Europe

EUROPE

EUROPE

Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia has concluded arrangements with Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG (BA-CA) and Bank BPH (BPH), both members of the HVB Group, for a US$36m term loan facility to…

1st December 2004

BCT clinches US$36m loan

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Harbour towage contractor Adsteam UK has completed the first phase of its national roll-out of 3-person crewing, agreed with the UKs Transport & General Workers Union. Operations at Liverpool, Southampton, Medway, Hull…

1st December 2004

Adsteam rolls out 3-man crewing

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Boulogne is to launch a high-speed freight service connecting it north and south to Oslo and Vigo.

1st December 2004

BOULOGNE AT AXIS OF NEW HIGH SPEED SHORTSEA RO-RO SERVICE

1st December 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, chairwoman of the UK Government Transport Select Committee, has accused ports of not doing enough to ensure they have adequate infrastructure to support operations beyond their own facilities.

1st November 2004

Broadside from Gwyneth

1st November 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has signed up with Contship Italia, Lucernate di Rho (Milano), Italy, a 83.3% subsidiary of EUROKAI, for 23.3% of the shares of Medcenter Container Terminals (MCT), Gioia Tauro. The purchase…

1st November 2004

APMT INCREASES SHAREHOLDING IN GIOIA TAURO

1st November 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

A 31-acre site is to be developed at Amsterdam including two deepsea quays, 300 metres each, to increase capacity for storage and transhipment of coal which has seen big increases over the…

1st October 2004

Amsterdams coal transhipments business on the up

1st October 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Barging containers along the river Rhine is an increasingly popular transport mode. But, as Neil Madden reports, congestion problems at the rivers seaport end have proved frustrating for shippers and carriers.

1st September 2004

CRUNCH TIME FOR THE RHINE

1st September 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

When ICTSI took over Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) Gdynia, it became clear that much of the equipment it took ownership of had been exceptionally well looked after. Jan Mors, BCTs executive vice-president…

1st September 2004

AN IDEA WITH LEGS INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY

1st September 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

ICTSI, the Manila-based international container terminal developer and operator, is understood to be at an advanced stage of concluding financing arrangements for a largescale expansion of capacity at its wholly-owned Baltic Container…

1st September 2004

Banks crowd in for Baltic Container Terminal business

1st September 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The rumour mill is buzzing that with Rotterdam experiencing container congestion problems off the back of strong container growth, NYK, part owner of the Ceres Paragon Terminal in Amsterdam, is increasing the…

1st September 2004

Amsterdam angst

1st September 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The tender will combine BOT with concession contracts but is for all six terminals as a single contract and operators will not be able to bid for individual terminals. The tender closes…

1st July 2004

BARCELONA PLANS THIRD TERMINAL

1st July 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

PC REMBRANDT, BMT's ship handling training and familiarisation software, was used to determine the wind and tidal conditions under which vessels will be able to enter and depart from the port with…

1st June 2004

H-PR appointed for Dover

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Up to the end of 2005, € 17m is being invested in the expansion of Hamburgs Hansaport bulk facility where coal and ore handling is booming.

1st June 2004

Hamburg invests in booming bulk

1st June 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

It is questionable whether the UK Government can move at the necessary speed to ensure realistic and safe maritime logistics security systems are in place by July, as required by the ISPS…

1st May 2004

And will the UK be ready?

1st May 2004

EUROPE

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Barcelona gets more capacity

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

ICTSI' s Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) has been shopping for equipment to complete the first phase of its 15-year, $80m expansion programme. The list includes one Panamax ship-to-shore crane from Kone, four…

1st May 2004

BCT phase I complete

1st May 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

The sale of the Europoort terminal I of European Bulk Services (EBS) to Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has been finalized.

1st April 2004

ADM buys in Rotterdam

1st April 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Overall, he notes, Indian ports are beginning to lack competitiveness compared to other regional players, which places the country's overseas trade at risk.Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has taken a 26% stake in…

1st April 2004

Hamburg joins financial race for JNPT

1st April 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports (ABP) ports of Plymouth and Teignmouth witnessed growth in important trades in 2003, while investment programmes being undertaken at both ports are being progressed to secure the future prosperity…

1st March 2004

ABP invests in Southwest

1st March 2004

EUROPE

EUROPE

Economics senator Gunnar Uldall has warned that capacities in Hamburg could get " very tight" in the light of predictions of container growth and has launched a € 190m programme up to…

1st March 2004

Hamburg moves to head off logjam

1st March 2004