18-10-2013, 08:18 PM
I starts a thread on this company, a newly listed company. The strategy seems interesting, which may warrant further research...
Malaysia’s F1-inspired Westports surges forward in market debut
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Westports Holdings jumped as much as 8 percent in its market debut on Friday, with investors keen on its strategy to treat container ships like Formula One race cars as they ply the 900-km long Malacca Straits.
Calling itself a pit stop, the port operator backed by Asia’s richest man, Mr Li Ka-shing, derives 70 per cent of its revenues from transhipments where super-sized ships move containers carrying finished goods to smaller vessels for transport to nearby markets.
Its aim is to shift 35 containers an hour instead of the industry-standard 25, a feat it compares to F1 pit crews turning around a race car in seconds and one that it hopes will help it weather a shipping industry downturn and fierce competition from other ports in the region.
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/mala...rket-debut
Malaysia’s F1-inspired Westports surges forward in market debut
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Westports Holdings jumped as much as 8 percent in its market debut on Friday, with investors keen on its strategy to treat container ships like Formula One race cars as they ply the 900-km long Malacca Straits.
Calling itself a pit stop, the port operator backed by Asia’s richest man, Mr Li Ka-shing, derives 70 per cent of its revenues from transhipments where super-sized ships move containers carrying finished goods to smaller vessels for transport to nearby markets.
Its aim is to shift 35 containers an hour instead of the industry-standard 25, a feat it compares to F1 pit crews turning around a race car in seconds and one that it hopes will help it weather a shipping industry downturn and fierce competition from other ports in the region.
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/mala...rket-debut
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