The container port and terminal business is changing rapidly. Against a background of globalisation-driven rapid demand growth, the sector has been attracting massive new inward investment - both from operating companies and external investors.
This means that the pressures on terminal operations and development strategies are changing very rapidly. In addition, the general political environment within [...]

Containerport demand growth in the Middle East and South Asia has accelerated in recent years. Strong oil prices have boosted trade in the Middle East, whilst a measure of deregulation and investment has generated strong economic growth and rapid expansion in containerport demand in South Asia.
Whilst demand is very strong in India, despite ongoing investment, [...]

The international offshore support vessel sector has enjoyed large-scale growth in recent years. In addition, day rates have risen to some of their highest ever levels. Future prospects for the offshore support vessel sector look to be positive in the near-term, although current newbuilding orders may place a downward pressure on day rates in the [...]

The international offshore rig sector has experienced several years of sustained growth on the strength of high global demand and restricted supply of suitable and available rigs. Day rates have risen to some of the highest ever levels. Future prospects for the offshore rig sector look to be positive in the near-term, although current newbuilding [...]

Cruise shipping currently faces market conditions unprecedented in this hitherto highly expansionary sector - demand was hit hard by the events of September 11th and continues to exhibit very visible signs of damage, whilst the scale of recent years’ new vessel ordering by the major lines guarantees large-scale fleet growth over the near-term.
The structure of [...]

North European containerport demand has expanded rapidly over the past decade, despite some slowdown in the pace in 2001. Growth has been driven primarily by trade expansion, further conversion to containerisation and - most importantly by the continuing push for globalisation. The strongest growth has been in the deep-sea sector and this has placed increasing [...]

The recent volatility of shipping freight markets across almost all vessel categories has focussed market attention on levels of costs, revenues and profitability. This Report Examines typical operating and capital costs for a variety of vessel sizes/types- at the Current time and over recent years. The past 2-3 years have seen extensive development in certain [...]

Marketing of Container Terminals: The container port business has expanded by over 10.1 per cent per annum since 1990. Fuelled by the globalisation of the world economy this process will continue. Even cautious forecasts indicate that port demand will at least double to 2015 with between 550-630m TEUs handled in the world’s ports at that [...]

The pace of growth in the European and Mediterranean containerport markets has been truly dynamic in recent years. This has been driven by the globalisation of the world economy, the introduction of much larger vessels into the deep-sea trades – with associated rapid feeder demand growth – and also strong expansion in intra-regional trades. The [...]

The world cement trade and shipping sector is a complex combination of a wide variety of regular movements and sporadic short-term opportunistic shipments. A high volume of trade represents movements between companies under the umbrella of the same multinational cement group, whilst independent cement traders are still a major factor determining price levels and patterns [...]