Europe

The Euromax terminal,  operated by Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, is now up and running.

N-Trans has transferred its port assets to newly-formed subsidiary, Global Ports Investments (GPI).

Following a ruling by a local judge that workers at Tuapse Trading Seaport were being incorrectly paid for nightshift working, stevedores voted with their feet and brought operations to halt for much…

FESCO transport group has acquired a 50% stake in Vladivostok Container Terminal, which it picked up after acquiring all of the shares of the National Container Company from the N-Trans group. The…

Maersk has withdrawn its South Iberia feeder service from the port of Alicante after just three months.

Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA) has approved an investment package of ¢ 59m ($87.9m) to expand existing port infrastructure, including construction of the new Adosado terminal and reinforcement of Juan Carlos I…

DP World (60%) and Zim (40%) have bought Tarragona container terminal operator Contarsa, which is currently handling 150,000 teu.

Russia is to spend ¢ 7.6bn ($11.3bn) on developing ports in the North West, of which ¢ 2.1bn ($3.1bn) will come from the Federal Budget. Ust-Luga should be handling up to 130m…

The port authority of Genova has asked the government for help to resolve the legal impasse that is threatening to stall operations in the port.

Spanish company Fabrisem SL has broken into the Russian/CIS marketwith a contract for 17 trailers for National ContainerCompany. Twelve trailers will be delivered to First Container Terminalin St Petersburg with the other…

A 50% stake in Odessa container terminal in the Brooklyn Kiev Port,Ukraine, has been sold to Terminal Link, part of the CMA CGMgroup. The terminal will open late 2008 and have a…

Turnover at the Irelands Port of Cork has reached a record ¢ 24.9m ($38.6m) boosted by landmark throughput figures.

Tom Boardley, chief executive of CMA CGM (UK) Holdings Limited, has been appointed to the board of the Port of Tyne as a non-executive director.

Ukraine has announced its intention to develop container transport and is interested in speaking to any companies that can help implement this policy in a partnership agreement.

Dear Sir The story "Crane safety should not be optional" in your December issue was accompanied by a picture taken at the Port of Felixstowe, and a caption stating that the joint…

A multi-purpose port situated in the Gulf of Vyborg, about 113km from St Petersburg, will be helped in its ¢ 233m ($366m)  modernisation by a ¢ 115m ($180.7m) loan from the European…

Latvias is set to carve out a role for itself as a transhipment and handling centre for containerised cargo to and from Russia, China, Korea and other Asian states, according to officials.…