All Concessions & Investments articles – Page 11

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    2017-12-07T10:02:00Z Sponsored by

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  • New horizon: shipping now presents interesting career growth opportunities for IT practitioners
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    Digital revolution

    2017-12-04T08:43:00Z

    Who do ports need on the team to be able to embrace digitalisation, Felicity Landon asks

  • Pull together: done effectively, teambuilding can develop relationships and bring people out of their shells. Credit: Forth Ports
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    One for the team

    2017-11-06T10:04:00Z

    Motivating port teams is a worthwhile exercise, explains Felicity Landon

  • Stacking up: value-add, such as warehousing services are becoming more popular at ports. Credit: Port of Turku
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    Added value, added risk

    2017-10-09T15:07:00Z

    Ports looking to add value must consider the insurance risks. Felicity Landon reports

  • Stacking up: There's still plenty of room for innovation at ports
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    Harvesting the crowd

    2017-06-26T10:51:00Z

    Maurice Jansen explains how ports can bring innovation to their door

  • The union at DP World Southampton is one of the alliance members. Credit: DP World Southampton
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    DP World under union microscope

    2017-06-07T10:49:00Z

    The International Transport Workers’ Federation is to target standards at DP World terminals around the world.

  • Auckland employee Johanna Hofmann
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    The gender divide

    2017-06-03T21:17:00Z

    Great strides have been made in breaking down the gender bias in ports.

  • Good return: Investing in ports is still a pretty safe bet for pensions and investment funds
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    Ports still a safe bet for pensions

    2017-05-18T12:53:00Z

    Despite the fact that pension and infrastructure funds continue to view the port sector as a safe investment bet, concerns appear to be growing over high-risk investments to handle big ships.

  • Towline: member states can decide whether they want the regulations to apply to pilotage. Credit: Gadjo Niglo
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    The new rulebook

    2017-05-05T09:10:00Z

    Felicity Landon examines the potential impact of the introduction of the EU’s Port Services Regulation

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    Port Services Regulation is ‘ill-conceived’, says ports chief

    2017-04-10T10:00:00Z

    The Port Services Regulation (PSR) is “ill conceived, barely thought through and a one stroke brush approach across Europe to impose what they call transparency and regulations to make ports more competitive”, PD Ports’ chief executive Frans Calje told Port Strategy, adding that the reality is, however, “that one size ...

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    EU’s port legislation enters into force

    2017-03-27T17:29:00Z

    The European Union’s Port Services Regulation has now entered into force and EU member states will be required to implement the legislation within two years.

  • Felixstowe's infrastructure charge was in response to "external road and rail costs”
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    Stuck in the past

    2017-03-22T10:20:00Z

    Strategic Marine Group’s Sandy Galbraith asks if port infrastructure charges are losing their identity

  • It takes work for any kind of 'dematerialised' document to mirror the flow of the paper trail. Credit: Jenni C
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    An end to paper?

    2017-03-06T09:44:00Z

    Stevie Knight investigates the advantages of digital trading and the hurdles to widespread acceptance

  • Late: the new Spanish Government has not yet moved to comply with EU law on port labour reforms
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    Past its sell-by date

    2017-02-03T09:18:00Z

    Spain’s port labour system is overdue for reform, as Mike Mundy explains

  • Investment partners: AS part of the partnership, CDPQ has acquired a stake in DP World’s Vancouver and Prince Rupert container terminals
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    DP World pairs up with global investment partner

    2016-12-05T15:18:00Z

    DP World has formed an investment platform in partnership with one of North America’s largest pension fund managers, through which it will invest in global ports and terminals with a focus on investment grade countries.

  • Factors: lease and wage commitments make up the majority of terminal handling charges for New Orleans. Credit: Port of New Orleans/Tracie Morris Schaefer
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    Politics of pricing

    2016-12-05T10:57:00Z

    Shipping line talk of ''deflationary'' terminal handling charges is unrealistic, finds Dave and Iain MacIntyre

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

    2016-10-30T20:25:00Z

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

  • Infancy: automated and semi-automated facilities still have to build up a risk profile. Credit: ADPC
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    Robotic risks

    2016-10-03T09:43:00Z

    Don''t hope for insurance savings through automation... at least not straight away explains Alex Hughes

  • All change: Kim Fejfer is moving on
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    APMT’s Fejfer to step down

    2016-09-22T09:49:00Z

    APM Terminals’ chief executive Kim Fejfer is to step down from his position on November 1 to make room for Morten Engelstoft, currently chief executive of APM Shipping Services and of Maersk Tankers, in the APMT hot seat.

  • Error: mismatch between health and safety incidents at box terminals reported by operators versus staff
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    Study points way forward for container safety

    2016-09-12T15:58:00Z

    A new independent study reveals that there’s a worrying mismatch when it comes to health and safety at ports with workers reporting higher levels of work-related harm than recorded in company data.