We recently appeared in the 81st edition of the Infrastructure & Development Magazine – released by the Colombian Chamber of Infrastructure. Please take a quick look on page 10 of the online version at the bottom of this post (Spanish). Recientemente aparecimos en la 81ª edición de la Revista de Infraestructura y Desarrollo, lanzada por […]
In the latest edition of the Dutch magazine ‘bedrijventerreinen’ BT an article was published about the advance of inland ports and the 9 factors for succes. Stig contributed to this article in an interview. The full article can be found via this link: BT #4 Feature Binnenhavens Unfortunately the article is only in Dutch but […]
Yesterday University of Groningen, Stijl Advocaten and Stig organised a workshop on the new General Block Exemption Regulation (State aid / staatssteun) of the EU. How does this support port developments and public-private partnershop? The Commission decided to further expand the GBER to cover investments in ports. It aims at facilitating and providing legal certainty for investments in port, […]
Port area development in the Canal zone enables the logistic hub ambition of Panama. Beyond this ambition the development of economic clusters is required. One of the promising clusters is agro, food and fresh products. Panama can produce agro products, but more important is the import of raw materials using the Canal. These raw products can be […]
November 2nd you should go to the next edition of the yearly BT event in Lelystad (airport). The event is about economic zone development. If you go I can recommend the workshop sponsored by the municipality of Lelystad and the Province of Flevoland. Stig is happy to moderate this workshop. There are three great experts participating in […]
Wednesday October 3rd StigΔ opened the 2017 Canada Inland Port Conference, organised by the Van Horne institute. Arènso Bakker is follow of the Van Horne instutute. Format of the opening was an interview by Coleen Shepperd of the Calgary Regional Partnership on inland port developments in an international context. After the interview the participants […]
The functioning of the upper spiral is visible in the movie. The train enters the tunnel in the tunnel located above the tunnel were the trains exits in the opposite direction.
The lower spiral is more exiting: if you look at the movie you see three trains going …. but actually it is one and the same train.
The construction of the spiral tunnels was a difficult job because of the rough scenery of the Rocky Mountains. The remains of an old Baldwin 2-6-0 still can be discovered in the forest near the entrance of the upper spiral tunnel.
Impressive: late 19 century locomotive Baldwin 2-6-0
Fallen aside and abandoned
Even the tender is still present
The Baltic Seaports and Shipping Conference 2017 is this year in Tallinn, Estonia. Stig is present as a speaker on Thursday and as chair of the sessions on Friday. Tallinn is famous for it’s IT cluster and high tech industry which is a great advantage for the port sector as well. Changes in technology and […]
This week, Stig will take part in a panel at the annual real estate fair Provada. Stig will present their views on mediation as part of the RICS mediation team at the panel discussion on dispute avoidance in the context of urban planning & development.
Stig-founder Onno Roelofs has been appointed quartermaster of the Port of Harlingen, which is to be developed this year as an ’NV’ or Limited Company. Roelofs shall be appointed interim executive of the Port as of the moment the Ltd. is created.
During a meeting at the new headquarters of the NautaDutilh law firm in Amsterdam, RICS launched its Dispute Resolution Services (DRS) for real estate and construction. Stig partner Arènso Bakker is one of the first RICS accredited mediators in the Netherlands.
On September 20-21, Stig will take part in the Canadian Inland Ports Conference 2016 in Winnipeg, Canada. On Tuesday September 20th, Stig co-founder Arènso Bakker will contribute to a panel discussion on inland port development globally and compare the progress of inland ports in Europe, Mexico and the United States to those in Canada.
On April 21st, StigΔ took part in the ‘On course with Flevokust’ conference which was held in Lelystad, the capital of the Flevoland province. The conference brought together experts from the fields of transport and logistics as well as agro parks, food clusters and maritime service companies.
On Thursday October 1st 2015, StigΔ and Port Solutions Rotterdam will organise an exclusive master class in cooperation with the Dutch Association of Inland Ports (the Nederlandse Vereniging van Binnenhavens, NVB). The master class is for all members of the NVB and will take place prior to the annual dinner and the General Assembly. In the master class, the versatility of port development is considered from a practical and professional point of view.
The main subject of the master class will be “Strategic financial aspects of port development”. Members of the NVB can sign up here and find the program (Dutch). Participation is free, registration is required.
The Dutch pavilion at the World Expo in Milan is a great success. The pavilion is the effort of several parties and a good example of a bottom up approach: Initially the Netherlands would not have been present at the Expo. However, based on strategic advice of StigΔ the Municipality of Rotterdam decided to be present on the World Expo together with their local partners.
On december 17th 2014 the Provincial States unanimously agreed with the realization of the port of Flevokust. The investment proposal and the associated integration plans for the Flevokust port and the noise zone were also determined. Now, the port of Flevokust can be realized.
StigΔ partner Onno Roelofs composed a travel journal during his visit to the Logisti-K expo in Argentina (12–15 August 2015). Onno was asked by the embassy to share his vision on the problems and opportunities for port development and transportation connections at the expo. Read the travel journal: Opportunities in Argentina’s transport and logistics industry […]
In October 2013, StigΔ delivered a keynote speech at Africa’s Maritime Indaba conference in Johannesburg.
