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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

There are clever criminal gangs out there hatching ingenious plots.

1st May 2005

Its not all about Terrorism

1st May 2005

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

Within the plethora of directives, regulations, codes and initiatives, and the accompanying smart technology that the reaction to 9/11 has given birth to, the container seal has always been in the cross…

1st May 2005

Sealing the Box

1st May 2005

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

70+% price hikes, entirely new sources of supply being developed? Australian iron ore producers are enjoying a bull-run in meeting demand from China. The ports are coping but more pressure is building.…

1st May 2005

Playing Hardball

1st May 2005

ASIA

ASIA

Impediments to the cargo pipeline performing well, from iron ore producer to steel manufacturer, are not all, about what is happening at the exporter end in Australia.

1st May 2005

Chinese Bottlenecks persist

1st May 2005

THE INSURER

THE INSURER

Last week it was announced in the UK that the supermarket chain called Tesco was claiming one pound in every eight spent in the UK retail market. The effects on surrounding shops…

1st May 2005

The Tesco Effect

1st May 2005

POST SCRIPT

POST SCRIPT

A UK election has been called and the last time this happened when there were any particular port issues on the agenda was when Margaret Thatcher was in power and overseeing a…

1st May 2005

UK Port Plans – No Election fever here!

1st May 2005

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

Ben Hackett pursues his analysis of the port privatisation process to the Levant

1st May 2005

Privatisation: Israeili Style

1st May 2005

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Ports must address the congestion problem to survive. Patrik Wheater reports from a recent BMT briefing.

1st May 2005

The Squeeze is on

1st May 2005

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Simulare Port Technology puts the case for the benefits of simulator training.

1st May 2005

Do simulators provide Effective Training?

1st May 2005

AFRICA

AFRICA

Following the renegotiation of leases with Unilever, Commercial Cold Storage and Agriport, South Africas National Ports Authority (NPA) has agreed terms with Bidvest for the consolidation of 42 leases into nine and…

1st May 2005

NPA & BIDVEST AGREE TERMS

1st May 2005