Global Infrastructure Research
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The continued rapid growth of global trade depends on reliable and efficient infrastructure. Investment is pouring into infrastructure, especially in Asia and the Middle East, but despite this, global infrastructure will not keep pace with traffic growth, leaving inevitable congestion, delays, and unreliable supply links. This means higher costs for shippers and carriers, and lower rates of return for investors in infrastructure such as ports, airports, roadways, and railways. In order to assure profitability, investors, shippers, carriers, and policy makers need to base long-term decisions based on a solid body of supply chain economic analysis and forecasts. What are the alternative supply chain configurations? What are the prevailing costs and prices? What rate of growth should be assumed when making long-term commitments? What are the risks, how much are they worth, and how can they be mitigated or offset? Boston Strategies International’s Global Infrastructure Research program helps executive decision-makers make long-term decisions that will provide sustainable competitive advantage.
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Global Infrastructure Series:
Investing in Brazil
| Global Infrastructure Series: Investing in Brazil
Multinationals worldwide are looking toward Brazil as the next China. Its low labor costs and relatively high quality make it competitive on a total cost basis. Moreover, industrial production is booming and the recent discovery of oil may transform Brazil's role in the world economy. Should you be investing in Brazil?
Price: $100
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Global Infrastructure Series:
Investing in Cairo
| Global Infrastructure Series: Investing in Cairo
As US West Coast ports become more congested and rail rates rise, shippers are evaluating all-water options through the Panama Canal. However, even the Panama Canal is currently unable to handle ships that hold more than about 4,000 containers, which are making up an increasingly large share of the world's fleet. Some companies are using westbound routings through the Suez Canal instead. Is this viable? What opportunities and risks accompany expanding Suez's role as a major gateway.
Price: $300
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| BONUS: Logistics In Cairo Videocast
As US West Coast ports become more congested and rail rates rise, shippers are evaluating all-water options through the Panama Canal. However, even the Panama Canal is currently unable to handle ships that hold more than about 4,000 containers, which are making up an increasingly large share of the world's fleet. Some companies are using westbound routings through the Suez Canal instead. Is this viable? What opportunities and risks accompany expanding Suez's role as a major gateway? Tune in to this videocast to find out.
27 minutes ©2008 Boston Strategies International
Price: Free with purchase of Investing in Cairo
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Global Infrastructure Series:
Investing in Dubai
| Global Infrastructure Series: Investing in Dubai
If you're not importing or exporting from the Gulf States, you're going to be soon. Trade with the UAE has more than doubled over the past five years, and the country will invest $300 billion in infrastructure by 2012 — almost five times as much as the Marshall Plan cost, and more than twice what it cost to put a man on the moon. What is your logistics plan for shipping into and out of the Gulf? Which ports, carriers, terminals, and channel partners are the best targets for partnership and investment?
Price: $600
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Global Infrastructure Series:
Investing in Gioia Tauro
| Global Infrastructure Series: Investing in Gioia Tauro
As the 24th largest port in the world, Gioia Tauro operates in the shadow of Northern European ports such as Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, and Bremerhaven. However it provides 25-50% more economical access to and from some Italian, Austrian, Swiss and French inland destinations for 3.2 million containers per year. Given the growth of trade between the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and North Africa, and continental Europe, chances are you may be hearing more about Gioia Tauro.
Price: $200
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| BONUS: Logistics in Gioia Tauro Videocast
As the 24th largest port in the world, Gioia Tauro lives is the shadow of Northern European ports such as Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, and Bremerhaven. However, it provides 25-50% more economical access to and from some Italian, Austrian, Swiss, and French inland destinations for 3.2 million containers per year. Given the growth of trade between the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and North Africa, and continental Europe, chances are you may be hearing more about Gioia Tauro. Tune in to this videocast to learn more.
26 minutes ©2008 Boston Strategies International
Price: Free with Purchase of Investing in Gioia Tauro
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Global Infrastructure Series:
Investing in New York
| Global Infrastructure Series: Investing in New York
The Port of New York/New Jersey processes $132 billion of US imports each year and unloads nearly 10,000 ships per year. It provides access to tens of millions of consumers within a day's delivery. Moreover, the US's third largest port expects container volume to double by 2020 as Asian imports grow and a greater share of them come westbound through the Suez Canal. Are the Port's projections accurate? How will all that cargo fit through the gates without compromising security or environmental standards? Which facilities and services should be developed, when, and at what risk?
