Concessions & Investments

Industry experts have already called for additional guidance on mandatory container weighing, while agreeing that enforcement is the only way to ensure accuracy of container weights.

The TT Club says that changing patterns in world trade is bringing unforeseen liabilities for Middle East transport forwarders and operators.

The key drivers of change in port investment patterns are the recent economic recession and its effects on containerised trade, according to Tomas Vitsounis, project leader, Total Port Logistics, at NICTA, Australia’s…

Investors are torn between the high risk and high returns offered by ports. Felicity Landon reports

The P3 container alliance has ramifications in a legal context for ports, as HFWs Joseph Botham explains

Bankers still take the long-term view that ports are solid, long-term assets, says Berend Paasman, senior vice president, shipping, offshore and logistics, at DNB Bank – “but you want to see that…

Post-crisis, what are the finance options for ports operating in an uncertain world asks Felicity Landon

New terminals are coming online around the world but there’s a ‘war for talent to run them, as Felicity Landon reports

Ports are a small part of the World Bank’s overall loan book, through both its private sector lender the IFC and the IBRD.

Financing for expansion will only come if the Triple Bottom Line is there, says Martin Rushmere

HFWs Eliza Petritsi deciphers the proposed European ports policy package

Konecranes has begun statutory negotiations with its employees regarding temporary and permanent job losses to help reduce costs in a “weakened” market.

HFWs Scott Pilkington asks who foots the bill when ports suffer from strikes, industrial action or other disruption

Swings and roundabouts predominate as the industry tries to find a perfect labour solution. Martin Rushmere reports

Carriers treat Australia as “the end of the bus line, says Searoad Holdings John Hunter, “with the result that we often don’t get the best ships.” This, he says, is one of…

Whether there is an ISO Standard in place or not, ports are generally waking up to being more proactive with their soliciting of feedback.

Better to be receptive to complaints than to sweep them under the negotiating table, finds Stevie Knight

A common mistake is to assume that a ship’s insurance cover would extend to cover all the damage caused to a port if, for example, a ship collided with a quay crane…

Business interruption insurance is an obvious ‘must’ for ports, as Felicity Landon explains

While finance is still out there for equipment purchases, only the diligent and persistent will secure it, finds Alex Hughes