Europe

Kalmar has won a comprehensive maintenance deal from Cargo Service at the Port of Aarhus, Denmark for 19 new Kalmar straddle carriers, due for delivery in spring 2007.The all-inclusive contract, which includes…

British Waterways has announced that an £ 18.9m project to open up Londons East End rivers, giving direct access by water to the Olympic Park area,has finally been given the go-ahead.

A number of targeted, small scale investment projects underway at Europes ports are expected to bring improvements to cross-Channel freight transport.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has come out on top in a $26m claim lodged by Commerzbank. A Rotterdam court dismissed the claim, which stemmed from the end of August 2004,when it…

Valencias new MSC Terminal has struggled with a lack of available equipment at peak times and has been forced to introduce emergency measures at the gate. The dearth of available equipment has…

Savi Networks real-time tracking service is to be installed at the Port of Rotterdam.The companys Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) infrastructure automatically tracks the location and security status of cargo containers around the…

Irelands new deep-water port at Bremore is to be developed in a joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings, a consortium that includes an unnamed world classport operator.

The Italian provincial government of Liguria has approved an outline plan for the port of La Spezia, which is due to become law early in 2007.The plan envisages the creation of 140,000…

Campbell Mason has been selected as the managing director of DP Worlds two container terminals in the UK at Southampton and Tilbury.

Stavros Dimas, the European Unions Environmental Commissioner,has given the conditional go-ahead for the construction of the port of Granadilla on the island of Tenerife, in the Spanish Canary Islands.  

Samskip and terminal operator PSA HNN have announced that they are to cooperate in the development of the Port of Zeebrugge as an important hub for shortsea container activities in Northern Europe.

Valencia has consolidated its position as Spains second most important port, beaten only by Algeciras Bay. Figures recently released by the state-managed Puertos del Estado for the first 10 months of 2006,…

Across the Port of Rotterdam there are nearly 50 major development projects either under way or close to starting, including two liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, four electricity plants and eight new…

UK maritime interests have just a few more weeks to make their views known on the European Union Maritime Green Paper, published last year by the European Commission.

Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdams new port and industrial zone, is to be built right on the North Sea.Development is expected to take place over the next 20 to 30 years. The development will…

Albania has issued a tender in respect of construction of a new port at Durres, 33km west of Tirana.The work, which is worth ¢ 40m, is being funded by a loan from…

Ravenna Port Committee has approved a ¢ 339m investment package after traffic in 2006 rose by 10% to 26m tonnes.

Kalmar has boosted its Italian reach with the acquisition of CVS Ferrari Group.Under the deal, sealed at an undisclosed price, CVS Ferrari will operate as a separate entity and brand within Kalmar,…