Insight and Opinion – Page 6
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NewsNew planning canvas in prospect
It is a new year, with a new Congress, and new sets of battles to be fought.
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NewsEra of uncertainty presents difficult investment decisions
UNCTAD, in its yearly flagship publication, the review of Maritime Transport, has highlighted the considerable uncertainty facing shipping and ports.
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News2023: disruptors to make their Presence felt
2022 ended bleakly as the global economy headed towards a recession. 2023 does not look optimistic for the coming six months at least. Time to batten down the hatches.
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NewsBig is not always beautiful: Tell us about it!
At Port Strategy we focus a lot on the larger port and terminal facilities – we are very mindful, however, that the larger ports and facilities in them are not the whole story.
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NewsAn era of spending but what is round the corner?
As our story Port and Terminal Investors Crowd Inmakes clear there is a lot of activity at the moment directed at buying into terminal sector opportunities with much of this coming from shipping lines.
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NewsPort of Singapore to take a stake in Adani ports?
The India-headquartered Adani Group, which includes Adani Ports & SEZ, is reportedly engaged in raising US$10 billion in lower cost green bonds.
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NewsWhat comes after normal and new normal?
We are entering a new world with little clarity of the future as we face either a return to the old ways or live in a state of perma-crisis.
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NewsMethanol - competitive asset for Maersk and partner ports?
Leading container line Maersk is clearly an early mover when it comes to transitioning to clean fuels.
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NewsPivotal role for ports in making green corridors work
As a writer on maritime business, I am frequently asked, “What are you writing about these days?”
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NewsPlenty To Think About
There is no mistaking the fact that ‘Xmas’ is over in the container shipping sector. Lean times are ahead in the majority of world markets compounded by the age-old folly of too much new shipping capacity too soon.
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NewsMarket share versus profits
Mature markets today bring new challenges in delivering major new port capacity, especially in a competitive climate. The issue is how to reconcile the economic impact-orientated agenda of port landlords with the profit motive of terminal operators? Andrew Penfold investigates.
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NewsBeyond the tipping point, what next?
So, the tipping point has arrived, and a de-escalation is underway of container freight rates and of severe container congestion.
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NewsTime to measure it and manage it
The supply chains are constrained- that is something that all the panellists agreed on during a presentation at Capital Link’s 2022 Maritime Forum in New York.
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NewsConditions for port business ecosystem development
DP World, the developer of London Gateway, made two recent announcements, signaling the steady development of the London Gateway port business ecosystem.
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NewsEconomic chaos caused by zombie policies
Misguided policies are causing an unprecedented collapse in global economic confidence leading to further inflation and rising costs of living and a global recession.
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NewsIAPH focus: closing the gaps
Against a background of port systems and supply chains under immense pressure during the onslaught of COVID-19…
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NewsLines and terminals: another twist?
Container shipping lines have done very well from Covid. Freight rates reached exorbitantly high levels between mid-2021 and the first half of 2022.
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NewsPivotal port optimisation role: berthing benefits
Decarbonisation efforts supported by heavy duty digitalisation have been abundant; most of these efforts are tied to the routing and performance of vessels when they are out at sea.
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NewsIs tailwind here to stay?
Driven by high shipping costs and poor reliability due to congestion and equipment shortage, Lidl decided to start its own shipping line, Tailwind.
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NewsPrepare for life out of the shadows
Ports have traditionally had a link to politics but under the influence of COVID-19, lockdowns, congestion, environmental goals, strikes, exceptional geo-political events and other key influential factors the political dimension has grown significantly larger.
