Europe

Construction has begun in the Port of Gijón of a bio-diesel plant, which is due to open in the first quarter of 2009. Production capacity will be the order of 500,000 tonnes…

Tougher fines imposed on road haulage vehicles carrying overweight cargo are crippling traffic at Russias Novorossisk seaport, where operators claim that the only way of resolving the situation would be to double…

Irelands proposed deepwater port at Bremore is inching closer to reality with government approval of the plan.

SAM Electronics is to supply an On-shore Power Supply facility for Antwerps Independent Maritime Terminal, allowing up to three containerships to connect to it for approximately three days within any one week…

Barcelona Port Authority has approved a budget of ¢ 76m ($107.1m) for the repair of El Prat quay, which partially collapsed on January 1.

Interested parties have until December 21to enter bids for a concession to build and operate a third container terminalat the Spanish port of Algeciras.

They have put together a special-purpose vehicle, Catalana de Infraestructuras Portuarias, in which the port authority will hold a 49% stake and the private sector partner 51%. Having acquired the Mepsa concession…