Europe

Antwerp Port Authority turned the office thermostat down two degrees and encouraged staff to put on a jumper last month as part of Belgiums annual Thick Sweater Day campaign.

The port of Antwerp handled 189.3m tonnes of freight last year, a growth of 3.5% on 2007.

Belgium-based SEA-invest has bought a majority stake in Polands Port Polnocny. This company operates a terminal in the Port of Gdansk exporting coal and liquid bulk.

Last year, the Russian Port of Archangel handled 5m tonnes, equivalent to 50% of capacity.

The Dutch group Royal Boskalis has abandoned plans to acquire Smit International. Boskalis was unable to agree on a structure for the takeover and, given a deterioration in market conditions, decided to…

The construction of a 200-metre quay extension, due to start next year, will increase capacity at the Baltic Container Terminal in Riga from 600,000 to 1m teu.