All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 475
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NewsMoving with the times
COMMENT: Slowly but surely, port agencies in Africa are becoming more sophisticated about how they offer port properties – container terminals, multipurpose terminals and so on – for a public-private partnership (PPP), writes Mike Mundy.
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NewsSanctuary for seafarers
Ports need to balance commercial realties against funding seafarer welfare. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsA new chapter
Philadelphia rebranding highlights the port’s future focus, finds Martin Rushmere
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NewsAutonomy preparations
Valenciaport Foundation’s Alexandre Sánchez Pérez and Jonas Mendes Constante highlight questions that port authority managers should be asking about autonomous ships.
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NewsRead the traffic signs
TT Club''s Laurence Jones explains how simple traffic management procedures can reduce incidents
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Safe as houses
COMMENT: In November, Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading port operator, launched its transformed property arm with a 960-hectare land bank, marking a further step in the gradual transition of the group from port operator to a development company of port, logistics and manufacturing complexes in 21 UK ports, ...
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NewsWho’s the greenest?
Felicity Landon asks if there’s a case for a sustainability ranking for ports
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NewsFinding fuel partners
COMMENT: The underlying shipping markets seem to be gathering steam, if presenters at recent ship finance conferences are to be believed, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsNigeria's new dawn
COMMENT: Finally, after more than a decade of delays at Nigeria’s National Assembly, the Nigerian Ports and Harbours Bill is in the final stages of approval that will lead to its enactment.
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NewsMuddying the water
Ballast water regs could create issues for ports as well as lines, warns Stevie Knight
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NewsDepth isn't everything
US East Coast ports continue to dig deep for business. Martin Rushmere reports
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NewsDropping coal position
As environmental initiatives bite, coal is losing favour at European ports. John Bensahlia reports
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Forging Chinese connections
COMMENT: Much of the major port and terminal investments over the past ten to fifteen years have been made by private and corporatised companies from the likes of DP World, PSA, ICTSI and SSA Marine, as well as from firms linked to carriers such as APM Terminals (Maersk), Terminal Link ...
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NewsRekindling the flame
The rollercoaster West African port sector might be on the rise again, finds Stevie Knight
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NewsNingbo-Zhoushan still world’s top port
The Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan has retained its place as the world’s top port in terms of cargo throughput, registering 11.3% year-over-year growth.
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NewsGalicia passes first regional Ports Law in Spain
In Spain, the parliament of the autonomous region of Galicia has approved a new Ports Law, which brings back into regional ownership 122 quays. No other autonomous region has yet gone down this route, although others, notably in the Basque Country and Catalonia, have indicated similar aspirations.
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NewsPD Ports-Unite seal learning deal
UK-based ports company PD Ports has signed a ''Learning Agreement'' with Unite the Union (Unite) for its sites across the North East of the country. The deal aims to make learning and development opportunities accessible to all employees while encouraging them to seek essential functional skills support.
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NewsYilport bemoans Bolívar ‘smear campaign’
Put up or go elsewhere and suffer: that seemed to be the main takeaway from a defiant statement from Yilport Holding’s (Yilport) boss following a call to examine Ecuador''s Puerto Bolívar port contract following protests by banana producers.
