Latest News – Page 483
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NewsPreparing for the unexpected
Emergency planning, defensible decision making and long-term strategies are crucial to ports in times of crisis, as TMG''s Tony Birr and Les Chapman explain
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NewsEastern promise
Ports on the East African coast remain valuable as facilitators of trade, finds Kerry Dimmer
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Forget business as usual
COMMENT: It is increasingly clear that car transport is at the brink of radical changes, driven by technological advances in autonomous driving and changing ownership patterns of cars, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsBeauty of co-ordinated port calls
Mikael Lind advises co-ordination for enhanced predictability of port call operations
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NewsPutting potential into practice
The digital economy is crucial to creating a more efficient and transparent supply chain, finds Lara Shingles
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NewsReinventing the box
Innovations for the humble container never seem to stick. Stevie Knight investigates
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NewsSpain’s second stab at reforms
COMMENT: Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved the content of what is intended to become the new national stowage law and is readying to pass it into law via a Royal Decree. It has not, however, arrived at this juncture without controversy, writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsWith the grain
Bulk terminal investments and equipment upgrades are surging, finds Michael King
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NewsMixing cargo and commuters
COMMENT: This year, ferry transport is all the rage, at least around New York, writes Barry Parker.
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Round and round
COMMENT: The circular economy is firmly on the agenda of the European Commission right now - it was in the final throes of agreeing seemingly contentious new waste and recycling laws at the time of writing, writes Carly Fields.
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NewsComputer gains
Rugged computers are doing the job in style for port operators. John Bensalhia reports
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Disruption takes many forms
COMMENT: I recently attended the Terminal Operators Conference in Singapore where there was a lot of discussion about digitalisation, and blockchain - it was not clear to me whether the audience really understood the meaning or full implications of either, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsThe Thessaloniki saga
COMMENT: Over 10 years on from the time of the first concession attempt for the northern Greek port of Thessaloniki the port has finally been privatised, but is the result the best one and did the process really live up to European Union standards of transparency or are the Greek ...
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NewsChances and challenges
There''s renewed focus on the opportunities for Europe’s ports, as Felicity Landon explains
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NewsBrave operators
Carly Fields finds out why you need nerves of steel to run a port in today’s business environment
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NewsA coal-free future
Amsterdam is bucking trends to carve its own path, as Felicity Landon explains
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NewsLacking resiliency focus
Too often ports wait for a disaster to put in place proper resilience planning. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsBalancing automation and taxation
Olaf Merk explains why ports should take the lead in defining how to tax automated industries
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NewsFuelling the LNG revolution
Carly Fields spoke with SEA\LNG chief operating officer Stephen Cadden and Port of Rotterdam business manager LNG, bunkering and cruise, Maud Eijgendaal about the opportunities for ports looking to join the liquefied natural gas bunkering revolution
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