The Strategist

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

At Port Strategy we focus a lot on the larger port and terminal facilities – we are very mindful, however, that the larger ports and facilities in them are not the whole…

8th February 2023

Big is not always beautiful: Tell us about it!

8th February 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The India-headquartered Adani Group, which includes Adani Ports & SEZ, is reportedly engaged in raising US$10 billion in lower cost green bonds.

15th December 2022

Port of Singapore to take a stake in Adani ports?

15th December 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Against a background of port systems and supply chains under immense pressure during the onslaught of COVID-19…

15th November 2022

IAPH focus: closing the gaps

15th November 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Ports have traditionally had a link to politics but under the influence of COVID-19, lockdowns, congestion, environmental goals, strikes, exceptional geo-political events and other key influential factors the political dimension has grown…

27th October 2022

Prepare for life out of the shadows

27th October 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Thank heavens for a bit of common sense as espoused recently, in a joint statement by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and the Federation of European Private Companies and Terminals (FEPORT),…

15th September 2022

MAKING SENSE OF ONSHORE POWER SUPPLY

15th September 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Public Relations (PR), in the world of instant news and online media, has risen up the list of day-to-day business priorities.

31st July 2022

PUBLIC RELATIONS: UPWARDLY MOBILE ON THE BUSINESS AGENDA

31st July 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The National Shipper Advisory Committee, an advisory group to the USA’s Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is proposing that FMC extend its authority to cover the demurrage fees charged by ports and railroads.

30th June 2022

A SIMPLISTIC VIEW OF A COMPLEX PROBLEM

30th June 2022

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Does the port of Santos, Brazil have what it takes to achieve major hub status? An interesting question in itself but all the more interesting as it is an issue that has…

31st May 2022

SANTOS: TO HUB OR NOT TO HUB?

31st May 2022

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

DP World, owner of P&O Ferries, has gone to the trouble of publishing an eight-page document on its Code of Ethics, the openings words of which state: “DP World’s intention is to…

30th April 2022

DPW-P&O FERRIES: WHAT CODE OF ETHICS?

30th April 2022

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

There is no shortage of reports about the record earnings that shipping lines have chalked up in 2021 and which are forecast to continue in 2022. There are few signs, however, that…

3rd January 2022

EARNINGS BONANZA BUT LITTLE SHARED LARGESSE

3rd January 2022

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

Just as we can cite at an individual level positives and negatives flowing out of the pandemic era – more flexible working arrangements versus travel and social interaction restrictions for example –…

1st December 2021

POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES IN THE PANDEMIC ERA

1st December 2021

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The recently released UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2021 draws some hard-hitting conclusions. In a financial and trade context it notes:

1st November 2021

UNCTAD: TIMID POLICY, OR WORSE BACKSLIDING, COULD PULL DOWN GROWTH

1st November 2021

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

COMMENT: India has long faced criticism of the tight central control exercised over its 12 so-called Major Ports but now this control has been eased by the recently passed Major Port Authorities Act,…

1st October 2021

INDIA: DICHOTOMY EMBEDDED IN REFORMS

1st October 2021

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

COMMENT: The shelves are beginning to look a bit thin in my local supermarket – at times products are spaced out to make the shelves look busier, writes Mike Mundy.

1st September 2021

PREPARE THE PUBLIC RELATIONS ENGINE

1st September 2021

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: Anyone who has had the dubious pleasure of standing downwind of a livestock carrier in port will surely empathise with the growing calls for greater scrutiny and regulation of this trade,…

3rd July 2021

LIVESTOCK REFORMS MOOTED

3rd July 2021

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

With a lot of port sector engagement with the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ (digitalisation) and advanced strategies to achieve zero emissions being deployed, it is quite easy to forget that there are those…

15th May 2021

DON’T FORGET THE LITTLE GUYS

15th May 2021

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: It is interesting to note that the latest UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport highlights what it sees as the plight of small island states (SIDS), buffeted under the impactof the pandemic…

1st March 2021

NO TO EASY GATES TO GO THROUGH

1st March 2021

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: The bedrock of any port’s efficient operations is a strong working relationship betweena port authority and its private sector tenants, particularly terminal operators, writes Mike Mundy.

14th October 2020

KEEPING IT SIMPLE IN A COMPLICATED WORLD

14th October 2020

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: The saga at the port of Nouakchott, Mauritania, continues, underlining the point made in the last of issue of PS that negotiated port deals, as opposed to the letting of terminals…

18th September 2020

NOUAKCHOTT PRIVATE DEAL PAIN

18th September 2020

THE STRATEGIST

THE STRATEGIST

COMMENT: I hate to mention the C word – coronavirus – (again) but it does prompt thinking about what happens post the virus?, writes Mike Mundy.

28th April 2020

THAT ‘C’ WORD AGAIN AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?

28th April 2020