The Strategist – Page 5

  • Low base: Cai Mep is running at 30% capacity due to the failed promises of the Vietnamese government. CRedit: APM Terminals
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    Vietnam needs to deliver on its promises

    2014-05-29T13:09:00Z

    COMMENT: The coordinating hand of government is an essential ingredient in infrastructure investment to generate a win: win for the investor and the host country concerned.

  • Cold shoulder: PortMiami supporters have turned their backs on David Beckham's stadium dreams. Credit: Nathan Forget
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    Becks kicks up a storm

    2014-04-24T11:04:00Z

    David Beckham is jeopardising maritime sector growth in Miami by seeking to build a soccer stadium at the port of Miami. Or so an alliance of shipping interests and a billionaire car dealer believe.

  • Time out: Container development in Ukraine's Sevastopol may have to wait a little longer. Credit: Alexxx Malev
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    The No 1 proponent of protectionism

    2014-04-16T10:00:00Z

    Comparatively recently, details of an opportunity were circulated relating to the development of a container gateway in the Crimean port of Sevastopol.

  • Fresh opportunity: the upcoming general election gives India a new chance on port tariff reforms. Credit: New Delhices
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    Time to get to grip with reforms

    2014-03-26T10:00:00Z

    India’s 2013-14 GDP data will be released at the end of March and expectations are that it will be an even lower figure than the decade-low of 5% achieved at the end of March 2013.

  • Mogadishu is trying to shift its reputation for violence
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    Holidays in Mogadishu

    2014-03-05T10:00:00Z

    It is a big step from the images presented by the 1993 movie Black Hawk Down to the idea of Mogadishu as a holiday resort.

  • Ports need to revisit disaster preparedness plans in light of damage in the Philippines. CRedit: Globovision
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    Prepare for the worst

    2014-01-09T10:35:00Z

    In the wake of the devastating effects of typhoon Haiyan on the Philippines, the debate has intensified as to the effects of global warming on tropical storms.

  • Will there be a return to buiyant trade in 2014?
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    World trade troubles stack up

    2013-11-27T10:46:00Z

    Like last year, the World Trade Organisation now expects trade volumes to grow only slightly faster than GDP in 2013: the slowing of trade volumes that was manifest in 2012 has therefore continued into 2013. Therein lays a primary cause of the current difficult circumstances of world shipping.

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    An eye on rival trade pacts

    2013-09-18T00:00:00Z

    The inter-Asia container trades are booming – notably in South East Asia and in the north.

  • Has ICTSI unwittingly wandered on to a battleground at Batumi? Credit: Barry Kent
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    ICTSI stuck in the middle

    2013-08-08T11:27:00Z

    Is it energy politics, gateway politics, is it following the lead of hardened business practice deployed in the Russian energy sector or simply the actions of a new port director?

  • It's time to talk in Africa
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    Open the door to dialogue

    2013-06-26T15:32:00Z

    Not for the first time a landlocked country in Africa is attempting to have a say in a remote port operation which functions as a major gateway for its import and export trade.

  • Discounting tariffs should be treated with caution
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    Look out for tariff landmines

    2013-04-24T10:30:00Z

    Which way to jump – discount or no discount on port tariffs? The question is not as straightforward as it might seem.

  • News

    Wising up to Dockwise's real worth

    2013-04-24T10:21:00Z

    Boskalis, the world’s largest dredging and marine services company, has secured its objective of acquiring Dockwise which operates the world’s largest heavy lift ships.

  • News

    Playing concessioning soccer in Africa

    2013-04-24T10:21:00Z

    The political ''football'' of privatised port operations in Mombasa is being kicked around again.

  • 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 ...