All Concessions & Investments articles – Page 22

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    Sevasa takes standardising lead

    2010-02-12T12:24:00Z

    Spanish port stevedoring company Sevasa is taking part in the OPTIMUS project, whose aim is to standardise simulation-based training used in many European ports by developing, testing and implementing a common approach on how to apply simulation techniques and devices for the operational training of port and logistic sector workers.

  • Port Strategy: 3D graphics and lateral vision make the Valencian experience 'real'
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    Crane simulator article

    2010-02-11T12:24:00Z

    Learning institutions give the usual simulator suspects a run for their money. Alex Hughes reports

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    Expansion into logistics - a risky business

    2009-12-14T12:24:00Z

    As the portfolio of services that ports and terminal operators provide their customers expands, so their risk exposure increases, as Damon Thompson explains

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    Bulk and tanker operators less boxed in by downturn

    2009-12-10T12:24:00Z

    The outlook for most container terminal operators might be bleak, but the economics of running dry bulk and tanker facilities provides some cause for optimism.

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    port finance review

    2009-12-09T12:24:00Z

    Record-breaking terminal deals of yesteryear hang heavy over today''s depressed market, Mike King explains

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    The liability limits

    2009-11-25T12:24:00Z

    The limits of liability set out under the Rotterdam Rules for loss or damage are 875 SDRs per "package" or 3 SDRs per kilo, whichever amount is higher.

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    THE ROTTERDAM RULES FOR TERMINAL OPERATORS

    2009-11-24T12:24:00Z

    Craig Neame and Matthew Gore explore the new liabilities for terminal operators under the Rotterdam Rules

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    Keeping the customers sweet

    2009-11-23T12:24:00Z

    The customer is king is a mantra that has suddenly taken on new meaning for crisis-struck port chief executives.

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    Crisis soundbites

    2009-11-23T12:24:00Z

    Over half of the study participants confirmed that the recession has pushed them to reach out to their customers to more fully and proactively explore their needs, surface and explore underlying the assumptions made in developing their plans, exploring opportunities to support customers and build or maintain strategic relationships. "I ...

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    All in the mind

    2009-11-20T12:24:00Z

    Carly Fields finds that more weight should be given to the psyches of port chief executives in troubled times

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    Arrested ships cause headaches for ports

    2009-10-02T12:24:00Z

    One unfortunate effect of the downturn is that there are more ships being arrested in ports as vessel operators become insolvent and different parties - from marine suppliers to ship financiers - look to secure claims against debtors'' assets.

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    The Rules... and unexpected exposures

    2009-10-01T12:24:00Z

    Mike Burns, partner in the Marine & Transit Team of Weightmans Solicitors has his own angle on what issues are cooking at the moment, starting with the newly signed Rotterdam Rules.

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    Interesting openings

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    Doing business in new locations can be a legal and financial minefield, as Stevie Knight finds out

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    Finance

    2009-09-30T12:24:00Z

    The global port market has changed fundamentally from the market it was in mid-2008. There has been a seismic change in the attitude of bankers to providing both debt finance and capital for new project developments or acquisitions.

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    Dealing with lines

    2009-09-29T12:24:00Z

    Matthew Gore explains how to deal with shipping lines who do not pay bills promptly

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    The law's no ass

    2009-09-29T12:24:00Z

    The applicable law is the legal system that applies to the contract or standard terms and the applicable jurisdiction is the court system which has power to adjudicate over disputes.

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    Government funding now the norm

    2009-09-02T12:24:00Z

    Worldwide, the role of government is increasing. In the US, discussions of infrastructure funding are dominated by conversations about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA", or "The Stimulus Bill") of 2009.

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    The US perspective

    2009-09-01T12:24:00Z

    The view on the US markets comes from Joe Seliga, a Chicago-based Partner at law giant Mayer Brown, representing CenterPoint Properties in Virginia.

  • Port Strategy: when funds sold out of New York/New Jersey, the issue of exit penalties came to the fore
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    Waking up to exit tariffs

    2009-08-31T12:24:00Z

    With PPPs gaining favour in the US, an unsaid implication reveals much about the tentative state of the infrastructure market.

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    Barry Parker PPP Overview 1400 plus US Infra 700

    2009-08-28T12:24:00Z

    Barry Parker attempts to clear the financial fog shrouding port investment