All Concessions & Investments articles – Page 19
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NewsSaving the superstars
Can port employers stop worrying about staff retention strategies in a global recession? Felicity Landon finds out
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NewsAmerica sees the private benefit
The public-private partnership model has become more attractive in the US in recent years.
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NewsA dose of realism
Investors need to wise up to the new port investment market, says Martin Rushmere
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Check the competition smallprint
Many agreements between terminal operators and users may contain exclusivity provisions but these do not, themselves have as their object the restriction of competition; they must be examined in their legal, factual and economic context in order to determine whether they have such an effect.
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Dealing in the exclusive
HFW''s Anthony Woolich and Matthew Gore discusses the merits of signing exclusivity deals
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NewsGames people play
TBA has recently taken its professional set up and told a number of port executives to “go play” in an interesting team-based game, a challenge that is designed to show up the holes in efficiency.
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Know your limits
Business interruption policies often contain sub-limits, which can have an important impact on coverage. Port and terminal operators should check to see which sub-limits apply to their policies to make sure they have the cover they expect. Examples of issues that arise include:
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NewsBridging the gap
HFW''s Costas Frangeskides discusses the important aspects of property and business interruption cover
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NewsVital priorities
The right port facilities in the right place can be key to ensuring that a country’s raw material exports are viable in the world market, says ports consultant Nigel Nixon.
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NewsOff the shelf
A fall in construction prices in certain parts of the world could help to drive new port investment, says Jonathan Tyler, business group director, maritime, at Royal Haskoning.
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News‘New normal’ investing
After a ‘bounce-back’ year in 2010, mothballed port investment projects are coming off the shelf again. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsAPM Terminals rings the changes
This year the formerly independent AP Moller-Maersk Container Inland Services unit was brought under the control of APM Terminals.
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NewsDowns and ups
The world’s port leaders are at last building on the dire figures of 2009. Felicity Landon reports
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NewsUnlocking market value
MTBS offers a two-step approach for port authorities to maximise the use of private capital without losing control
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NewsCarbon control
Brian Gordon, of Holman Fenwick Willan, asks whether carbon funding can open the door for port emissions reduction projects
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No clear path as ports weigh the options and implications
In New Zealand, where a shippers’ body is pushing for the creation of a hub port or two to handle 7,000 teu ships, port executives are carefully weighing the options and the cost/profit implications of playing follow-my-leader.
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NewsSize matters
Should ports invest in infrastructure to handle bigger ships or stay on the sidelines?
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Taking a stake
Trust ports can also find themselves facing very different views from potential “stakeholders”.
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NewsA privatisation affair
Dover is snatching the headlines in the debate over the privatisation of trust ports – but many others could be in the “firing line” and are anxious for legal advice and support.
