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INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

International shipowners’ association BIMCO is famous for creating a range of charter party agreements that are central to the way the global shipping industry works – but Grant Hunter, BIMCO’s director, standards,…

5th May 2023

‘Holistic’ contracts needed for shipping efficiency, says BIMCO director

5th May 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The development of Freeports is a genuine Brexit benefit and a real opportunity to be grasped, Customs expert Arne Mielken, managing director of Customs Manager Ltd, told the Coastlink audience.

5th May 2023

Freeports – ‘a genuine Brexit benefit’

5th May 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The UK government must set a growth target for water freight, said Michelle Gardner, deputy director, policy, at Logistics UK at this year’s Coastlink Conference.

5th May 2023

Certainty of policy essential for water freight

5th May 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Recent times have seen a spate of maritime incidents spanning groundings, collisions and, particularly notable, containership and ro-ro vessel fires which, experience shows, are often caused by mis-declared cargo. 

18th April 2023

Paths to Reducing Serious Maritime Incidents and their Impact

18th April 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The day will soon be upon us when a Single Window for data exchange will be mandatory – specifically, 1 January 2024.

30th March 2023

Harness the Benefits of the Maritime Single Window

30th March 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

As our story Port and Terminal Investors Crowd In makes clear there is a lot of activity at the moment directed at buying into terminal sector opportunities with much of this coming from…

8th February 2023

An era of spending but what is round the corner?

8th February 2023

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

There is no mistaking the fact that ‘Xmas’ is over in the container shipping sector. Lean times are ahead in the majority of world markets compounded by the age-old folly of too…

15th December 2022

Plenty To Think About

15th December 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

So, the tipping point has arrived, and a de-escalation is underway of container freight rates and of severe container congestion.

15th November 2022

Beyond the tipping point, what next?

15th November 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The view appears to be gaining ground that the party is over in container shipping and normal operating conditions are on the way back. This may be true – only time will…

27th October 2022

A Bumper Package

27th October 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The shipping and ports sectors have in recent years shown a vulnerability to serious hazardous cargo related incidents. The National Cargo Bureau has conducted studies which throw some light on the potential…

15th September 2022

Essential Reading

15th September 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Government to government ledport concession deals are now surfacing but there is little evidence to suggest this is a proven approach

31st July 2022

Concessions: Proven Processes have the Best Potential to Deliver

31st July 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

 Accurately forecasting the future is always a challenging business. Imagine doing this prior to early 2019 – how wrong would you have been? Who could have imagined COVID-19 or Russia initiating a…

30th June 2022

What’s not new and what’s next

30th June 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

The recent UNCTAD so-called rapid assessment report on the war in Ukraine highlights concerns over the two fundamental “Fs” of commodity markets – food and fuels.

31st May 2022

Food Challenges – IAPH Initiative – Opportunities – Building to a Higher Level

31st May 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Initial uncertainty was focused on the impact of Russian threats on the Ukraine, we can now see that the realisation of these have far-reaching global impacts. Andrew Penfold identifes the critical factors

30th April 2022

UKRAINE CRISIS: GLOBAL CHAOS

30th April 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

I make no apology for returning to the starting point of my last Viewpoint – Ukraine.

30th April 2022

Negatives and positives

30th April 2022

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

Oleksandr Gavrylyuk, Port Strategy’s Ukraine based correspondent, provides a human perspective of life in the face of Russian aggression

30th April 2022

FIGHTING TO SURVIVE

30th April 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Maritime sector fallout from the Ukraine crisis promises to be multi-faceted and large scale. Andrew Penfold analyses the situation

9th March 2022

UKRAINE CRISIS – THE FALLOUT

9th March 2022

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

There is a price to pay for bloated freight rates and other supply chain issues. Felicity Landon charts the UNCTAD position and suggestions on mitigating measures

1st February 2022

UNCTAD: A PRICE TO PAY

1st February 2022

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

If you take it at face value, it is a top tier shipping line providing a perspective of what it sees as major port bottlenecks negatively impacting the supply chain. It is…

3rd January 2022

Not the whole story

3rd January 2022

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Let’s go back to basics – sea levels.

1st December 2021

Climate resilient ports: “the power is in our hands”

1st December 2021

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Two new Bills herald major reforms to the Indian ports sector but when looked at overall does it amount to “one step forward and one step back?” AJ Keyes takes a detailed…

3rd November 2021

ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE BACK?

3rd November 2021

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

Stick with it or press the restart button? Which way to go with port concessions? Neil Davidson and Erik Wehl* examine the pros and cons of both propositions

2nd November 2021

RENEWAL OR RETENDER?

2nd November 2021

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

If you take what some might describe as a cynical position you can interpret the very recent attention paid to supply chain problems by politicians as anxiety about the subject becoming ‘more…

1st November 2021

Market Forces win every time: even during these ‘Force 10’ conditions

1st November 2021