All Port Strategy articles in Web Issue – Page 625
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News
Getting the message out
COMMENT: Our innate ability to overtly promote ourselves as an industry means that we are failing to get the message out about the significance and the excitement of ports. We need some fresh thinking, writes Carly Fields.
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NewsFreewheeling finesse
Ports can mitigate the huge cost headache of tyres with some clever choices, explains Stevie Knight
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NewsUnbridled determination
Disputes seemingly can''t stop the Mubarak Al Kabeer juggernaut. Richard Rowe reports
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NewsDepth perceptions
US East Coast ports are going deep, but it''s not all about the depth of water on offer, explains Martin Rushmere
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NewsTake cover
The Tianjin disaster is a timely reminder for ports to check their insurance liabilities.
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News
Port co-operation and mega-ships
COMMENT: In the, often heated, discussions on the effects of mega-ships on shoreside infrastructure, let’s include the question of co-operation between nearby ports, writes Peter de Langen.
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NewsBetter together
XVELA''s Manuel Perez discusses the urgent need to improve synergies between terminals and carriers
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NewsPuerto Bahia up for sale
The next major phase of expansion of unit load traffic in the hub port of Cartagena will be at Puerto Bahia, the new dry cargo port. And the burning issue of the moment is which terminal operating company will oversee the forecast expansion.
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NewsGetting back in sync
COMMENT: In the past, I’ve sounded off about the port side of the business being out of sync with the carrier side: vessels are, frankly, way too big for terminals, writes Barry Parker.
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NewsVirtually there
Rapidly advancing virtual reality technology is helping ports to look into the future, finds Felicity Landon
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NewsRunning partners
Are South African being left behind in the drive for bigger and better ports, asks AJ Keyes
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NewsIs Ukraine's optimism misplaced?
COMMENT: Your Economist recently spent two days attending a conference on container shipping and ports in Odessa, where the popular catchphrase is “victory, freedom and peace” in that order, writes Ben Hackett.
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NewsHow remote can 'remote' be?
ABB''s Fredrik Johanson considers the possibility of control centres for multi-terminal remote crane operation
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NewsShale gas spillover
US Gulf ports welcome a breakbulk and project cargo handling boom. Alex Hughes reports
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News
Think hard about the yard
Bright Light Systems'' John Chalmers shines the spotlight on plasma technology
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NewsUS$8.5m LNG vessel incentive
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has offered companies SGD$12m (US$8.5m) funding for the building of LNG-fuelled vessels.
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NewsUS tackles port cyber security
As more US ports turn to automation to increase the efficiency of their operations, the House Homeland Security Committee warns they could be at risk of cyber-attacks.
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NewsLNG terminal for Mangalore
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) to build an LNG regasification terminal at the Indian port.
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Conference
Port, city and logistics efficiency
After a successful first day, the second day of the GreenPort Congress kicked off with a focus on port-city relationships moderated by Professor Daniel Moon of the World Maritime University.
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NewsPort, city and logistics efficiency
After a successful first day, the second day of the GreenPort Congress kicked off with a focus on port-city relationships moderated by Professor Daniel Moon of the World Maritime University.
