Europe

In Spain, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), or the National Commission on Markets and Competition, has fined five stevedoring companies and five port unions for illegal agreements…

Malta’s Grand Harbour, or the Port of Valletta, has welcomed the arrival of a rescue ship carrying 141 migrants following a five-day dispute regarding where it could disembark them.

A new triple-enclosed ship loading system for ore handling operations is designed to enable close to zero dust emissions.

Operations returned to normal within 36 hours at the Port of Liverpool’s container terminals following a power outage on 31 July which saw hauliers face hours of delays.

The director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) has said that the organisation’s members are still facing “significant problems” at the Port of Felixstowe following implementation of a new terminal…

The Port of Dover has warned that a UK Government proposal to divert Dover-bound shipments elsewhere in a no deal Brexit scenario would face capacity and efficiency problems.

The terminal operating system (TOS) at the Port of Felixstowe is reportedly “stable” although teu volume handled is lower than expected.

There has been scepticism about the ability of Mediterranean ports to pull market share away from Northern Europe, but that attitude is changing, writes Stevie Knight.

Port Network Authority of the Ionian Sea (PNAIS) has expressed a first positive evaluation of Yilport Holding’s proposal to invest in and manage the container terminal of the Port of Taranto.