Bulk Handling

The industry is divided over the merits of using consultants versus ports setting up their own systems. Accenture says (perhaps surprisingly) both have their uses.

KPIs are powerful tools, but theres dissent in how to best set and apply them. Martin Rushmere reports

HFWs Cecile Schlub and Matthew Gore discuss the legal implications of enforced key performance indicators

Comparing terminal features can be thankless and the results underwhelming, argues Stevie Knight

Mr Heinrich Goller of Hamburgs HHLA believes there has to be a better way of comparing operations than the present system.

Those seeking to sell terminals to raise much needed cash will be operating in a buyers market.

Drewry Shipping Consultants advises clients on a host of possible KPIs but again, as Drewry ports director Neil Davidson points out, it all comes down to the way they are measured and…