Covid has deflated naval gigantism
the operating profit margins of many operators. Yet orders for new tonnage will continue to respond more to the criterion of maximum achievable economies of scale than to the real...
Too many HGVs and too few trains
in the modernization and expansion of the infrastructure network and the liberalization of transport services. Where investments have been made and new players have entered the market, with profitable competition...
International law: the route to victory
been recognized, namely that the Italian soldiers were on a mission to combat piracy and that, according to the rules of international law and conventions, they could only be subject...
Why people still die in ports
drew on the expertise of three consulting companies: SIGE, which was given the task of working on management models and risk assessment. Scuola Nazionale Trasporti e Logistica (SNTL), which was...
Livorno and the train we can’t miss
The gamble of a lifetime? it’s the Darsena Europea, the seaward expansion project with which the port of Livorno hopes to reach new traffic targets. With the forthcoming completion of...
Italian port traffic back up again
confirmed: “Our ports are capable of catering for different transport demand needs, handling 169 million tonnes of liquid bulk, 120.9 million tonnes of ro-ro traffic, 119.5 million tonnes of containers,...
Maersk goes for e-commerce
profit of $6.5 billion. Revenue for the second quarter was 58% higher than the same period in 2020, at $14.2 billion, $11 billion of which came from the container shipping...
Congestion, there are no magic wands
capacity and buying new containers. Bringing more ships into the market was, however, not enough to solve the problem. In the online conference reported by Lloyds List, Toft pointed out...