Price: $200
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| BONUS: Logistics in New York Videocast
The Port of New York/New Jersey processes $132 billion of US imports each year and unloads nearly 10,000 ships per year. It provides access to tens of millions of consumers within a day's delivery. Moreover, the US's third largest port expects container volume to double by 2020 as Asian imports grow and a greater share of them come westbound through the Suez Canal. Are the Port's projections accurate? How will all that cargo fit through the gates without compromising security or environmental standards? Which facilities and services should be developed, when, at what risk? Tune in to this videocast to find out.
35 minutes ©2008 Boston Strategies International
Price: Free with purchase of Investing in New York
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Global Infrastructure Series:
Investing in Seattle-Tacoma
| Global Infrastructure Series: Investing in Seattle-Tacoma
Capacity constraints in Los Angeles/Long Beach and the risk of strikes or terrorist incidents have motivated some shippers to shift their West Coast volume northward to Seattle-Tacoma. Tacoma plans to quadruple container capacity by 2020, while state commitments to fund infrastructure and support freight mobility over that period amoun to over $7.7 billion. Should Seattle-Tacoma be an integral part of your supply chain or investment plans? Boston Strategies International explores the growth of this port complex, and what it could means for you.
Price: $100
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Global Infrastructure Series:
Investing in Shanghai
| Global Infrastructure Series: Investing in Shanghai
As the world globalizes, shippers need to know about the ins and outs of shipping from everywhere to everywhere else on the planet. Why is the focus shifting to Shanghai for transportation and manufacturing? This study highlights Shanghai's infrastructure development and provides practical advice for shippers as well as investors.
Price: $350
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| BONUS: Logistics in Shanghai Videocast
As the world globalizes, shippers need to know about the ins and outs of shipping from everywhere to everywhere else on the planet. This videocast will explain what you need to know about shipping to and from Shanghai's infrastructure development and provides practical advice for shippers as well as investors. Tune in to this videocast to explore the Shanghai opportunity.
40 minutes ©2008 Boston Strategies International
Price: Free with purchase of Investing in Shanghai
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Global Infrastructure Series:
Investing in Vietnam
| Global Infrastructure Series: Investing in Vietnam
Vietnam is growing rapidly. Real estate, infrastructure, and businesses are trading at high multiples. Is it overheated? This study evaluates global economic trends and containerized trade growth development in Vietnam today.
Price: $500
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| The Shanghai Connection
Today, as mainland China deals directly with other countries for trade after the country's accession into the WTO, the role of Hong Kong as an export hub and Guangdong province (Pearl River Delta) as manufacturing base is gradually shifting toward central and north China. These regions have caught up with the momentum of new foreign investment boom in China, and are now growing faster than the south. Logistics activity is shifting to the center of China as Shanghai emerges as the business hub. How does this affect your global logistics plan?
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| Visibility and the Role of Government in Container Security
Despite technological advancements, container security is still a critical area of vulnerability. In addition to explosion and contaimination, containers can be abused in other ways, for example to facilitate money laundering or schemes to dis-assemble and re-assemble components of prohibited and dangerous cargoes. What precautions should shippers take to keep your cargo safe and your company out of trouble? What regulations should government policy-makers enact to improve container security? This article examines the policy issues inherent in safeguarding the security of global shipments.
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| A Framework for Public-Private Partnership Policy Development
Mega-investments are reshaping global supply chain economies. Dubai is investing $300 billion by 2012, and Saudi Arabia an equivalent amount by 2012. Brazil has committed $108 billion by 2023, Shanghai’s Yangshan port complex will cost $26 billion, and the Panama Canal upgrade will cost $5 billion or more. The benefits – including economic growth and export competitiveness – are huge. Furthermore, not investing puts nations and multinational transportation providers at a disadvantage relative to those that are capitalizing on the biggest international trade boom of the last thousand years. But private capital is finite, especially given the current financial crisis, and there is no agreed process and no methodology for sharing the costs and benefits of very large transport infrastructure projects between public and private sector interests. The resolution to this issue will have a dramatic impact on national competitiveness and global economic growth.
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