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New investment in Spanish ports could top €1.6bn
In Spain, several ports have received a large number of requests for concession extensions in exchange for the promise of additional investment in existing installations.
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NewsTalking points
Transparency and openness are crucial to fruitful community relationships, finds Carly Fields
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NewsNot if, but when
There''s light at the end of Vietnam''s dark Cai Mep tunnel. Stevie Knight reports
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Are mega-ships such an imposition?
COMMENT: The OECD report on the effects on mega-ships provides valuable insights for all players in the port industry. While I do not wish to discuss those, I would like to focus on an – in my view - important flaw in the report: the suggestion that mega ships impose ...
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Smartening up
COMMENT: A new buzzword is tunnelling through the industry: smart. But it means very different things to different people. An interesting discussion in our LinkedIn group revealed just how diverse people’s interpretation of this simple word can be, writes Carly Fields.
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NewsUp for grabs
Alex Hughes examines the challenge of balancing technological features and robustness
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NewsPutting safety first
Andrew Ryan asks whether operators take twistlock problems seriously enough
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NewsPower in small packages
Tractors offer a robust handling option that can be easily optimised finds John Bensalhia
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NewsLook beyond productivity
Portek is keen to develop supply chain partnerships to drive growth, finds Carly Fields
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NewsConflict avoidance
Conflict and opposition – an inevitable response to any major dredging project? A new concept says it doesn’t have to be that way. Felicity Landon reports.
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NewsFatal attraction
East Asia might dominates the top ten box port lists, but it''s not all plain sailing, says Stevie Knight
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NewsIn second place
bremenports’ Dr Lars Stemmler considers how secondary ports can reliably attract private investment
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Chasing shadows
How will India respond to disquieting developments on its doorstep, asks Stevie Knight
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NewsAffordability of economies of scale
COMMENT: Like all things in our world we try to keep up with new trends in order not to be at a disadvantage. In economic terms this is known as comparative advantage, defined as the ability of a firm to produce goods and/or services at a lower opportunity cost than ...
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NewsStoring up problems
Industry has the means but not the will to sort out demurrage, explains Martin Rushmere
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NewsCall for creative and connected thinking
COMMENT: Ports have a tangible impact on economic vibrancy, or lack thereof. If there are any doubts about this, consider the cold water thrown upon us by the recent reports coming out of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, saying that US economic growth suffered to the tune of ...
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Don’t go it alone
Consider this scenario: we have a nation that has somewhat belatedly offered its main container handling facilities for concession.
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NewsHas Gdynia missed the boat?
Traditionally Gdynia has been Poland’s main container import/export gateway but slowly and surely this status has been eroded and the recent announcement by the G6 alliance that it intends to implement calls at the Deepwater Container Terminal (DCT) Gdansk can be seen as another way step in this process.
