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COMMENT: A study on better co-operation between terminals in Hong Kong by Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Management College has rightfully received industry attention of late, writes Peter de Langen.

1st October 2018

Tidying up inter-terminal connections

1st October 2018

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COMMENT: July saw a major development in Antwerp’s port, with the announcement of the start of a stakeholder-inclusive process to expand container capacity, writes Peter de Langen.

30th August 2018

Real meaning of inclusivity in ports

30th August 2018

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COMMENT: Lately, there has been much talk about the entry of new disruptors into ocean shipping, with Amazon most frequently referenced, writes Peter de Langen.

6th August 2018

Ships and terminals through Amazon’s eyes

6th August 2018

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COMMENT: This year’s Danish Port Days were held in Esbjerg, with the theme of ‘port transformations’ guiding a conference that included sessions where academics and industry leaders discussed management research issues worth…

30th April 2018

Flexibility key to wind ambitions

30th April 2018

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COMMENT: The inevitable is likely to happen to the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, writes Peter de Langen.

30th January 2018

Realities of working waterfront visions

30th January 2018

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COMMENT: In November, Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading port operator, launched its transformed property arm with a 960-hectare land bank, marking a further step in the gradual transition of the…

16th December 2017

Safe as houses

16th December 2017

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COMMENT: This year saw positive news for the two large new port development projects in North West Europe: JadeWeserPort and London Gateway, writes Peter de Langen.

9th October 2017

Lengthy path to success

9th October 2017

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COMMENT: Port development often has an important geopolitical dimension, writes Peter de Langen

22nd August 2017

Geopolitics and port development

22nd August 2017

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COMMENT: It is increasingly clear that car transport is at the brink of radical changes, driven by technological advances in autonomous driving and changing ownership patterns of cars, writes Peter de Langen.

3rd June 2017

Forget business as usual

3rd June 2017

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COMMENT: Ports create value for port users and thus also for society at large because they enable connections between consumers in the hinterland and producers overseas, and vice versa, writes Peter de…

3rd April 2017

The value of connectivity

3rd April 2017

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COMMENT: The term ‘physical internet’ has emerged in recent years as a metaphor for the future of freight transport. While the metaphor possibly obscures more than it enlightens, it nevertheless makes sense…

6th March 2017

Shipping and the physical internet

6th March 2017

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COMMENT: In fully private markets, the ‘invisible hand’ ensures the survival of the fittest, writes Peter de Langen.

3rd February 2017

The benefits of togetherness

3rd February 2017

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COMMENT: Should port development differ between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas? Definitely, in my view, writes Peter de Langen.

30th October 2016

Measuring value at city ports

30th October 2016

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COMMENT: In a recent academic conference in Hamburg, various papers addressed differentiated port dues for green ships partly to address the European Commission’s evident favouritism of such an approach, writes Peter de…

3rd October 2016

Sense of green port dues

3rd October 2016

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COMMENT: It is increasingly understood that ports are spatial clusters of interrelated economic activities, such as chemical plants, energy plants, construction plants (for instance for components of offshore wind installations), warehouses, and…

5th September 2016

Value in port clusters

5th September 2016

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COMMENT: In many countries, port development and the development of, often adjacent, sites for industrial activities is traditionally done by different, state-owned entities, writes Peter de Langen.

25th January 2016

Integration key to development

25th January 2016

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COMMENT: Like other sectors of the global industry, ports are keen to point out their national economic impact, writes Peter de Langen.

3rd November 2015

The port value calculation

3rd November 2015

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COMMENT: In the, often heated, discussions on the effects of mega-ships on shoreside infrastructure, let’s include the question of co-operation between nearby ports, writes Peter de Langen.

10th October 2015

Port co-operation and mega-ships

10th October 2015

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COMMENT: APM Terminals has announced that it will invest more than $2bn in a new port in Nigeria, its largest single investment in a port ever.

7th September 2015

Under one roof

7th September 2015

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COMMENT: In Antwerp, the closure of the GM plant makes a huge site available for re-development, while in Rotterdam, one of the refineries (currently owned by Q8) is up for sale, writes…

29th May 2015

Forward plan to manage transitions

29th May 2015