All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 978
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NewsNgqura development drastically delayed
The second phase development of Ngqura Port in South Africa will not now be completed for at least five years, despite Transnet Port Terminals having earlier suggested work could be finished within the next financial year.
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NewsAPM sees global port projects 'back on track' by 2015
The economic downturn has created port and terminal investment opportunities if you know where to look, APM Terminals’ chief commercial officer Richard Mitchell has advised.
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NewsIndecision hinders Peru's Callao North quay development
Callao Port Authority says it wants to speed up the process of developing its North Quay project.
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NewsChinese ore boycott to hit nation's ports
China’s boycott of Australian and Brazilian ore could hit both Qingdao and Rizhao ports in the short term, since these handle a large proportion of the iron ore imports that enter China.
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NewsMelbourne quick win from deepening project
The Port of Melbourne is already gaining the commercial benefit of its controversial channel-deepening programme.
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NewsThe European dimension
Interreg funds for regional cooperation projects; Structural and Cohesion funds; TEN-T funds for infrastructure projects; Marco Polo and Motorways of the Sea funds for shifting freight on to shortsea shipping ... no wonder many ports give up at the first hurdle of applying for European Union funding.
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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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NewsBack to basics
Ports looking to position themselves to secure finance would do well to go back to basics, Felicity Landon advises
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NewsTaking the bull by the horns
Michael Mackey investigates the secrets behind the Port of Navegantes'' success
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NewsCounting on the economy
Ports and ports policy are two of but not the only reasons why Brazil has become the star of the emerging markets class.
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NewsUS may fund Savannah’s keep-up game
Savannah is eyeing US federal money to support its development in line with the Panama expansion.
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NewsIndia’s ports to benefit from Colombian coal
India’s ports stand to gain from yet another coal stream as Colombian coal joins the imports from Indonesia.
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NewsFree port podcast service gains following
A free podcast service aimed at port professionals from Coracle Online is picking up a following.
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NewsA spoke in the wheel
It''s easy to get caught up in the ‘us’ and ‘them’ mindset working in the shipping industry.
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Finance fund details to be hammered out
Some observers have likened the US Congress to a sporting venue, as both sides seem to be engaged in a continual sparring match.
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NewsOnly the beginning of the end
At the recent Journal of Commerce conference in Oakland (TPM) one of the major carrier’s chief executives suggested that the industry had not been ready for the boom in cargo and had had no pre warning.
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Recycling tyres into fenders
American company Maritime International has developed a new style of marine fender made entirely from scrap tyres. Its ‘raw material’ is recycled waste tyres which would otherwise be sent to landfill, and the resulting product is being used by Shell, Kinder Morgan, Port of Los Angeles, Valero, Cargill, Motiva, Ergon, ...
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NewsA good dose of optimism
Perhaps one of the most surprising weapons in the anti-crisis armoury is a good dose of optimism, Hans Smits, chief executive of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, tells Port Strategy.
