The Strategist – Page 6

  • Where there is a will there is a way
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    Aim for evolution not revolution

    2013-02-07T13:15:00Z

    Re-engineering the role of a terminal after the departure of its principal client is no easy job. All the more so, when the terminal competed in a niche context in the competitive arena of Mediterranean container transhipment operations.

  • Making money count in Africa. Credit:Slashme
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    Locking in funds Africa-style

    2013-01-02T10:00:00Z

    In August 2012 the Kenyan government opened a tender for the design and construction of the first three berths at the new port of Lamu, to be financed by the annual sale of 13bn shillings ($154.4m) of infrastructure bonds over five years.

  • Container lines need to take responsibility for their troubles. Credit: Louis Vest
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    Shipping lines need greater discipline

    2012-11-15T20:55:00Z

    Give a big hand to the Boston Consulting group which has recently published a report that fairly and squarely lays many of the container shipping industry’s woes at its own door.

  • Private involvement is now very welcome in Central and West African ports. Credit: Slashme
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    Private sector finally welcome in Africa

    2012-10-18T15:49:00Z

    The acceptance of private sector participation in ports in Africa is gaining traction, and not before time. At least that''s what a meeting of port minds in Nigeria would have us believe.

  • Someone needs to shine a light on Izmir's overestimated port capacity needs. Credit: Tambako
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    The bigger picture is important

    2012-09-13T16:43:00Z

    “We can avoid reality but we cannot avoid the consequences of reality.” A famous saying that has more than a little relevance for any company that is approaching an investment in new port capacity without taking the step of independently validating the demand for such capacity via a comprehensive market ...

  • There's a hub war in Poland
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    The jury's still out on Poland

    2012-07-19T12:14:00Z

    At the end of March, Hapag Lloyd announced that the G6 Asia-Europe Loop 3 service would not call at the port of Gdansk, Poland.

  • The outlook is bleak for European port projects
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    The black cloud over mature Europe

    2012-06-06T10:00:00Z

    With Europe plainly in the doldrums there is a commensurate degree of lack of interest in new port projects. Certainly in the mature markets of Europe there is a widespread recognition that there are diminished prospects for achieving a sensible return on investment at least over the first seven to ...

  • PANYNJ is running into problems on bridge raising and terminal operator relations. Credit: Mordy Steinfield
    News

    Bridges to mend and to build

    2012-05-16T10:00:00Z

    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey appears to have hit a difficult patch in its trading life.

  • Any port finance, wherever it comes from, should be welcomed in these troubled times
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    Welcome the investment outsiders

    2012-02-29T10:00:00Z

    Is the entrance of pension funds, infrastructure funds, private equity funds and other non-core investors into the international port investment arena a good thing? Of course it is.

  • Iranian sanctions and Nigerian turmoil could further disrupt oil markets. Credit: www.dragonoil.com
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    A oily mess by anyone's standards

    2012-02-22T10:00:00Z

    The latest monthly report from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries forecasts 2012 demand as 88.9m barrels per day (bpd), up slightly on a previous estimate of 88.87m bpd.

  • The opening of Maasvlakte 2 will have a significant competitive impact, according to Netherlands-based Policy Research Corp
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    European capacity question resurfaces

    2011-12-14T10:00:00Z

    In sharp contrast to the fears just a few years back that north European ports were heading for a capacity crunch, today’s concern is that there will be too much capacity flooding onto the market too soon.

  • There is growing scope for celebratory industry award events
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    The winner will now take the stage...

    2011-11-23T10:00:00Z

    Is the burgeoning prominence of TV shows such as the X Factor symptomatic of the fact that nowadays there is growing scope for industry award events?

  • Ports need to tread carefully to avoid co-operation in commercial areas
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    Treading a fine line on co-operation

    2011-10-05T10:00:00Z

    “Co-operation” is today a sensitive word in the European port business. Against a background of European anti-trust officials raiding several of the world’s largest shipping lines to investigate possible collusion, port and terminal companies now have to tread very carefully on co-operation.

  • India has potential, but you need deep pockets and an awful lot of patience
    News

    Deep pockets and a lot of patience

    2011-09-15T10:00:00Z

    Remember that base line rule in port planning, supply of new capacity must take place in advance of demand?

  • Dropped services from the CKYH Alliance point to dark times ahead
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    Container rate slide sounds alarms

    2011-08-10T10:02:00Z

    The bush telegraph beats louder about crashing freight rates and, in turn, the prospect of hard rain falling in the container shipping line sector looms larger, threatening the recovery of container terminal throughput.

  • Ports should closely monitor liner markets fortunes
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    Keep an eye on the container prize

    2011-06-29T10:00:00Z

    Ports and terminals would be well advised to monitor the potential fortunes of the container shipping sector over the next few months.

  • News

    Deal or no deal

    2011-05-18T10:00:00Z

    The level of deal activity in terms of terminal investment opportunities is steadily building.

  • Radiation from the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors could have far-reaching effects on trade
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    Trade could suffer from the 'Japan effect'

    2011-04-20T10:00:00Z

    The impact of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Japan’s imports and exports potentially has significant implications.

  • Port reforms can be drawn out with the World Bank route
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    Banking on reforms can take its time

    2011-03-09T10:00:00Z

    If you go the World Bank route then invariably arriving at a conclusion about what type of port reforms to adopt will prove a long drawn out process based on a myriad of studies.

  • JadeWeserPort has set the cat among the pigeons in Germany's container handling market
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    A question of capacity

    2011-02-02T10:00:00Z

    The challenge presented by maintaining the right level of port capacity is becoming more complicated.