Concessions & Investments

TT Club in Sydney are highlighting the problems of enforcing claims on those (hopefully rare) occasions when ships cause damage to terminal property during berthing/unberthing, loading and discharge operations.

The TT Club explains how the right policy can lead to greater operational efficiency - and better terms from your insurer.

Surely, few parts of any industrial economy can approach the modern port or terminal for the variety of ways in which losses can occur. Sam Ignarski reports.

Gustaaf de Monie considers the eternal argument over port tariffs and THCs and concludes it is an inevitable result of a timeless principle.

Simulare Port Technology puts the case for the benefits of simulator training.

Whatever your views on how contracts for the reconstruction of war-damaged port facilities are awarded, there is an undeniable need for such work to be carried out - usually in double-quick time.…

Exit arrangements from terminal concessions are not always high on the agenda when it comes to drawing up such agreements. Mark Lloyd-Williams, Partner at Norton Rose, suggests they are worthy of more…

When reviewing recruitment and training for PS in September 2003 there were still organisations that expected to dip into a pool of management experience and talent and be able to employ what…

Skills South Training and Resources (STR) has been launched to provide specialist training including forklift, crane, stowing and driving, to companies in the UK. STR aims to become the UKs leading training…

Training can be conducted at a customer's premises utilising the company's plant and office space or at STR's headquarters using dedicated training rooms and plant at Southampton docks.Outgoing European transport commissioner, Loyola…

Drewry Shipping Consultants has released its latest port sector report, " Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators 2004" . The most significant effect on the league of global operators, according to…

Port organisations say the latest environmental legislation from Brussels - the Water Framework Directive (WFD) - could have adverse effects on essential operations such as maintenance dredging, as David Foxwell explains.

As ports and stevedoring companies have struggled to meet the demands of an increasingly competitive environment by changing the way that people work, a variety of performance management or performance appraisal systems…

The varied nature of construction works for port developments gives rise to a number of specific issues of which port developers and financiers need to be aware, writes Patrick Leece .

Steve Cameron reports on progress towards modern management practices in India and an interesting study tour hes conducting of UK ports by Indian port managers

Drewry Shipping' s Dean Davison weighs up privatisation opportunities and discusses the criteria that may be applied in the evaluation process

In his second article on port pricing, Gustaaf de Monie points the way to a more independent regime in which port authorities need to operate, free of political interference.

Mike Mundy draws on his experience of the port privatisation process and highlights the " landmines" government agencies and port authorities keep stepping on