Post Script

The proposed P3 alliance between Maersk, MSC and CMA-CGM raises more questions than it answers.

Seven years on from port privatisation in Nigeria port congestion remains a significant problem and is the focus of growing attention.

Effectively loading the result of an open tender is never a good path to realising a positive outcome for a container terminal concession, especially when the concession is awarded to a company…

The Port of Melbourne Corp has published the names of the four parties short-listed for “the right to operate the third international container terminal at the Port of Melbourne.

Name a port that won’t eventually go for a second container terminal operator. You might think Port of Singapore but you would be wrong: included within PSAs operating arrangements are certain dedicated…

Is it relevant for geo-political aspects to intrude into port deals?

Late last year saw President Kibaki preside over the ground breaking ceremony for the Port of Mombasa’s second container terminal. While the event marked progress, it is very slow progress indeed.

For a country that wishes to attract investors from a market sector that in practical terms has only a limited number of players with the resource and will to undertake major container…

Have you ever been responsible for any noteworthy failures in your business career? No, me neither, but apparently it happens.

So the marriage is over – DP World is exiting its container operations in the Yemen seemingly by agreement with the new post-revolutionary government, receiving $27m for its 50% stake in the…