Planning & Design
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US$4.5bn to expand ports investment platform
04/09/2020US$4.5bn has been secured to expand a ports and terminals investment platform in existing and new geographies. READ more
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OPTIMISING PORT VEHICLE TRAFFIC
03/09/2020Writing exclusively for Port Strategy, Dr. Nils Kemme of Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) discusses proven solutions to keeping port vehicle traffic moving and the role of simulation in this. READ more
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COVID-19: ANY CLEARER YET?
14/08/2020COVID-19 is prompting a rethink of supply strategies. Increased transshipment activity is expected but, as Andrew Penfold confirms, margins will be slim and financing new capacity challenging. READ more
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TOWARDS A BETTER INDUSTRY
20/07/2020Peter de Langen, regular contributor to 'Port Strategy' as The Analyst, recently published a book entitled 'Towards a Better Port Industry' with Routledge. Is it similar in content to the monthly columns? asks AJ Keyes. READ more
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DIVERSIFICATION POTENTIAL
26/06/2020The maritime industry is accused of being slow to change and not entrepreneurial enough. JP Verschuure feels that COVID-19 may change this situation. READ more
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EMERGING FROM COVID MIST
25/06/2020In the second of a two-part series, Andrew Penfold, of Mundy Penfold Ltd, looks at the potential implications following the COVID-19 pandemic crisis for ports and terminals. READ more
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WHAT IS DRIVING CAPE CHOICE?
23/06/2020With utilisation rates dropping and the idle fleet increasing, linking Asia and Europe via the Cape of Good Hope is an appealing option. AJ Keyes asks why. READ more
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FEASIBILITY OF ‘DARK’ TRADE
24/05/2020In this second part, Ron Crean of London-based Windward, outlines what ports and terminals need to be wary of to be safe from sanctions. READ more
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“EVERY MAN IS AN ISLAND”
11/05/2020What a turnaround! Coronavirus has driven us away from the idea of ‘no-man is an island’ in completely the opposite direction. Physical contact is quite rightly frowned upon, the ethos now is isolation and lock down (as depicted in comic terms READ more
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THE POST COVID-19 NEW WORLD
10/05/2020Andrew Penfold of Mundy Penfold Ltd looks at the current COVID-19 pandemic and asks whether it will ever be business as usual for the container industry. READ more
