Concessions & Investments – Page 28
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NewsFROM DESTRUCTION TO RECONSTRUCTION
Whatever your views on how contracts for the reconstruction of war-damaged port facilities are awarded, there is an undeniable need for such work to be carried out - usually in double-quick time. Furthermore, such emergency installation, repair, rehabilitation or reconstruction of critical elements of a country''s infrastructure must often be ...
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NewsMIND THE EXIT ARRANGEMENTS
Exit arrangements from terminal concessions are not always high on the agenda when it comes to drawing up such agreements. Mark Lloyd-Williams, Partner at Norton Rose, suggests they are worthy of more attention as Mike Mundy reports.
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NewsJUMPING FROM SHIP OR SHOP FLOOR
When reviewing recruitment and training for PS in September 2003 there were still organisations that expected to dip into a pool of management experience and talent and be able to employ what they wanted when they needed it. Steve Cameron reports on how things are changing and what needs to ...
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NewsNew training centre launched
Skills South Training and Resources (STR) has been launched to provide specialist training including forklift, crane, stowing and driving, to companies in the UK. STR aims to become the UK''s leading training and resource company in its field within two years on the back of significant investment by the company''s ...
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NewsLoyola's last stand
EC Commissioner Loyola de Palacio: one last tryTraining can be conducted at a customer's premises utilising the company's plant and office space or at STR's headquarters using dedicated training rooms and plant at Southampton docks.Outgoing European transport commissioner, Loyola de Palacio is attempting to reintroduce the notion of cargo self-handling ...
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Labour shortages cause logjams in LA/LB
The surge in trade coupled with a shortage of longshore and Union Pacific Railroad workers continued to slow vessel and cargo traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
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NewsCARRIER-STEVEDORE PARTNERSHIPS MARK INDUSTRY GROWTH
Drewry Shipping Consultants has released its latest port sector report, " Annual Review of Global Container Terminal Operators 2004" . The most significant effect on the league of global operators, according to Drewry, has been the increase in carrier-stevedore partnership arrangements.
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NewsPORTS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT LATEST EU LEGISLATION
Port organisations say the latest environmental legislation from Brussels - the Water Framework Directive (WFD) - could have adverse effects on essential operations such as maintenance dredging, as David Foxwell explains.
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NewsMEASURING AND MANAGING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
As ports and stevedoring companies have struggled to meet the demands of an increasingly competitive environment by changing the way that people work, a variety of performance management or performance appraisal systems have come in and out of favour. However, there has been surprisingly little research on the type of ...
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NewsQUAY CONSTRUCTION ISSUES
The varied nature of construction works for port developments gives rise to a number of specific issues of which port developers and financiers need to be aware, writes Patrick Leece .
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NewsRaising the Bottom Line
Steve Cameron reports on progress towards modern management practices in India and an interesting study tour he''s conducting of UK ports by Indian port managers
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NewsDrewry privatises the world
Drewry Shipping' s Dean Davison weighs up privatisation opportunities and discusses the criteria that may be applied in the evaluation process
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NewsShow me the MONEY PART II
In his second article on port pricing, Gustaaf de Monie points the way to a more independent regime in which port authorities need to operate, free of political interference.
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NewsThe 'Landmines' to Avoid
Mike Mundy draws on his experience of the port privatisation process and highlights the " landmines" government agencies and port authorities keep stepping on
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NewsCould Do Better
Steve Cameron assesses the imperatives to achieving better recruitment and training practices in the ports sector.
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NewsTERMINAL ATTRACTION: WHAT'S THE DEAL?
In the first of a two-part analysis, Nick Elliott talks to institutional lenders about their criteria for lending to the developing world' s port sector.
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NewsTAKING THE RISK: Heavyweight Strategies
Neil Davidson , a director of Drewry Shipping Consultants, evaluates the strategic aims of the global container terminal operators with a particular eye on the risk factor.
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NewsShow me the MONEY
In the first of two articles Gustaaf de Monie considers what pricing principles landlord ports should adopt in an economic and structural environment that has changed dramatically for them.
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NewsPrivate participation drying up?
In the first of an ongoing series, Jordan Schwartz examines the uncertain future of private investment in port infrastructure within the developing world, with a particular eye this month on Africa.
