Waterfront news 2007

Nicholas Finney comments on the UK Government's interim ports policy announcement regarding shipping emissions: "Tackling Shipping Emissions"

Comments by Mike Katz formed the basis for a Transit editorial on the ministerial reshuffle: "A new driver" (Transit, 29 June 2007, PDF, 1mb).

Nicholas Finney article asks "Could port development in the UK finally be freed from decades of bureaucratic inertia with the mooted reform on planning rules?" (Lloyd's List, 6 June 2007, PDF, 68kb).

Writing in the June 2007 edition of “Rail Professional”, Mike Katz, an Associate Director of the Waterfront Partnership outlines the challenges faced in changing the Railways Pension Scheme (“Protecting Rail pensions”, Rail Professional, June 2007, PDF, 116kb).

Mike Katz was quoted in Transit magazine article on the DfT”s franchise policy consultation ('Does new consultation on franchise policy pave way for nationalisation?', 1 June 2007, jpeg, 130kb).

Travel Weekly magazine carried detailed news coverage and analysis of Waterfront's 'Aviation in the Shadow of Climate Change' conference held on 22nd and 23rd May 2007 (Travel Weekly, Aviation News and Analysis, JPEG, both 0.5mb)

Waterfront is proud to announce that Mark Watts has been shortlisted for European Consultant of the Year awards category in the 2007 Public Affairs News Awards.  Mark's full entry can be downloaded here.  Voting closes on Friday 8th June and is open to all at http://www.publicaffairsnews.com/awards/.

Following the highly successful Waterfront and Bisham Consulting conference, Logistics Countdown to 2012, on 26 and 27th March, the final Rapporteurs' Report of proceedings has been published and circulated to a wide range of political and policy stakeholders concerned with the hosting of London 2012 (Rapporteurs' Report, May 2007, PDF, 241kb)

In his latest article for Lloyd's List, Waterfront's Mark Watts considers the issue of emissions and shipping ('Climate change: shipping must be part of the solution, not the problem', 4 April 2007, Lloyd's List, Word, 277kb).

Advertorial for Ports Strategy magazine by Mark Watts on 'A new ports policy for Europe: opportunity or threat?', April 2007, Port Strategy, PDF, 2.91mb).

Waterfront's Nicholas Finney latest Portcullis article for Lloyd's List looked at the implications of the Eddington Study, the DfT's ports policy review and the Transport Select Committee's recent inquiry for the maritime sector ('Reports pile up in maritime debate', 2 February 2007, Lloyd's List, Word, 580kb).

Both Dr Stephen Ladyman MP, the UK Shipping Minister, and Jean Trestour, European Commission, DG Transport and Energy have been confirmed for speakers at Waterfront's Europe's Sea Ports: The UK Policy Perspective on the Commission's Consultation on 26th and 27th April [PDF, 37.5kb] (February 2007).

Waterfront has produced a summary of the 'The Eddington Transport Study' [PDF, 40kb] (February 2007).

The Waterfront Partnership has published an analysis paper, 'The Eddington Transport Study and its implications for the seaports industry'  (January 2007).