Insight & Opinion

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

If you are a port or a terminal and had to pick one area where you could achieve the goals of optimising safety and maximising efficiency then without doubt the area of…

30th May 2024

Streamlining berthing/safe mooring is a must

30th May 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Ten years on from granting a 50-year renewable concession to the Chinese group Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. Limited (HKND Group), owned by Chinese businessman Wang Jing, to build a…

30th May 2024

Nicaragua sidelines canal project

30th May 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

All hail the potential of digitalisation to positively impact shipping’s decarbonisation!

19th April 2024

New study highlights the decarbonising power of digitalisation

19th April 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Three months into 2024 and story of geo-political instability continues.

19th April 2024

A mixed picture so far…

19th April 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

These days, politics is being infused into the transportation business more than ever before, now complemented by a fear-factor. It’s not clear to me whether protectionism, or maritime/ port security, is piloting…

19th April 2024

Politics progressively a factor in the suppy chain

19th April 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

2023 was not a good year and 2024 looks uncertain for the maritime industry.

19th April 2024

The global economy remains under stress

19th April 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The energy and raw materials transition, critical for achieving a sustainable and (more) circular economy, creates a huge demand for new private investments in ports, in activities like production, assembly, storage and…

19th April 2024

Sustainable port industrial islands?

19th April 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

In a slight re-wording of a popular aphorism, I can say with certainty that “We live in unpredictable times.” 

27th February 2024

Red sea trigger to intermodal transfers?

27th February 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The war in the Middle East has brought knee jerk reactions to the dangers to ships using the Red Sea, primarily bound for the Suez Canal. Is it really such a disaster?

27th February 2024

Storm in a teacup

27th February 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Mid-January saw the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcome the European Parliament’s recognition of and support for the vital role Europe’s ports play in the European economy and society.

27th February 2024

ESPO underlines “there is no time to lose” in implementation of new strategy

27th February 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

X-Press Feeders has recently decided to deploy green methanol-powered ships on its feeder network in Europe, with Evergreen committing to using X-Press Feeders services.

27th February 2024

Fuel transition creates a ‘whole new space to occupy’

27th February 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The newly appointed International Maritime Organization Secretary-General, Arsenio Dominguez, has called on Member States to step up and help tackle the issue of an expanding ‘shadow fleet’ of vessels operating around the…

27th February 2024

Shadow fleet targeted

27th February 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Welcome to 2024 where PS has a lot lined up for you via the magazine, online and various industry meets.

27th February 2024

2024 promises an interesting cocktail of coverage

27th February 2024

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Labour issues just can’t go away.

24th November 2023

Labour issues: ports should ramp up their engagement

24th November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The strategic partnership between HHLA and MSC in Hamburg; an unusual process

24th November 2023

MSC initiative to enter HHLA worthy of scrutiny

24th November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

There is an argument as to whether recession is still on the way, yet many indicators suggest that it will be avoided. No one really knows which is odd.

24th November 2023

Is recession coming or not?

24th November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Talking to my ever-optimistic car dealer he tells me 2025 is the year to have in mind when electric cars will come into their own – suffice it to say I am…

24th November 2023

Matching batteries to in-port vessel decarbonisation requirements

24th November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

It’s that time of year again, when we look back over the past year and look forward.

24th November 2023

Looking back and forward

24th November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Strikes, tax avoidance allegations, a cyber-attack and heavy criticism of new terminal access charges; 2023 is shaping up to be an annus horribilis year for DP World Australia

24th November 2023

DPW Australia – annus horribilis

24th November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Ports operators that provide a broader and more sophisticated range of services beyond simply handling in-port cargo and containers, will thrive no matter how fraught geopolitical stresses become.

21st November 2023

Diversification will see ports through tough times

21st November 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Have you got one? A lot of ports, terminals and other companies active in the supply chain have. 

9th October 2023

Digital twins move to take centre stage

9th October 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Throughout the world of digitalisation- which looms large across all maritime sectors, 2023 has been the year of Artificial Intelligence (or “AI”).

9th October 2023

Ai: great potential but bits of the jigsaw still to be completed

9th October 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The recent announcement of the India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor is another step in the efforts of the EU and US to challenge China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with a competing approach:…

9th October 2023

What to make of the India-middle east-Europe economic corridor?

9th October 2023