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  • News

    BCT TAPS COMODALECE FOR ENHANCED INTERMODAL RAIL

    2021-01-08T20:07:00Z

    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?

    2020-12-09T22:06:00Z

    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.

  • container volumes
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    WHAT ODDS ON LINER SHIPPING PROFITABILITY IN 2020?

    2020-10-30T17:20:00Z

    Who do you believe about the fortunes of the container liner industry in 2020?

  • Transnet
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    TRANSNET: TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK

    2020-09-24T14:50:00Z

    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

    2020-08-31T23:57:00Z

    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?

  • Euroports
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    Who owns R-Logitech?

    2020-06-26T12:45:00Z

    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.

  • Banana port
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    BANANA: A SLIPPERY ROAD

    2020-05-29T18:59:00Z

    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.

  • Concessions
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    CONCESSIONS: ‘BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW…’

    2020-05-24T23:25:00Z

    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.

  • West Africa Container Terminal
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    Nigeria: expanding despite traffic setbacks

    2020-04-22T16:22:00Z

    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

    2020-02-19T10:20:00Z

    There have been some high jinks in conjunction with the Douala, Cameroon container terminal concession.

  • News

    Short haul: Still in its infancy

    2020-01-20T02:07:00Z

    Rail is seen as a solution to alleviating fast growing truck volumes moving to and from port gateways

  • Piraeus
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    Greece: When will PPP resistance end?

    2019-11-28T09:36:00Z

    What does an investor expect from a public private partnership (PPP) in the port sector?

  • container port
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    POLAND’S EMERGING DOMINANCE

    2019-10-25T15:23:00Z

    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?

    2019-09-27T16:29:00Z

    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 ...

  • Hambantota port
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    Hambantota damage limitation

    2019-09-03T16:32:00Z

    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.

  • port of Posorja
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    Posorja project under fire

    2019-04-02T09:55:00Z

    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.

  • Djibouti might end up in Chinese hands. Credit: 123rf
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    Door open for CMA CGM in Djibouti?

    2019-01-21T10:37:00Z

    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.

  • Greece should try to improve on the long-winded concession process for Piraeus. Credit: Christos Vassiliou, Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0
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    A Greek tragedy in the making

    2018-12-03T11:00:00Z

    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?

    2018-11-01T11:56:00Z

    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.

  • Terminal tenders need to be more robust Photo: Michal Bednarek/123rf
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    Concessions: room for improvement

    2018-10-01T14:58:00Z

    The ethics of maritime terminal concession awards and operations have been put under the spotlight recently.