All Concessions & Investments articles – Page 18

  • News

    Competing concerns

    2011-09-30T10:00:00Z

    The shipping industry is coming under increasing legal scrutiny, advises HFW''s Simon Burden

  • News

    Prudent reserves policy pays off

    2011-09-22T13:45:00Z

    The TT Club made a modest operating loss in 2010, which chairman Knud Pontoppidan said was a satisfactory result, for a mutual and in the light of market conditions.

  • The earthquake in Haiti brought claims, mainly for losses of containers on the ground. Credit: US Navy
    News

    Claims under control

    2011-09-21T10:00:00Z

    TT Club''s Charles Fenton tells James Brewer how the insurer has steered its way through the financial shoals

  • The US Navy is relentless in its search for those in breach of Iraqi sanctions
    News

    On whose authorisation?

    2011-09-02T10:00:00Z

    International sanctions pose a threat to worldwide ports and terminals. HFW''s Daniel Martin explains

  • Port Strategy: Auckland believes that local body ownership helps secure bank support. Credit: QFSE Media
    News

    Kiwi ports maintain steady funding

    2011-08-29T10:00:00Z

    New Zealand’s two largest ports - Ports of Auckland (POAL) and the Port of Tauranga - are reporting steady relationships with their banking creditors, albeit with some differences since the global financial crisis.

  • Global Ports
    News

    New-fashioned financing

    2011-08-26T10:00:00Z

    The new age of risk averse banking calls for fresh thinking to raise finance for port projects.

  • Companies need to pay close attention to the revised bribery legislation
    News

    Don't fall foul of bribery rules

    2011-08-23T10:00:00Z

    The UK Bribery Act promises a shake-up of confused corruption legislation and all companies should take the implications of the Act seriously.

  • Sweeteners to customs officals to expediate shipments could land UK companies, citizens and residents in jail
    News

    A little incentive

    2011-08-22T10:00:00Z

    HFW''s Anthony Woolich and Simon Burden explain how the UK Bribery Act has global implications

  • News

    A win-win for PPPs

    2011-08-08T10:00:00Z

    Apart from addressing budgetary challenges, the availability payment public-private partnership approach has significant ‘value for money’ merits that make it worthwhile for port authorities to consider.

  • A consortium making a bid for an availability payment contract is more likely to be more interested in the longevity of port equipment
    News

    Making finance available

    2011-08-05T10:00:00Z

    Boudewijn Jansen, Berend Paasman and Joe Seliga discuss the benefits of availability payments

  • Maersk 18,000 teu Triple-E class ship is forcing a sea change in ports
    News

    Time for change

    2011-07-26T10:00:00Z

    Carly Fields talks to Maersk Line about its drive to overhaul shipping and ports as we know it

  • Gulftainer is expanding its influence beyond it's Sharjah boundaries
    News

    Catching the international investment bug

    2011-07-25T10:00:00Z

    Alongside the ‘big four’ of DP World, HPH, APMT and PSA, others are steadily increasing their influence and geographical spread.

  • TT Club calls for thorough inspections of welding to spot failing crane components.
    News

    Repeat after me

    2011-07-22T16:47:00Z

    The message isn''t getting through on the same old insurance risks, as Felicity Landon finds out

  • South and Latin America continue to attracting investment from the big operators
    News

    Back in the game

    2011-07-22T16:41:00Z

    Rapidly growing markets and the promised rise of new, affluent middle classes have got pulses racing, as Felicity Landon discovers

  • Bristol Port Co has started training apprentices to cater for the future expansion of the port
    News

    Getting ready for growth

    2011-06-08T10:00:00Z

    The Port of Bristol, which has just taken on ten new apprentices, has its own in-house training facility. It is also planning ahead; the port’s proposed deepsea container terminal will create 500 jobs.

  • Bristol Port Co prefers to have complete control of its labour force
    News

    Adding up the costs

    2011-06-07T10:00:00Z

    High labour productivity and high flexibility often come at a high price. Felicity Landon reports

  • "We have ranged from 24 to more than 30 lifts an hour and are pleased with how it's going – but it's early days still," Elvis Ganda, ICTSI Portland
    News

    Get unions on side early

    2011-06-06T10:00:00Z

    At Portland, Oregon on the West Coast, new Terminal 6 operator, ICTSI of the Philippines, specifically set out to get the ILWU on its side and discussed the operation with local union leaders.

  • At Portland, new Terminal 6 operator ICTSI set out early to get the union on side
    News

    Working out the details

    2011-06-03T10:00:00Z

    Martin Rushmere investigates the heated issue of port labour Stateside

  • Devastating equipment fires can usually be avoided by proper maintenance. Credit: Long Beach Fire Department
    News

    Putting out the fire

    2011-05-27T10:00:00Z

    The TT Club says it continues to see equipment fires all too regularly and often it comes down to hydraulic or fuel hoses – either they are improperly routed around the engine block, or they are leaking on to the engine block.

  • Staff are motivated by good management, the culture of the organisation, training and development prospects, the opportunity for promotion and wider benefits. Credit: APM Terminals
    News

    Has something changed?

    2011-04-06T10:00:00Z

    There are only two reasons why people change jobs, says Mark Charman at Faststream: ‘something changed’ or ‘something didn’t change’.