The Analyst

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

UNCTAD, in its yearly flagship publication, the review of Maritime Transport, has highlighted the considerable uncertainty facing shipping and ports.

8th February 2023

Era of uncertainty presents difficult investment decisions

8th February 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Leading container line Maersk is clearly an early mover when it comes to transitioning to clean fuels.

15th December 2022

Methanol – competitive asset for Maersk and partner ports?

15th December 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

DP World, the developer of London Gateway, made two recent announcements, signaling the steady development of the London Gateway port business ecosystem.

15th November 2022

Conditions for port business ecosystem development

15th November 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Driven by high shipping costs and poor reliability due to congestion and equipment shortage, Lidl decided to start its own shipping line, Tailwind.

27th October 2022

Is tailwind here to stay?

27th October 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Under the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI), China financed and built around US$1 trillion worth of infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries, making it the world’s largest bilateral creditor and increasing China’s…

15th September 2022

AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE BRI; WILL IT BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME?

15th September 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The European Seaports Organization (ESPO) periodically assesses developments in port governance, and recently published its findings for 2022. The following four takeaways are relevant. 

31st July 2022

FOUR TAKEAWAYS FROM THE ESPO ‘TRENDS IN EU PORTS’ GOVERNANCE 2022’ REPORT

31st July 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Economic indicators suggest that there is no recession on the horizon but practical realities are painting a different scenario.

30th June 2022

OPERATING IN A FOG THAT THREATENS

30th June 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

In the bigger scheme of things, the question where zero emission container ships will be introduced first is not very relevant; what matters is that they are introduced and as soon as…

30th June 2022

ZERO EMISSION CONTAINERSHIPS: WHO DARES WINS

30th June 2022

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

During the last two decades, there has been a steady shift regarding European container trade partners from the West (North America) to the East (Asia). The results of a new study from…

31st May 2022

EURO’ BOX TRADES ASSESSED*

31st May 2022

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

Scholars looking into clusters in general, and port clusters specifically, have come to understand that the development of such clusters is a path dependent process, in the sense that past developments in…

31st May 2022

PORT CLUSTERS: THE SOHAR ‘BREAKAWAY PROJECT’ GREEN INITIATIVE

31st May 2022

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

All of a sudden (or at least so it seems) gone is the conviction that free trade is a ‘win-win’ solution that will make all countries (and their people) better-off.

30th April 2022

POLITICAL PRESSURES SET TO CHANGE TRADE HORIZONS

30th April 2022

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

This year, C&A, a large fashion retailer, started producing jeans in bulk, in the heart of Europe. Their new factory is carbon neutral, heavily robotized and digitalized and has an initial capacity…

3rd January 2022

RE-SHORING: A BANDWAGON GATHERING MOMENTUM?

3rd January 2022

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

The port ‘business ecosystem’ includes logistics activities, most importantly warehousing. Most ports have developed logistics zones to attract warehouses. This strengthens the port business ecosystem, as warehouses generate captive cargo for the…

1st December 2021

XXL WAREHOUSING: TIME TO THINK BIG

1st December 2021

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

September 2021, AIDDATA, a research entity embedded in a US university, and financed by various sponsors, published the study Banking on the Belt and Road, which contains an analysis of China’s international…

1st November 2021

SPOTLIGHT ON CHINA FINANCE RECORD

1st November 2021

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

TERMINAL OPERATIONS

When it comes to mergers, some may say ‘what is good goes fast’. Others say ‘nothing good comes easy’. The Copenhagen Malmo merger was in the first category, the logic of the…

10th October 2021

GERMANY: PROS AND CONS OF RESTRUCTURED TERMINAL OPERATIONS

10th October 2021

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: One might think that the revenues of port development companies (PDCs) are primarily driven by the volumes handled in the port, writes Peter de Langen.

1st September 2021

THE VOLUME: REVENUE RELATIONSHIP

1st September 2021

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: For all the right reasons, a lot of attention among port developers, policy makers and regulators is focused on the competition in the terminal and shipping markets and risks of the…

3rd July 2021

THE UNEVEN COMMERCIAL POWER RELATIONSHIP

3rd July 2021

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: A stream of recent announcements suggests that a global market for storing and utilising carbon is emerging, writes Peter de Langen.

22nd June 2021

EMERGING GLOBAL MARKET FOR STORING AND UTILISING CARBON

22nd June 2021

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

Drug crime has been present in ports for centuries and is unlikely to ever go away, writes Peter de Langen.

24th May 2021

UNCONVENTIONAL STEPS TO COMBAT CRIME?

24th May 2021

THE ANALYST

THE ANALYST

COMMENT: Maritime freight flows are the result of past supply chain design choices - if companies design global supply chains this results in global freight flows, writes Peter de Langen.

16th April 2021

THE LOCALISATION TREND AND THE IMPACT ON PORTS

16th April 2021