The Analyst – Page 5
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Forward plan to manage transitions
COMMENT: In Antwerp, the closure of the GM plant makes a huge site available for re-development, while in Rotterdam, one of the refineries (currently owned by Q8) is up for sale, writes Peter de Langen.
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COMMENT: Last month, DP World bought the Maher terminal in Prince Rupert, with a 2014 throughput of a little over 600,000 teu for more than a half billion US dollar - just under $1,000 per teu handled, writes Peter de Langen.
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Don't downplay trust issues
COMMENT: The OECD recently published a report with a global outlook on freight transport - the Freight Outlook 2015 - including a forecast for the volumes handled by ports in various regions of the world, but can it be trusted, asks Peter de Langen.
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Pricing of transhipment by port authorities
COMMENT: How can pricing structures in ports be best explained; are they based on a specific historical trajectory in each port, or based on economic logic, asks Peter de Langen.
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Compliments and comments
COMMENT: The development plan for Hong Kong Port, released December 2014, makes interesting reading for port planners and developers; my compliments to all stakeholders including the consultant BMT Asia Pacific, writes Peter de Langen.
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Getting in with the neighbours
Various potential mergers between neighbouring port authorities have recently been in the news and the experiences of the newly-paired ports have in virtually all cases been positive.
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Investing in innovation stimulation
COMMENT: What drives the competitiveness of ports? Is it sufficient draft to accommodate ever larger vessels, productivity, high quality hinterland infrastructure or well-functioning port community systems, asks Peter de Langen.
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Value of schedule reliability
COMMENT: The value of schedule reliability for shippers is clear and widely understood; recent congestion concerns in North European ports, especially Hamburg and Rotterdam, have now highlighted the value of schedule reliability for terminal operators as well, writes Peter de Langen.
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Concession challenges apply worldwide
COMMENT: I recently had the opportunity to discuss the challenges in granting concessions with a large number of port authorities in West and Central Africa, writes Peter de Langen.
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Uncertain growth calls for flexible planning
COMMENT: Port planning and development is required to ensure future throughput volumes can be accommodated, on that much we can all agree, writes Peter de Langen.
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A need for global standards
Port of Antwerp has issued its 2013 Annual Report which contains an interesting ranking of the largest ports worldwide.
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Lessons from an early mover
The strike of truckers in Vancouver’s port is ‘striking’ as Vancouver is one of the ports most actively involved in improving trucking operations.
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Should ports spread their wings?
Contrary to seaports, most airports are run by commercially operating airport managing bodies, some government owned, some fully privately owned and many with mixed ownership models. This is the result of a transition process that has taken place in many countries over the last decades.
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Getting port policies right
Getting the right policy framework for port development is a complicated challenge.
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What's in a name?
In the ongoing evolution of port governance, many port authorities are being forced to re-think their role.
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Taking Oman's lead
The release of the annual World Economic Forum’s Gobal Competitiveness Report is always eagerly awaited and while it is generally of limited relevance to the port industry, it does contains one directly relevant indicator: ‘Quality of port infrastructure’.
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P3: more ports, less terminals?
The P3 alliance between Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA CGM will have a significant impact on ports worldwide, but who will win and who will lose?
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The risky port expansion mindset
This July, figures for the total throughput of the UK ports system were released revealing a 4% decline in volumes. This is itself is not unsurprisingly given the current state of the freight markets.
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Clock watching port-style
In the past few years, more attention has been paid to ''on time'' arrival and it is a phenomenon that is not going to go away. But it seems that ''on time'' is a subjective phrase, so whose definition to we use?
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