Media Mention

DEVELOPMENT OF PPP DRY PORTS

ASCELA ADVISOR’S Nivesh Chaudhary discusses key features and challenges in developing PPP Dry Ports with examples from India in this webinar

Indian dry ports in particular are characterized by a dominant public presence. Includion of Private sector in cargo transportation and handling enables higher operational efficiency and optimization of the cost and time of the supply chain.

Published url : https://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-development-ppp-dry-ports-key-features-and-challenges-showcased-examples-angola

VOLUMES, COSTS, ALTERNATIVES

The world’s most famous waterways, the Suez and Panama canals, have been rivals for over a century. But the flows are now changing.

ASCELA Advisors show, “At present, a Panama Canal transit will cost something in the range of US$780,000 for container ships of 13,000TEU capacity. It is higher through the Suez Canal. For a similarly-sized vessel, charges come to around US$830,000.”

Published url : https://www.portstrategy.com/volumes-costs-alternatives/1354386.article

Crowd Control in Stadium

Design and planning of large assembly areas involving huge numbers of vehicular and pedestrian areas has become significantly important .The vast number of facilities are now faced with interesting challenge of having to cope with large volumes of pedestrian traffic. The prominent examples of such buildings being airports, shopping centers, Railway stations, religious Pilgrimages, Arena sports stadia which have become larger and more commonplace in recent times.

Published url : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/crowd-control-stadium-nitin-srivastawa/?trackingId=w%2FXGHvtmFQQcd7sw5vdxow%3D%3D

Chasing shadows

How will India respond to disquieting developments on its doorstep, asks Stevie Knight

Colombo, the well-established Sri Lankan transhipment hub that’s been so successful at helping itself to a large slice of Indian transhipment cargo, is expanding its West Terminal by another 2.4m teu. Further, despite cold feet about the amount of debt, the Sri Lankan government is still behind Hambantota’s Phase II which includes 2km of box berths alongside other general purpose facilities.

Published url : https://www.portstrategy.com/news101/world/asia/south-asian-ports-not-all-it-seems

FUTURE PROOFING CONTAINER PORTS A NECESSITY

ASCELAADVISORS’ NiveshChaudhary explains why ports around the world must confront the increasing size of container ships..

The global shipping industry is currently witnessing massive consolidation aimed at improving efficiencies and competitiveness, all the while dealing with uncertain market conditions.

Published url : https://www.portstrategy.com/news101/insight-and-opinion/port-talk/future-proofing-container-ports-a-necessity

Time for a Middle East rethink

Despite their world-class reputation, the region’s ports may need to re-evaluate their offering. Stevie Knight reports

“If I had to sum up the Middle East's ports in one word, that word would be overcapacity.” Regional consultant Nivesh Chaudhary doesn’t mince his words when he considers the region’s prospects. Director of transport and logistics in ASCELA ADVISORS’ infrastructure advisory team, Mr Chaudhary has weighed up capacity versus throughput.

Published url : https://www.portstrategy.com/news101/world/middle-east/Time-for-a-Middle-East-rethink

Breaking China’s grip on Asian growth

India and Sri Lanka need to be able to stand on their own two feet to really win the regional cargo war, writes Stevie Knight

South Asian trade has seen China tighten its hold and India start to fight back. But to do so with any real gusto, India urgently needs a proper transhipment hub of its own. While this is primarily a commercial issue, this vulnerability is also creeping into the geopolitical realm.

Published url : https://www.portstrategy.com/news101/world/asia/Breaking-Chinas-grip-on-Asian-growth