The Strategist
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LIVESTOCK REFORMS MOOTED
03/07/2021COMMENT: 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, writes Mike Mundy. READ more
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COLLABORATION NOT CONFRONTATION
22/06/2021COMMENT: Do you get the impression that labour unions as currently formatted in the ports sector are more backward than forward thinking? writes Mike Mundy. READ more
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DON’T FORGET THE LITTLE GUYS
14/05/2021With 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 ports who have not yet got their READ more
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BEHOLD AN ERA OF INNOVATION IS UNDERWAY
16/04/2021COMMENT: The container was probably the last mega innovation in the world of ports and shipping, writes Mike Mundy. READ more
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AUSTRALIA – CHINA COAL SLIP INEVITABLE
18/03/2021COMMENT: Tensions between China and Australia continue and appear to be progressively negatively impacting trading arrangements, writes Mike Mundy. READ more
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NO TO EASY GATES TO GO THROUGH
01/03/2021COMMENT: 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 impact of the pandemic and subject to regular shocks as a result of READ more
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“WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?”
19/12/2020COMMENT: The spectre of Brexit has somewhat dropped off the radar with the massive focus on COVID-19. It does not mean, however, that Brexit has gone away, writes Mike Mundy. READ more
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MELBOURNE PORT RENTS: LESSONS TO LEARN
12/11/2020COMMENT: The topic of port rents is an interesting one – a subject that does not always get a public airing due to the confidential nature of concession and other lease/rental agreements, writes Mike Mundy. READ more
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KEEPING IT SIMPLE IN A COMPLICATED WORLD
14/10/2020COMMENT: The bedrock of any port’s efficient operations is a strong working relationship between a port authority and its private sector tenants, particularly terminal operators, writes Mike Mundy. READ more
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NOUAKCHOTT PRIVATE DEAL PAIN
18/09/2020COMMENT: 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 via public tender, are inherently risky and do little for READ more
