Ports as System Integrators, Not Just Ship Service Providers – Part 4
In the event of a serious incident The shipping world has recently been shaken by three spectacular incidents: the full…
Ports as System Integrators, Not Just Ship Service Providers – Part 3
What advantages do megacarriers bring to the production-distribution system? This is the real issue. If giant ships cause problems for…
Ports as System Integrators, Not Just Ship Service Providers – Part 2
“Marco Polo” and terminals Observing the official itinerary and the cutoff times indicated in the first round trip, that departing…
Ports as System Integrators, Not Just Ship Service Providers – Part 1
Can we be certain that a modern port has to plan for its development based on the growing size…
The shipping tsunami
Background On 17 February 2012 the website www.manager-magazin.de announced that Hamburg-based closed-end investment fund LF 16, created by fund…
The new bubble. After the real estate crisis of 2008, the creeping crisis of shipping finance.
In the autumn of 2012, when the German press reported that more than 250 closed-end funds that invest in…