Europe – Page 91
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NewsThe UK's lost opportunities
More needs to be done to stop red tape choking UK port development, explains Stevie Knight
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NewsAPM uses wind to power terminal
Denmark’s APM Terminals Cargo Service has announced that it has formed a new partnership with DONG Energy, to reduce the operator’s energy consumption and CO2 emissions at the port of Aarhus.
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Head of APDL resigns in protest
The president of the Douro and Leixoes Port Authority (APDL), Matos Fernandes, has resigned his post, citing his "deep regret" in respect of "an absence of decision-making from other companies in the industry".
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NewsMSC denies terminal arm listing
MSC has denied any plans to spin off its container terminal division through the issuing of an IPO on the Singapore stock exchange, rebuffing industry rumours surrounding a potential listing,
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NewsCOSCO keen on Croatian terminal investment
Chinese shipping group COSCO has revealed an interested in investing in the Croatian Port of Rijeka - utilising it as China’s link to mainland Europe - and supporting city infrastructure.
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NewsGlobal Ports looking to greenfields
Global Ports Group Investments Plc - a container and oil terminal operator servicing Russia’s cargo flows - plans to expand its portfolio and operations by persuing greenfield projects.
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Dutch propose floating ports
Dutch architect Dutch Docklands have put forward a project to build floating ports and floating roads on platforms that would be anchored in the sea.
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NewsUK ports – a serious issue
UK Shipping Minister, Mike Penning MP, met with the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group this week, to give the industry an update in terms of the Government’s port strategy moving forward.
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Naples begins to tackles concessionaire debt
Terminal operators in the Italian port of Naples have accumulated debt owed to the port authority of more than €20m.
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NewsMarseille: Strategic call for Arkas
Marseille Fos Port Authority is set to benefit from a new call created by the extended Aegean-Spain weekly container service operated by Turkey’s Arkas Line.
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NewsBCT gets a third off its expansion costs
The Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia – an ICTSI subsidiary - is to gain from a grant worth around a third of its PLN153m (US$49.2m) development, an expansion project that will raise BCTs capacity by 60%.
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APMT injury and CO2 wins
APM Terminals’ 2011 Sustainability Report reveals a 21% decrease in Lost Time Injury Frequency, and a 16.5% per teu reduction in CO2 emissions, but admits there is still much to be done.
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Valencia focuses on strategic priorities
There was little talk of transhipment costs or container investments being frozen by the Port of Valencia at a recent workshop held at the London School of Economics.
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Annulled Liscont concession extension deemed illegal
The arbitration committee set up to decide whether Lisbon Port Authority was right in annulling the concession extension it granted to Liscont has ruled in favour of the terminal operator.
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Felixstowe calls for axing of off-peak passenger trains
Passenger trains sometimes carrying only three people are taking up rail paths that could be used by 30-wagon freight trains on the branch line to and from the Port of Felixstowe, Hutchison Ports UK chief executive David Gledhill has said.
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NewsKonecranes hits new heights in Slovenia
Helsinki based Konecranes has received an order for three new RTGs to be delivered to Slovenian port operator, Luka Koper in October.
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NewsPublic subsidy generates animosity in Liverpool
There seems to be an air of animosity surrounding development work at the UK port city of Liverpool due to contested public funding, but confusion has meant Peel’s projects have been tarred - although privately funded.
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NewsDock worker death surge in UK
Five UK dock workers have been killed in as many months when the average is normally no more than two deaths per year – so the big question is why have health and safety inspections ceased?
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NewsLargest EU ports support moves on sulphur
Three major European ports, Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam, have said they are satisfied with the European Parliament’s ‘sulphur emissions’ resolution, which goes beyond the IMO regulations.
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NewsWorldwide impact from Eurozone crisis
The European debt crisis has had far reaching, if varied impact with certain areas such as Africa suffering disastrous setbacks, while others were still seeing healthy growth last year.
