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INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

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…

15th December 2022

Market share versus profits

15th December 2022

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

John Bensalhia looks at the market trends, players, expertise and cost savings now on offer in the second hand equipment sector

15th December 2022

Second time around

15th December 2022

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

John Bensalhia tracks the advance of the electric reach stacker system including product R&D, trials, recharge issues and solutions, the order book and the cost equation

15th December 2022

Electric power play

15th December 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Container shipping lines now face a markedly different market situation. Felicity Landon highlights the findings of a recent Drewry Webinar on this key subject

15th December 2022

Market fundamentals turn

15th December 2022

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

With road and rail transit capacity cut as a result of the application of sanctions the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad finds itself in a worsening position. Oleksandr Gavrylyuk reports

15th December 2022

Kaliningrad walks tightrope

15th December 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

The Port of Gothenburg has confirmed that for the first half of 2022 it recorded a 53 per cent share of the total Swedish container market, reflecting a rise of three percentage…

15th December 2022

Gothenburg: Hinterland Penetration and Deeper Draught

15th December 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A need to change strategy is required for Baltic Sea container ports due to lost Russian cargo. AJ Keyes looks at the situation and what some of the major ports are doing…

15th December 2022

Avoiding russian roulette

15th December 2022

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In reply to a question as to why the fleet is under-invested, Oatway said: “This sector was in decline for some ten years prior to the pandemic; rates in 2019 were barely…

15th December 2022

MPV Order Book reflects the market and remains slim

15th December 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A new mobile app from North P&I is looking to ease the incident evidence gathering burden for marine professionals.

13th December 2022

Incident gathering app

13th December 2022

NEWS

NEWS

The UK’s Port of Felixstowe said it has become the first port in Europe to introduce autonomous terminal tractor units (ATs) into mixed traffic container terminal operations.

13th December 2022

Autonomous truck first

13th December 2022