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Red sea trigger to intermodal transfers?
In a slight re-wording of a popular aphorism, I can say with certainty that “We live in unpredictable times.”
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Ai: great potential but bits of the jigsaw still to be completed
Throughout the world of digitalisation- which looms large across all maritime sectors, 2023 has been the year of Artificial Intelligence (or “AI”).
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FMC looks to smooth out box flow to and from terminals
Recently, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) announced that one of its Commissioners would be convening a set of meetings regarding movements of containers in and around the largest U.S. ports.
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Linking up the data silos
As readers are viewing this, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting regarding the future path of shipping’s decarbonisation will have already occurred.
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Jones act – emerging infrastructure links?
We are living in a partisan political age; regardless of what side you are on, most shipping and port executives would agree on that.
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The shift to opportunities?
There may be a shift occurring in thinking in the US and it could be beneficial to ports.
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Thinking big on digitalisation, data and infrastructure funding
If my inbox is any indication, 2023 is going to be another big year for D and D - not demurrage and detention (or Dungeons and Dragons!!!), but, rather, digitalisation and data.
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New planning canvas in prospect
It is a new year, with a new Congress, and new sets of battles to be fought.
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Pivotal role for ports in making green corridors work
As a writer on maritime business, I am frequently asked, “What are you writing about these days?”
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Time to measure it and manage it
The supply chains are constrained- that is something that all the panellists agreed on during a presentation at Capital Link’s 2022 Maritime Forum in New York.
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Pivotal port optimisation role: berthing benefits
Decarbonisation efforts supported by heavy duty digitalisation have been abundant; most of these efforts are tied to the routing and performance of vessels when they are out at sea.
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CRYSTAL BALL GAZING
Halfway through a year already filled to the brim with “impactful” developments, port executives engage in the perilous activity of forecasting what’s coming next.
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DECARBONISATION, DIGITALISATION AND OPTIMISATION CROWD IN
As we move into the second half of 2022, economic and political storm clouds have been obscuring the horizons.
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THE RIGHT TIME FOR US PORTS TO TALK UP THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS
Amidst all of the noisy headline grabbing national news regarding the Ukraine, the Supreme Court, and rising energy prices- infrastructure, a topic close to port executives’ hearts (albeit lacking front-page news appeal) is back on the agenda.
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THE BIG D’S AND THE WIND OF CHANGE
In the realm of deepsea shipping, where I spend a lot of time, the big items are “digitalisation” and “decarbonisation”.
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NO TO REGULATION BUT YES TO DATA COORDINATION INITIATIVE FROM FMC
By the time that this column appears, the situation in Ukraine could have stabilised, or gotten much worse; it’s impossible to forecast.
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CARGO SHIPPERS’ PORT SELECTION: CHOICES AND CORRIDORS
Who can planners believe- when they are looking beyond the short-term issues (and we have more than a few of those swirling around “On The Waterfront” locally)?
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A CASE FOR A SYSTEM WIDE LOOK AT INFORMATION FLOWS?
The backlogs at ports, and the counts of waiting vessels at historical highs, can’t stay out of the news. The Omicron variant appears to be cresting in the USA but it did sideline dock and terminal workers- including in hard-hit Los Angeles-Long Beach (LA-LB).