The Strategist – Page 7
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NewsContainer rate slide sounds alarms
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.
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NewsKeep an eye on the container prize
Ports and terminals would be well advised to monitor the potential fortunes of the container shipping sector over the next few months.
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Deal or no deal
The level of deal activity in terms of terminal investment opportunities is steadily building.
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NewsTrade could suffer from the 'Japan effect'
The impact of the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Japan’s imports and exports potentially has significant implications.
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NewsBanking on reforms can take its time
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.
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NewsA question of capacity
The challenge presented by maintaining the right level of port capacity is becoming more complicated.
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NewsBest job in the world
In October an advertisement was placed in the French national press that said, “best job in the world” – become a crane operator at the port of Marseilles for €4000 a month, work 18 hours a week, enjoy eight weeks holiday a year and savour a job for life".
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NewsThe case for independence
It’s an old story but it is worth one reiterating that if a country has a single container terminal then it is a no brainer when it comes to deciding on the category of operator that should be awarded a concession under a privatisation initiative: independent container terminal operator every ...
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NewsExpect the unexpected
Rumour has it Maersk is in the market for a new generation of containership – a 16,000 teu vessel design – that will see a 2,000 teu increase in top of the range container vessel capacity.
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NewsLessons from the US
The vigour with which President Obama has been beating the drum about what BP should have done and should now do regarding the disastrous rig blow-out in the US Gulf is a sight to behold.
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NewsMoney isn't just there for the taking
Even in the darker days of the credit crunch there was always money around for infrastructure development, although most major projects had been mothballed.
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NewsVolume not the whole story
When it comes to awarding a port concession inevitably a lot of importance is attached to the new cargo volume that a given operator is able to attract.
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NewsA step too far, asks The Strategist
The Port of Antwerp made an interesting announcement last month, namely that it “aims to strengthen its position on a world scale” and “for this purpose the Antwerp Port Authority has opted to develop activities beyond Europe, especially in growth regions with the potential to generate cargo for Antwerp".
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NewsToo much, too soon
I’d like to share with you some wise words that appeared in the latest Container Intelligence Quarterly from Clarksons.
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Newsps the strategist
Picture this - the whole of the traditional terminal investor world, in the shape of international terminal operators, is in the grip of the world''s worst recession and it has become evident that they have scaled back investment plans, and that new projects are now further from their mind than ...
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NewssTRATEGIST COPY
Just as the "old paths" in ship finance will not adequately meet future needs it is equally clear that the traditional banking sector will not be able to meet all the requirements of the international ports sector.
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Motorway hold up is testing patience
Among consultants there is a standard joke that if Europe had funnelled into the marketplace as much money as it has spent studying the idea of Motorways of the Sea then the European maritime sector would be much richer for it.
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The slippery box throughput slope
Drewry Shipping Consultants'' newly released Top 10 container terminal operators ranking lists the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), not surprisingly, at the No 1 slot, becoming the first company to register an annual volume in excess of 50m teu.
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It's today's research that counts in asset sales
A word of caution - there is presently a lot of hot air being talked about investment opportunities in the ports sector. Some of it is understandable as, to be frank, it is coming from sources that claim to be expert but frankly when their real credentials - and specifically ...
