All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 579

  • Heavy-lift: project cargoes are increasingly visible on the Great Lakes. Credit: CMC/MarineDelivers
    News

    Co-operation and cargo

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    The ports of North America''s heartland present a united front, as Barry Parker explains

  • Ambitious: King Abdullah Economic City with its associated port will, when built, sprawl out across the desert
    News

    Breaking free

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    Money’s getting tighter for oil dependant Middle East ports finds Stevie Knight

  • Engagement: messages, positive or negative, should be shared with workers as soon as possible. Credit: Maersk
    News

    Boosting morale

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    Felicity Landon investigates how to keep employee morale up in tough times

  • Port of Liverpool
    News

    Better together

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    Port alliances bring synergies if regulatory hurdles can be overcome.

  • Bangladesh must overcome geopolitical factors, among more, to progress with major port development. Credit: Fredrik Rubensson.
    News

    The case of Bangladesh

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    COMMENT: Bangladesh is an interesting case study; it is a country where international trade is on the march but it is still a country without a deep-sea port, writes Mike Mundy.

  • News

    Yet more turbulence ahead

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

    COMMENT: For those who thought that things could not get worse, they will. At the beginning of the year there was optimism by some that 2016 would end up being a good year, however it is hard to see how anyone could have come to that conclusion, writes Ben Hackett.

  • Going in: loading dozers into the holds can improve handling rates. Credit: Solent Stevedores S Norton
    News

    Metal multiples

    2016-10-30T20:24:00Z

    Take the heat off and scrap handling can be a lucrative niche cargo, explains John Bensalhia

  • News

    A little mercy

    2016-10-30T20:24:00Z

    COMMENT: I’m going to hijack this Viewpoint for something not strictly related to ports. That said, the topic does involve a ship, which does dock at ports in Africa, so I’ll make that my tenuous link, writes Carly Fields.

  • Copy cat: are Maersk's smart containers truly innovative or just borrowing technology from other industries? Credit: Maersk Line
    News

    The innovator's dilemma

    2016-10-30T20:24:00Z

    Ignore original innovation at your peril, say Valenciaport Foundation''s Jonas Constante and Alexandre Pérez

  • First move: India’s concession agreement reforms are a step in the right direction. Credit: Karthik Chandran, Velachery, Chennai, India
    News

    Real concession reform?

    2016-10-30T20:24:00Z

    COMMENT: India has released details of a proposed new model concession agreement which is designed to reform its terminal bidding process and attract more private sector investment.

  • New world: the US Navy is experimenting and testing with augmented reality, which could benefit ports. Credit: John F. Williams
    News

    Gradual acceptance

    2016-10-30T20:24:00Z

    If it''s safe the industry will embrace augmented reality, finds Martin Rushmere

  • IMO sets global sulphur cap for 2020
    News

    IMO agrees sulphur cap

    2016-10-28T09:43:00Z

    The International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environment Protection Committee has agreed on a global 0.5% sulphur cap and established the next two NOx Emission Control Areas (NECAs).

  • Mika Vehviläinen: "The number of potential projects is still large, but customers are delaying their investment decisions"
    News

    Kalmar hit by ‘slower decision making’

    2016-10-27T13:58:00Z

    Cargotec’s boss has blamed the slowed pace of customer decision making for Kalmar’s declining orders in the group’s January–September 2016 interim report.

  • Neptune Orient terminal sale hoping to raise $1bn
    News

    Neptune Orient terminal sale

    2016-10-27T10:06:00Z

    CMA CGM is said to be seeking a buyer for Neptune Orient’s container terminals in the US, Japan and Taiwan, as well as its joint ventures in Vietnam, Thailand, China and the Netherlands.

  • Port of Seattle completes FEIS for Terminal 5 project
    News

    Seattle concludes environmental study

    2016-10-27T09:52:00Z

    The Port of Seattle has completed the environmental analysis and prepared the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Terminal 5 Improvements project.

  • Conference

    Host port and 2017 dates confirmed!

    2016-10-26T15:39:00Z

    The final stages of the 2016 GreenPort Congress saw the Port of Amsterdam take over the baton as hosts of the 2017 GreenPort events. Delegates will be welcomed to Amsterdam from 10-13 October 2017.

  • Congress 2016
    News

    Host port and 2017 dates confirmed!

    2016-10-26T15:39:00Z

    The final stages of the 2016 GreenPort Congress saw the Port of Amsterdam take over the baton as hosts of the 2017 GreenPort events. Delegates will be welcomed to Amsterdam from 10-13 October 2017.

  • Bremen, Moerdijk, and Tangier MED achieved PERS certification
    Conference

    Ports get PERS certified

    2016-10-26T13:58:00Z

    The Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven in Germany, Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and Morocco’s Tangier MED have achieved PERS certification.

  • Bremen, Moerdijk, and Tangier MED achieved PERS certification
    News

    Ports get PERS certified

    2016-10-26T13:58:00Z

    The Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven in Germany, Moerdijk, the Netherlands, and Morocco’s Tangier MED have achieved PERS certification.

  • Port of London Authority and Cleaner Thames partners clean up at Woolwich Arsenal
    News

    Cleaning up the Thames

    2016-10-26T10:53:00Z

    The Port of London Authority has joined its Cleaner Thames campaign partners to clean up the River Thames at Woolwich Arsenal.