The Strategist

With Europe plainly in the doldrums there is a commensurate degree of lack of interest in new port projects. Certainly in the mature markets of Europe there is a widespread recognition that…

The latest monthly report from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries forecasts 2012 demand as 88.9m barrels per day (bpd), up slightly on a previous estimate of 88.87m bpd.

Is the burgeoning prominence of TV shows such as the X Factor symptomatic of the fact that nowadays there is growing scope for industry award events?

“Co-operation” is today a sensitive word in the European port business. Against a background of European anti-trust officials raiding several of the world’s largest shipping lines to investigate possible collusion, port and…

Remember that base line rule in port planning, supply of new capacity must take place in advance of demand?

The bush telegraph beats louder about crashing freight rates and, in turn, the prospect of hard rain falling in the container shipping line sector looms larger, threatening the recovery of container terminal…

Ports and terminals would be well advised to monitor the potential fortunes of the container shipping sector over the next few months.

The impact of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Japan’s imports and exports potentially has significant implications.

The challenge presented by maintaining the right level of port capacity is becoming more complicated.

It’s an old story but it is worth one reiterating that if a country has a single container terminal then it is a no brainer when it comes to deciding on the…

Rumour has it Maersk is in the market for a new generation of containership – a 16,000 teu vessel design – that will see a 2,000 teu increase in top of the…

The vigour with which President Obama has been beating the drum about what BP should have done and should now do regarding the disastrous rig blow-out in the US Gulf is a…

Even in the darker days of the credit crunch there was always money around for infrastructure development, although most major projects had been mothballed.

The Port of Antwerp made an interesting announcement last month, namely that it “aims to strengthen its position on a world scale” and “for this purpose the Antwerp Port Authority has opted…

I’d like to share with you some wise words that appeared in the latest Container Intelligence Quarterly from Clarksons.

Picture this - the whole of the traditional terminal investor world, in the shape of international terminal operators, is in the grip of the worlds worst recession and it has become evident…