Viewpoint – Page 2
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NewsHarness the Benefits of the Maritime Single Window
The day will soon be upon us when a Single Window for data exchange will be mandatory – specifically, 1 January 2024.
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NewsAn era of spending but what is round the corner?
As our story Port and Terminal Investors Crowd Inmakes clear there is a lot of activity at the moment directed at buying into terminal sector opportunities with much of this coming from shipping lines.
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NewsPlenty To Think About
There is no mistaking the fact that ‘Xmas’ is over in the container shipping sector. Lean times are ahead in the majority of world markets compounded by the age-old folly of too much new shipping capacity too soon.
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NewsBeyond the tipping point, what next?
So, the tipping point has arrived, and a de-escalation is underway of container freight rates and of severe container congestion.
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NewsA Bumper Package
The view appears to be gaining ground that the party is over in container shipping and normal operating conditions are on the way back. This may be true – only time will tell – but for sure there are still significant problems in the supply chain.
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Essential Reading
The shipping and ports sectors have in recent years shown a vulnerability to serious hazardous cargo related incidents. The National Cargo Bureau has conducted studies which throw some light on the potential scale of the problem. It has also developed Hazcheck Detect – a cargo screening tool
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Concessions: Proven Processes have the Best Potential to Deliver
Government to government ledport concession deals are now surfacing but there is little evidence to suggest this is a proven approach
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What’s not new and what’s next
Accurately forecasting the future is always a challenging business. Imagine doing this prior to early 2019 – how wrong would you have been? Who could have imagined COVID-19 or Russia initiating a war in the Ukraine? At an industry level, who could have forecast the phenomenal profits of shipping lines, the mega investment in new tonnage and diverse new business streams. A similar scale of change has been triggered in the bulk agri-products and energy markets. A lot to discuss – hence the timely restart of the Terminal Operations Conference in Rotterdam this month, one welcome return to normality!
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Food Challenges – IAPH Initiative – Opportunities – Building to a Higher Level
The recent UNCTAD so-called rapid assessment report on the war in Ukraine highlights concerns over the two fundamental “Fs” of commodity markets – food and fuels.
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NewsUKRAINE CRISIS: GLOBAL CHAOS
Initial uncertainty was focused on the impact of Russian threats on the Ukraine, we can now see that the realisation of these have far-reaching global impacts. Andrew Penfold identifies the critical factors
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Negatives and positives
I make no apology for returning to the starting point of my last Viewpoint – Ukraine.
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FIGHTING TO SURVIVE
Oleksandr Gavrylyuk, Port Strategy’s Ukraine based correspondent, provides a human perspective of life in the face of Russian aggression
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NewsUKRAINE CRISIS – THE FALLOUT
Maritime sector fallout from the Ukraine crisis promises to be multi-faceted and large scale. Andrew Penfold analyses the situation
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NewsUNCTAD: A PRICE TO PAY
There is a price to pay for bloated freight rates and other supply chain issues. Felicity Landon charts the UNCTAD position and suggestions on mitigating measures
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Not the whole story
If you take it at face value, it is a top tier shipping line providing a perspective of what it sees as major port bottlenecks negatively impacting the supply chain. It is a list of those ports where Maersk has, and is, facing delays getting on the berth to discharge ...
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NewsSUDAN CROSSROADS
Port Sudan’s situation is symbolic of that of the country as a whole – in simple terms forward or reverse? The key is removing politics from the decision-making process
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NewsBATTLE LINES FORMING
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has one public terminal left for privatisation and it is gaining a lot of interest. AJ Keyes looks at the potential implications
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NewsONE STEP FORWARD, ONE BACK?
Two new Bills herald major reforms to the Indian ports sector but when looked at overall does it amount to “one step forward and one step back?” AJ Keyes takes a detailed look
