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CARGO SPOTLIGHT

CARGO SPOTLIGHT

COMMENT: With the annual increase in containerised trade across the globe, we collectively put more heavy trucks on our roads each year, writes Wouter de Gier.

21st June 2018

Safe roads are good for business

21st June 2018

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: Think you have got an environmental problem, asks Mike Mundy? Think again: your problem is probably miniscule when compared with the one recently identified in Calabar Port, located in the southeast…

21st June 2018

Think you have an environmental problem?

21st June 2018

THE ECONOMIST

THE ECONOMIST

COMMENT: Demand growth in volume terms remains buoyant at 5.2% in 2017 but does anyone remember the 15%-25% growth rates before the Great Recession, asks Ben Hackett.

21st June 2018

Can all this optimism be justified?

21st June 2018

PORT TALK

PORT TALK

Conductix-Wampfler’s Alexander Eckardt questions whether we are there yet on verified mass legislation.

21st June 2018

Too many grey areas in box weighing

21st June 2018

THE NEW YORKER

THE NEW YORKER

COMMENT: At one time, before todays mega ships and mega rail links, the harbour at New York was the entrepot for vessels moving cargo between Americas heartland and the US East Coast,…

21st June 2018

Time to play the politics card

21st June 2018

THE LAWYER

THE LAWYER

COMMENT: The allision on March 19, 2018 between the berthed Tolten and Hamburg Bay (alongside) at the South Asia Port Terminal in Karachi, Pakistan made international headlines following the distribution of a…

21st June 2018

Socially unacceptable in port environs

21st June 2018

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UK’s unusual port ownership structure has left pilots out on a limb, finds Alex Hughes.

21st June 2018

Patchwork quilt leaves pilotage holes

21st June 2018

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

CONTAINER & CARGO HANDLING

Before investing in navigation aids, make sure theres not a better alternative, advises Stevie Knight

21st June 2018

The smart way to aid navigation

21st June 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Carlos Manterola, vice president of Chile’s National Association of Shipping Agents (Asonave), says that while the organisation is not against the construction of a major new deep water port, “now is not…

20th June 2018

No pressing need for megaport, say Chile agents

20th June 2018

SOUTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The Chinese ambassador in Lima has stated that Cosco Shipping Holdings is to build and manage the Port of Chancay, which is located some 58 kilometres north of the Peruvian capital. It…

20th June 2018

Major investment in Chancay and Ilo

20th June 2018