, too soon
I’d like to share with you some wise words that appeared in the latest Container Intelligence Quarterly from Clarksons.
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NewsDumb and dumber
There are still some very strange things that go on in the ports sector – things that unless you have a vested interest don’t seem to add up at all.
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NewsPlant food
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised at the events taking place in the liner industry today; once that solitary green shoot had been spied the woes of the past year suddenly seemed a distant memory. Recession? What recession?
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NewsCommerce conquers carp in canal victory
Last month, sensibility scored a major victory over rampant environmentalism with a Supreme Court ruling that stops a legal action initiated by the State of Michigan that sought to close two sections of a canal in the Chicago area.
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NewsSmoke and Mirrors
The general perception now is that the crisis in Dubai is easing and that the implications of the financial fall out for DP World will be limited. But is this the case?
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NewsThe strategist
In the first Strategist column of the year, I''d like to start with some simple suggestions for future port operations success.
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Between a rock and a hard place
In the last issue of the year, it is traditional to reflect on the year gone by. However, I''m afraid I can see little worth in reliving the mess that was 2009.
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New Yorker, opinion Dec 2009
It sounds like a tired refrain already, but the legislators to the south of New York in Washington, DC ought not to take their eyes off the infrastructure funding issues, amid attention-grabbing headlines on health care and Afghanistan.
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NewsWinds of Change
The shipping industry is entering a period of change; the impact of the economic crisis is creating changes that may alter the face of shipping for some years to come.
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Newsps the strategist
Picture this - the whole of the traditional terminal investor world, in the shape of international terminal operators, is in the grip of the world''s worst recession and it has become evident that they have scaled back investment plans, and that new projects are now further from their mind than ...
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NewssTRATEGIST COPY
Just as the "old paths" in ship finance will not adequately meet future needs it is equally clear that the traditional banking sector will not be able to meet all the requirements of the international ports sector.
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PS PAGE
Now available from our parent company Mercator Media are the papers in powerpoint form from the recent Private Capital & Ports Conference held in London. These are genuinely regarded as essential reading by all ports and terminal operators who now confront a somewhat different climate in the banking sector and ...
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NewsOpinion Barry Parker New Yorker
Sitting in the front row at Port Industry Day, held in New York in the auditorium aboard Intrepid, my head began to ache from the sheer complexity of solving infrastructure problems, on a grand scale. Indeed, Surface Transport funding, now expired, has been extended on a month-to-month basis.
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NewsPrivate concerns
Much is written about the ''pioneering'' nature of the UK port model. Indeed, a fully privatised model was a thing of envy in the late 1990s when ports around the world were getting to grips with the benefits privatisation could bring.
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NewsAre we in danger of a double dip recession?
A recent US survey of eminent economists resulted in 80% of those surveyed believing that the recession was over. Yet we continue to hear warnings about the continuation of the recession with fears of a "W" double dip recession and the next negative phase of the financial crisis resulting from ...
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PS PAGE COPY
The Black Sea, the so-called ''inland sea'' bordered by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, is one of the areas of the world most negatively impacted by the recent economic downturn. But longer term this is a region that offers significant potential for container shipping and terminal operations.
