All Concessions & Investments articles – Page 28

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    BACK TO THE FUTURE

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The basics of loss prevention are as relevant today as they have always been, counsels TT Club.

  • If the port industry is to attract the brightest and the best, it needs to raise its profile and do more to market the benefits it provides to world trade as well as the career opportunities of an exciting global business
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    JUMPING FROM SHIP OR SHOP FLOOR

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • NYKs Paragon Terminal at Amsterdam: growing resale market in port properties/businesses dictates more consideration of exit arrangements from terminal concessions at an earlier stage
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    MIND THE EXIT ARRANGEMENTS

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • EC Commissioner Loyola de Palacio: one last try
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    Loyola's last stand

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • STRs Kevin Cursons: bringing employees up to date
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    New training centre launched

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • News

    Labour shortages cause logjams in LA/LB

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Forecast development of capacity for top five operators, 2003-2009 (million TEU)
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    CARRIER-STEVEDORE PARTNERSHIPS MARK INDUSTRY GROWTH

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Brooke: WFD could have practical implications for ports, harbours and dredging
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    PORTS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT LATEST EU LEGISLATION

    2004-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    MEASURING AND MANAGING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

    2004-03-01T00:00:00Z

    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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    QUAY CONSTRUCTION ISSUES

    2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

    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 .

  • Privatisation: Drewry have identified 325 opportunities
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    Drewry privatises the world

    2003-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Drewry Shipping' s Dean Davison weighs up privatisation opportunities and discusses the criteria that may be applied in the evaluation process

  • Maersk at Nhava Sheva: improvements due to training initiatives
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    Raising the Bottom Line

    2003-11-01T00:00:00Z

    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

  • The breakwater: dimensions not defined by ports traffic volumes Figure 1: Ways to differentiate port dues Figure 2: Alternative strategies underlying a Port Authority tariff in a highly competitive globalised market
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    Show me the MONEY PART II

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Mauritius: could raise interest level by offering more
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    The 'Landmines' to Avoid

    2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Mike Mundy draws on his experience of the port privatisation process and highlights the " landmines" government agencies and port authorities keep stepping on

  • Success in the States: P&O Ports Baltimore terminal
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    TAKING THE RISK: Heavyweight Strategies

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • P&O Ports training institute: no boundaries
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    Could Do Better

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Steve Cameron assesses the imperatives to achieving better recruitment and training practices in the ports sector.

  • South Asia Gateway Terminals, Colombo: parallel lending between IFC, ADB an DB and CDC
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    TERMINAL ATTRACTION: WHAT'S THE DEAL?

    2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Figure 1: Public/private roles in port management
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    Show me the MONEY

    2003-07-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Table 1 : Real Investment in PPI Projects in Developing Countries by Sector, 1990-2001
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    Private participation drying up?

    2003-06-01T00:00:00Z

    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.