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POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

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…

16th March 2011

A balancing act

16th March 2011

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Many agreements between terminal operators and users may contain exclusivity provisions but these do not, themselves have as their object the restriction of competition; they must be examined in their legal, factual…

16th March 2011

Check the competition smallprint

16th March 2011

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

AUSTRALASIA GREENPORT

Opponents claimed victory when Australia-based Ambre Energy Ltd withdrew itsapplication for an export terminal to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia via the Columbia River port of Longview, Washington.

14th March 2011

Coal Export on Hold

14th March 2011

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

The shipping industry has taken a variety of measures to reduce air emissions from ships during the last decennium.

12th March 2011

The ongoing process towards a reduction of ships air emissions

12th March 2011

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Preliminary thoughts on the GreenPort Congress 2011.

12th March 2011

From Venice to Hamburg

12th March 2011

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Michael Mackey studies Chinas rising star that is Tianjin

11th March 2011

Lofty ambitions

11th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Another potential suitor has thrown its hat in the ring for control of Forth Ports, the UK’s last independent listed port operator.

9th March 2011

Forth Ports bid sign of improved prospects

9th March 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new European information highway project aims to develop a ‘middleware’ system that will enable all parts of the supply chain to talk in the same language.

9th March 2011

EU launches common language project for ports

9th March 2011

ASIA

ASIA

One problem bubbling up throughout the industry but not yet formally on the East Asia agenda is its greening.

9th March 2011

Pulling the green strands together

9th March 2011

AMERICAS GREENPORT

AMERICAS GREENPORT

Juan Manuel Santos, President of Columbia, says he is in talks with the Chinese for the construction of 400km of railway line to link the country’s Pacific and Adriatic coasts.

8th March 2011

Challenge to Panama Canal

8th March 2011