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INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The recently released UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021 draws some hard-hitting conclusions. In a financial and trade context it notes:

1st November 2021

UNCTAD: TIMID POLICY, OR WORSE BACKSLIDING, COULD PULL DOWN GROWTH

1st November 2021

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

September 2021, AIDDATA, a research entity embedded in a US university, and financed by various sponsors, published the study Banking on the Belt and Road, which contains an analysis of China’s international…

1st November 2021

SPOTLIGHT ON CHINA FINANCE RECORD

1st November 2021

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

Supply chain slowdowns, with the dozens of vessels anchored off the LA-LB ports complex, have made it into every major media outlet.

1st November 2021

LET ‘DERIVED DEMAND’ BE THE DRIVER OF MARKET ADJUSTMENTS

1st November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has stated that it intends to borrow US157 million to complete the fi rst phase construction of its new Lamu Port.

1st November 2021

KPA LOOKING FOR LAMU FUNDING

1st November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

The Yildirim Group of Companies has a 24 per cent stake in CMA CGM and once again there are reports circulating of a potential interest in selling.

1st November 2021

WILL YILDIRIM CASH IN?

1st November 2021

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

If you take what some might describe as a cynical position you can interpret the very recent attention paid to supply chain problems by politicians as anxiety about the subject becoming ‘more…

1st November 2021

Market Forces win every time: even during these ‘Force 10’ conditions

1st November 2021

NEWS

NEWS

A new, potentially groundbreaking global study supporting the development of Port Community Systems (PCS) on a worldwide basis, is being launched by the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA).

1st November 2021

IPSCA STUDIES PORT COMMUNITY SYSTEMS

1st November 2021

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

A public consultation on the privatisation of the Port of Santos should take place later this year.

29th October 2021

Santos reckoning

29th October 2021

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Digital ship clearance technology will be developed at an Angolan port under a new project.

29th October 2021

Digital ship clearance

29th October 2021

OCEANIA

OCEANIA

A major Australian container terminal operator has moved to terminate its Enterprise Agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).

28th October 2021

Operator dumps MUA

28th October 2021