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EUROPE

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…

30th March 2012

BCT gets a third off its expansion costs

30th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

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.

29th March 2012

APMT injury and CO2 wins

29th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

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.

27th March 2012

Annulled Liscont concession extension deemed illegal

27th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port based businesses in the UK facing unfair and unexpected backdated business rates bills can breathe a sigh of relief as the Government has moved to waive and repay bills this week.

8th March 2012

An end in sight to the UKs port rate fiasco

8th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) is just beginning its largest investment programme in its history to the tune of USD$51m – 35% of which will be coming from EU funds.

14th February 2012

BCT starts largest investment in its history

14th February 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Barcelona Port Authority is offering a discount of €5m to TCB, Tercat, Port Nou and Terminal Ferry Barcelona to help boost container traffic.

9th February 2012

Barcelona offers operators discounts

9th February 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The private sector is to invest €253m ($323m) over the next few years in the Spanish port of Bilbao.

12th January 2012

Bilbao investment tops €250m

12th January 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports (ABP) has become the first port operator to gain an external credit rating and tap into the bond market in the last decade.

23rd December 2011

ABP first in decade to tap into bonds

23rd December 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Swedish Competition Authority has approved the acquisition of the Skandia Container Terminal (SCT) at Gothenburg by APM Terminals - putting the takeover on schedule for January 2012.

21st December 2011

APM takeover of Gothenburg terminal approved

21st December 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Barcelona port authority is seeking financial compensation of €97m ($134m) from three construction companies involved in the El Prat quay fiasco.

9th November 2011

Barcelona seeks €97m El Prat compensation

9th November 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Antwerp Port Authority is to take a 47% share in a consortium to build a large wind farm on the left bank of the river Scheldt.

20th October 2011

Antwerp to capture fair wind

20th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Demand for biomass is spurring a number of new initiatives on different sides of the globe. The first biomass exchange is to be launched in Rotterdam, while in the US, Georgia is…

18th October 2011

Biomass markets spur port development

18th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals have signed a concession with the Port of Gothenburg to take over Skandia Container Terminal next year.

17th October 2011

APM to take over Gothenburg’s Skandia container terminal

17th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Gulftainer has secured an agreement to co-develop and operate a facility at Ust-Luga Port near St Petersburg in Russia.

6th October 2011

Gulftainer goes into Ust Luga

6th October 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012 put together by the World Economic Forum suggests that ports in Germany, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Denmark are among the most productive in Europe.

27th September 2011

Europe’s most productive

27th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

HITTs subsidiary in Canada, Klein Systems Group, is to provide the Spanish port of Barcelona with a Port Management Information System.

15th September 2011

Barcelona gains information system

15th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

In the first two quarters of this year, APM Terminals generated revenue of more than $2bn, up 6%. Profits amounted to $304m. Three new port operations commenced: at Cai Mep in Vietnam,…

1st September 2011

APMT profit increases

1st September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Bilbao port authority has issued tenders for two new bulk solid terminals and a third for general cargo. The former will occupy the AZ1 and AZ2 quays, while the general cargo terminal…

17th August 2011

Bilbao issues terminal tenders

17th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Major oil trader, Gunvor, has cancelled plans to buy a controlling stake in the JSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport (MCS).

3rd August 2011

Gunvor pulls out of Murmansk buy out

3rd August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Environment-friendly ships calling at Antwerp are now being rewarded by a discount – but it seems Rotterdam is finding that the scheme may initially need a lower threshold.

21st July 2011

European ports still chasing greener ships

21st July 2011