Europe

Andrew Penfold, director of Ocean Shipping Consultants, anticipates that total container traffic will hit 1bn teu by 2020, building on last year’ s total of 426m teu and 2015 estimates of 600m…

Barcelona Container Terminal (TCB) has signed a loan agreement, securing ¢ 118.5m ($160.4m) to expand its Muelle Sur terminal to a 870,000 sq m facility capable of handling 2.2m teu.

Associated British Ports (ABP) has committed £ 3.26m to the construction of a dedicated agribulks storage facility at its Port of Immingham.The pledge comes on the back of a new 20- year…

Stockholm-based Bromma Group received orders for more than 900 telescopic crane spreaders last year,more than all of Brommas competitors combined, the manufacturer claims.

Gdynias Baltic Container Terminal has taken delivery of two new post-panamax gantry cranes, supplied by Konecranes. The cranes mark the first of their kind to be introduced into service at BCT, with…

APM Terminals has purchased a majority 61% share in the Dunkirk container terminal operation Nord France Terminal International. When the tender for operation of the terminal was released last year Dubai Ports…

The port of Antwerp has commissioned Barco and Fabricom GTI to install a Vessel Traffic Services system.The system, including new radars, was commissioned by the Flemish Agency for Maritime Services and Coast,…

UK-based ports and engineering consultant Halcrow has launched an independent charity to tackle poverty and suffering around the world.The company has pledged 0.5% of its annual profits, as well as staff time…