The New Yorker – Page 3
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NewsPOST-PANDEMIC – “NEW NORMAL” OBSERVATIONS
COMMENT: The late and great baseball player/philosopher Yogi Berra once opined, “It’s very difficult to predict what might happen….especially in the future," writes Barry Parker.
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NewsREPUTATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
COMMENT: When describing shipping matters, clichés such as “best of times/ worst of times” are abounding at present, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsCOVID-19 – THE NEW YORK ANGLE
COMMENT: Worldwide supply chains, and the ports that go with them, have been completely overtaken by the Coronavirus, COVID-19 issue, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsTHE I-WORD – AN ECONOMIC FILLIP?
COMMENT: Yes, we have heard it before. Investment in infrastructure (the “I-word”) was a centerpiece of President Trump’s campaign four years ago; it also figured in peace-making overtures between Democrats (led by House speaker Nancy Pelosi) and the party of Trump, the Republicans, during the various political feuds of subsequent ...
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NewsIt's important to be part of the mix
COMMENT: Every February, the local and Norwegian and Greek Chambers of Commerce host an excellent conference along the East River waterfront (across from the long-gone industrial terminals in Long Island City and Greenpoint), writes Barry Parker.
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NewsBacking something positive as front-page
COMMENT: Lately, the dys-function, or non-function, in Washington, D.C. is palpable, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsGet loud...to be heard
COMMENT: For many years, stakeholders in the U.S. ports business have been seeking to unlock some of the stranded money in the Harbor Maintenance trust Fund - some $9 billion sitting in the Federal coffers, and enable it to be spent on dredging and other needed projects that will benefit ...
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NewsOutside the bubble
COMMENT: One of my big issues is the relationship of the maritime business with the rest of the world, existing “outside the bubble," writes Barry Parker.
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NewsSustainable conferences
COMMENT: The conference season is upon us with a vengeance, after a summer lull, back-at-work shipping and port professionals are faced with tough choices of which events (often overlapping, or worse, simultaneous) to attend, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsAdding value to geography
In the previous issue, which was a humorous attempt to call out some short-sighted planning, the notion of the “big picture” was an important undercurrent, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsEcosystems and wedding venues
COMMENT: Ports are part of “ecosystems”, a new way of saying “big picture”- and it''s painful and frustrating when planners completely miss this important point, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsWelcoming winds of change
COMMENT: With the 2020 election season heating up in the US, political pronouncements about ''infrastructure'', are becoming more frequent, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsNY road congestion brings port benefits
COMMENT: Road congestion, and its deleterious environmental impacts, could be driving change in supply chains around New York, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsPorts countdown to IMO 2020
COMMENT: As this is being written, there are roughly 270 days until IMO 2020 — the day that tighter restrictions on sulphur content in marine fuels come into effect, writes Barry Parker
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NewsNew slant to ‘working together’
COMMENT: Politics looms large, again. Infrastructure-spending is a recurring theme in my articles, as is the importance of ports making a lot of noise on this subject, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsOn the 2020 campaign trail
COMMENT: The political climate has been more divisive than ever lately, or at least it seems that way. The good news through all the political manoeuvring, skirmishing and, some days, outright war between the political parties is that infrastructure is a topic which has the potential for agreement among all ...
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Ensuring fuel stability
COMMENT: Top level shipping executives have been exposed to more technology and operational type issues in the past year than ever before, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsPutting ports top of mind
COMMENT: Because of New York’s vastness, when the talks turns to the seaport aspects the maritime and shipping angle tends to be drowned out by airports, tunnels and property — where the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has a significant franchise, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsDigitalisation hung up on standards
COMMENT: Every year, by the end of summer time, clear themes have emerged in the maritime business, writes Barry Parker.
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Three is not a crowd
COMMENT: The maritime business, long a laggard in adapting to technological advancements, has been increasingly in the crosshairs of information advances, writes Barry Parker.
