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Hamburg bags benchmark first
07 May 2008
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd's award of its first Container Terminal Quality Indicator (CTQI) standard is an important step towards meeting the challenge of comparing global box terminals.
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Car potential boosted on UK east coast
07 May 2008
The UK port of Grimsby is looking to build on its car handling prowess with the construction of a new river-side berth.
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DP World UK mega-port clears final hurdle
07 May 2008
DP World's monster London Gateway port project has received the final seal of approval from the UK Government, making its dream of creating the country's most advanced container port a reality.
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Waterford objects to Cork expansion
12 Jun 2008
The Irish port of Cork’s plans for a new container terminal have been considered at an oral hearing, at which the Port of Waterford was a key objector.
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Antwerp boss eager to capitalise on 17% growth
21 May 2008
With container volumes continuing to climb rapidly, the Port of Antwerp has officially identified a site on the left bank of the Scheldt for future container expansion.
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Muuga undeterred by construction delays
21 Jun 2008
Tallinn Port Authority is pressing ahead with the initial phase of its eastern port development at Muuga, despite problems with assessing bids to undertake the necessary construction.
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Barents Sea port goes international
27 Jun 2008
The Russian port of Varandey, located on the Barents Sea, is to be opened to international maritime traffic. This follows requests from the local authorities and from various institutions within the Russian Federation.
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Throughput disappearing at Ust-Danube
26 Jun 2008
Ust-Danube port in Ukraine reported losses last year of around $3m, as a result of a 71% decline in throughput to 75,400 tonnes in 2007 and one of 59% during the previous year.
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Ust-Luga terminal planned
23 Jun 2008
Asia Invest LTD (Kazakhstan) has signed a memorandum of interest with Ust-Luga OJSC to build a general cargo transhipment terminal at the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga. This 4m tonne capacity facility will require investment of $293m, with the initial phase scheduled to commence operations by 2012.
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Variance in fortunes for Russian ports
10 Jun 2008
Vladivostok Port has reported a net profit of $9.54m for 2007, 3.3 times better than the 2006 result. During the same period, revenue grew by 34% to $53.21m, while cargo throughput increased by 20.6% to 4.8m tonnes.
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Bullish Illichevsk forecast
29 Jun 2008
The port of Illichevsk in Ukraine believes it can boost throughput to 3.2m teu within five years following the upgrade of existing handling facilities. This compares with a throughput of 455,976 teu handled by Ukrtanscontainer at berths 3-6 last year, along with a further 100,000T teu generated by CMA CGM at berths 1-2.
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Yuzhny ditches the dollar
28 May 2008
The Russian Black Sea port of Yuzhny is to make all payments to foreign shipowners, consignors and consignees in euros. Existing payments are made in dollars, which are generating considerable losses.
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Cosco and HPH in race for Piraeus
08 Jun 2008
Piraeus Port Authority has received two bids for the concession to operate container berths 2 and 3, one from from Cosco Pacific and the other from a joint-venture consisting of Hutchison Port Holdings and Greek partners the Alapis Group and LYD.
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French stevedores protest ports privatisation
14 Jun 2008
Port workers in France continued to protest against government policy to privatise terminal handling operations.
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Dublin expansion challenges environmentally-protected area
28 May 2008
Ireland’s Department of the Environment has issued a special protection order increasing the area it protects in Dublin Bay by 30%.
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Poland access upgrades
28 Jun 2008
Poland is to invest up to €780m ($1.2bn) on improving access to its ports by 2014. To date, €150m ($233.7m) has been spent on upgrades in this area.
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Contship stands by CICT
12 Jun 2008
Contship Italia has emphasised its commitment to the port of Cagliari by rejecting speculation that it is to pull out of Cagliari International Container Terminal.
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Japanese fund Bulgarian box terminals
16 Jun 2008
Varna city council in Bulgaria has allocated a 17.5 hectare plot of land for the development of a new container terminal at the port.
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Rotterdam builds new box terminal
14 Jun 2008
Rotterdam is to build a new 120,000 sq m dry bulk terminal at Hartelstrook on the Maaslakte. This will be equipped with 600 metres of quay, have alongside draft 16 metres, and is scheduled to open in the second half of 2010.
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Call on ports to tackle pollution threat to dockworkers
21 May 2008
Specialist insurer TT Club is demanding a cleaner work environment for quay crane drivers to protect them from stack emissions.
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TOC Europe bid to be bigger and better
21 May 2008
The well-respected TOC Europe exhibition and conference is looking to capitalise on networking opportunities at this year's event with the introduction of 'happy hour' networking drinks and the launch of a new online networking facility.
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