Concessions & Investments

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ports should get their insurance broker involved at the earliestpossible stage of a major project, says specialist Marsh. Every riskis unique when it comes to ports and we need to go through…

14th May 2008

Early involvement

14th May 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

It is not just the design of a project that insurers need to get togrips with - it is the order in which the works will be carried out.

14th May 2008

Getting things in order

14th May 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

There is a host of ways to reduce the risks and provide insurers with ahigher level of comfort, says Brian Elliot at Marsh. Ports and theircontractors should consider:

14th May 2008

Reducing the risks

14th May 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

DP World has recently introduced GOLD - its Global OrganisationalLeadership Development programme, to support its growth strategy. Weaim to recruit up to 50 high potential candidates to GOLD, who willcommit to a…

30th April 2008

GOLD appproach

30th April 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

As the global skills shortage continues to bite, the onus is on employers to sell themselves to win over potential employees. Felicity Landon reports

30th April 2008

Employers must sell themselves

30th April 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

When the northeast England port of Blyth announced that it was to open a training centre that would be offering external training, the rush was incredible, says Martin Lawlor, chief executive of…

30th April 2008

Training rush

30th April 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Theres real cash to be had for sound port developments; and on reasonable terms too, as Alex Hughes discovers

30th April 2008

The money men

30th April 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Convictions for corporate manslaughter in the UK construction sectorcould soar under the new Corporate Manslaughter Act which came intoeffect on 6 April, warns insurer Aon.

14th April 2008

Manslaughter warning

14th April 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ports looking to take a bigger chunk of the supply chain take a bigger chunk of risk, warns Eric Buur, underwriting coordinator cargo liability at Fortis Corporate Insurance (FCI).

3rd March 2008

COntainer insurance: A bigger chunk of risk

3rd March 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The TT Club is working on an in-depth analysis of claims from terminals, in an effort to help prevent future losses. Results of this study will be published soon, it says -…

3rd March 2008

Container insurance: TT Club warning

3rd March 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

A significant increase in thenumber of accidents threatening assets and environment has led to anincreasing demand for the training of ship and shore personnel in thesame exercise, says VTS (vessel traffic system)…

6th February 2008

Ship and shore

6th February 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

What is the shelf-life of a simulator? GlobalSim says the first crane simulator it sold is now over ten years old and was recently upgraded, with new computers, motion controller, projector and…

6th February 2008

Shelf life

6th February 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

As new computer hardware and software technologies evolve, crane and material handling equipment simulators will continue to get more realistic, says Clyde Stauffer, vice-president of US-based GlobalSim. We take major advantage of…

6th February 2008

Game plan (please delete earlier version)

6th February 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Global credit crunch and port finance provision tightens but the year still starts with some new wave deals, as Mike Mundy reports

6th February 2008

Tighter belts

6th February 2008

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

2007 promises to be remembered for the flood of new investor money into the sector but how long will it last, asks Mike Mundy

5th December 2007

Money talks

5th December 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

With ports increasingly waking up to the potential of renewables, lawyers have been kept busy this year. Felicity Landon reports

9th October 2007

Legal Eagles thinking ahead

9th October 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

With a ports team that covers the Middle East, India, Asia Pacific and Europe, legal eagle Pinsent Masons is keeping itself busy.

9th October 2007

Legal Eagles Pinsent Masons

9th October 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Law specialist Norton Rose has seen demand for container port financing services explode, as Felicity Landon discovers

9th October 2007

Legal Eagles Norton Rose

9th October 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Emerging nation ports were once the poor relations of the port business in terms of finance options but with interest in the emerging world at an all time high things are changing.…

1st September 2007

More cash on the table

1st September 2007

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Port authorities are increasingly reluctant to provide services themselves if somebody else can do it cheaper and more efficiently, as Alex Hughes finds out

1st September 2007

The outsourcing evolution

1st September 2007