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INSIGHT & OPINION

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Is there a seismic shift underway in the traditional rules of engagement? Will the world we know today be turned on its head and what are the priorities to survive in this…

15th September 2022

The World Turned On Its Head?

15th September 2022

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This is the summer of discontent in Europe with a raft of port and wider transport strikes in play. What is the solution, is there one? Equally, it is important that wider…

31st July 2022

SUMMER OF DISCONTENT

31st July 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

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The blockade of Ukraine’s grain export ports represents a ticking timebomb for some of the poorest nations in the world cut-off from the supply of essential foodstuffs.

30th June 2022

TICKING TIMEBOMB

30th June 2022

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Comprehensive measures continue to be introduced across the US West Coast (USWC) to alleviate the prevailing port congestion, but will they have the desired effect or are they hampered by fundamental flaws?

1st December 2021

US WEST COAST: MORE NEEDED

1st December 2021

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PIANC’S Working with Nature (WwN) approach to major dredging projects has much to recommend it. It is proven to work well in conjunction with river or estuary ports, the port of Seville…

1st November 2021

DO IT THE WwN WAY

1st November 2021

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Political statements made in Barbados suggest a main Caribbean transshipment role for Barbados but market realities suggest otherwise.

8th September 2021

DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR?

8th September 2021

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New container terminal development in Valencia appears to have struck the right balance in a challenging environmental situation.

18th June 2021

VALENCIA: BALANCE SECURED

18th June 2021

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The release of the framework document: Towards an Intelligent Framework for Onshore Power Supply by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), signposts the rapidly increasing interest in powering ships at berth by…

7th May 2021

ESPO PLOTS OPS USE

7th May 2021

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The unofficial ban by China on Australian coal imports is resulting in a structural shift in seaborne coal trading patterns.

30th April 2021

OZ COAL: NEW ‘DANCE’ PARTNERS

30th April 2021

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It is interesting that during a time when there was a clear need to “pull together,” 2020 featured a number of high-profile port labour strikes – in Australia, Argentina, Canada, France, Portugal…

14th March 2021

A LABOURED PATH

14th March 2021

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Victoria International Container Terminals is the latest Australian terminal operator to be dragged into conflict with the Maritime Union of Australia. The MUA cites failure to reach an Enterprise Agreement as the…

1st March 2021

MUA: THE BIGGER PICTURE

1st March 2021

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The development of the new container/multipurpose terminal at the port of Takoradi, Ghana is advancing but questions remain about the process – or lack of process – which is bringing it to…

9th December 2020

THE WRONG ROUTE TO MARKET?

9th December 2020

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Transnet, the multi-division government-owned provider of port and rail services in South Africa,has been under fire recently with a whole range of customer led criticisms ranging from corruption toinappropriate pricing arriving at…

24th September 2020

TRANSNET: TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK

24th September 2020

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If you choose not to offer a tender for a port concession and to engage in direct negotiations witha specific party instead are you doing the right thing?

1st September 2020

DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS, PLENTY OF PITFALLS

1st September 2020

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Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with over 200 million inhabitants, is often cited as a land of great potential but as seen time and time again it has been slow to realise…

22nd April 2020

Nigeria: expanding despite traffic setbacks

22nd April 2020

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There have been some high jinks in conjunction with the Douala, Cameroon container terminal concession.

19th February 2020

Douala doldrums

19th February 2020

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Rail is seen as a solution to alleviating fast growing truck volumes moving to and from port gateways

20th January 2020

Short haul: Still in its infancy

20th January 2020

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What does an investor expect from a public private partnership (PPP) in the port sector?

28th November 2019

Greece: When will PPP resistance end?

28th November 2019

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Poland has turned into the Baltic Sea’s main container hub, with volumes outstripping evenRussia’s Baltic ports. And there are significant plans to consolidate this position, with every Polish port lining up ambitious…

25th October 2019

POLAND’S EMERGING DOMINANCE

25th October 2019

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COMMENT: Following a Complaint filed by Dr Carlos Figueroa, a well-known political activist and medical doctor in Ecuador, the country’s Attorney General has initiated an investigation into the award of the 50-year…

2nd April 2019

Posorja project under fire

2nd April 2019