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BCT TAPS COMODALECE FOR ENHANCED INTERMODAL RAIL
The Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), Gdynia is harnessing the powers of the EU’s COMODALECE project to deliver a major uplift in the efficiency of intermodal rail operations.
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THE WRONG ROUTE TO MARKET?
The development of the new container/multipurpose terminal at the port of Takoradi, Ghana is advancing but questions remain about the process – or lack of process – which is bringing it to the market.
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NewsWHAT ODDS ON LINER SHIPPING PROFITABILITY IN 2020?
Who do you believe about the fortunes of the container liner industry in 2020?
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TRANSNET: TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK
Transnet, the multi-division government-owned provider of port and rail services in South Africa, has been under fire recently with a whole range of customer led criticisms ranging from corruption to inappropriate pricing arriving at its door.
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DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS, PLENTY OF PITFALLS
If you choose not to offer a tender for a port concession and to engage in direct negotiations with a specific party instead are you doing the right thing?
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Who owns R-Logitech?
In 2019, Belgian public authorities formed a joint venture with the fast-growing company R-Logitech to purchase the terminal operating group Euroports. One year on, questions are increasingly being asked about the identity of R-Logitech’s ultimate owners.
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BANANA: A SLIPPERY ROAD
It was the source of some controversy as a result of the actions of a whistle-blower and now DP World (DPW) is again experiencing troubled times with its plan to establish a deep-water multi-purpose port at Banana port located on the north bank of the Congo River’s mouth.
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CONCESSIONS: ‘BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW…’
With port privatisations taking off in the 1990s, and concessions typically lasting 20-30 years, port authorities around the world are now having to decide how to proceed: extend or retender.
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Nigeria: expanding despite traffic setbacks
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with over 200 million inhabitants, is often cited as a land of great potential but as seen time and time again it has been slow to realise it and ,accordingly, port development has proceeded at a measured pace.
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Douala doldrums
There have been some high jinks in conjunction with the Douala, Cameroon container terminal concession.
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Short haul: Still in its infancy
Rail is seen as a solution to alleviating fast growing truck volumes moving to and from port gateways
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Greece: When will PPP resistance end?
What does an investor expect from a public private partnership (PPP) in the port sector?
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POLAND’S EMERGING DOMINANCE
Poland has turned into the Baltic Sea’s main container hub, with volumes outstripping even Russia’s Baltic ports. And there are significant plans to consolidate this position, with every Polish port lining up ambitious expansion plans. Significant over investment – like that seen on the EU’s North Atlantic coastal stretch – ...
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ANAKLIA PORT – END OF THE LINE?
The Republic of Georgia’s Anaklia port project looks to be floundering – one of the main partners in the development consortium, US-based Conti Group, has just announced its decision to exit the project while simultaneously the development appears to be threatening Georgia’s reputation as one of the world’s best investment ...
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Hambantota damage limitation
COMMENT: China is getting touchy that its signature Belt and Road Initiative, via which it is expanding its global footprint in the maritime ports sector, is being increasingly criticised for having a strong geo-political dimension to it.
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Posorja project under fire
COMMENT: Following a Complaint filed by Dr Carlos Figueroa, a well-known political activist and medical doctor in Ecuador, the country’s Attorney General has initiated an investigation into the award of the 50-year concession for the Port of Posorja to DP World, the international terminal operator.
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Door open for CMA CGM in Djibouti?
COMMENT: Port Strategy hears that the world’s number three container line, CMA CGM, is interested in exploiting port and transport corridor opportunities in Djibouti, the primary gateway for Ethiopian cargo.
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A Greek tragedy in the making
COMMENT: The so-called third phase of Greek port privatisation is reportedly on the starting-blocks – but is it really?
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A step too far down under?
COMMENT: DP World Australia has hit its cargo importer and exporter client base with yet another big increase in infrastructure charges along Australia’s east coast, in the ports of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
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Concessions: room for improvement
The ethics of maritime terminal concession awards and operations have been put under the spotlight recently.
