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EUROPE

CEM Systems has supplied its AC2000 SE integrated security management system for installation at Cork. The contract was awarded by ADT Fire & Security and will be supported by an advanced CCTV…

1st November 2005

Cork gets new security system

1st November 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The disintegration of the Soviet Union left Russia with a dilemma: should it carry on using container terminals in what had become former colonial territories or develop existing ports within its own…

1st November 2005

EU accession brings mixed fortunes

1st November 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The controversial access to port services directive bore an enormous number of amendments for European MPs to consider when they met in the Parliaments transport committee recently - a total of 308.

1st November 2005

EU PORTS

1st November 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Involved in the syndicate are Banco Sabadell, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Fortis Bank, HSBC Bank, Santander and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, although a total of 22 financial institutions participated in…

1st November 2005

Naples concessions..

1st November 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencia is following Southampton with the introduction of a mandatory vehicle booking system.

1st November 2005

Pre-booking does the trick

1st November 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Irish marine minister has warned the countrys leading ports of a tough new government strategy which will ensure focus on appropriate developmental requirements to benefit the national economy and maximise efficiency.

1st November 2005

IRELAND

1st November 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Involved in the syndicate are Banco Sabadell, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Fortis Bank, HSBC Bank, Santander and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, although a total of 22 financial institutions participated in…

1st November 2005

..and rivals join forces

1st November 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Contship Italia chief, Cecilia Battistello, has told the Italian government that urgent steps must be taken to improve the countrys port infrastructure.

1st November 2005

. as Italian operators urge development?

1st November 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

These meet the three major aims of sustainability: economic benefit, environmental balance and social development.Port of Rotterdam Authority is inviting tenders for the design and construction of Maasvlakte 2, the port site…

1st October 2005

MAASVLAKTE 2

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Liverpool, Belfast and Cork are all gearing up for expansion with plans being laid to improve facilities at all three ports. Liverpool hopes to get the go-ahead for construction of its £…

1st October 2005

Irish Sea spawns expansion plans

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Anti-terror police reviewed thousands of hours of CCTV footage to help trace the movements of the 7 July suicide bombers, as well as to identify suspects in the attacks a fortnight later.…

1st October 2005

CEM steps up to Irish Harbour

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rotterdams plans for supplying LNG are advancing on two fronts. Petroplus International has taken a next step in the development of an import terminal. Having planned to have the terminal operational by…

1st October 2005

Rotterdams LNG plans solidify

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Teesports pass issue office and CCTV control room have been a big success since opening in January. With five members of staff covering all the bases twenty-four hours a day, seven days…

1st October 2005

PASS ISSUE OFFICE BOOMING

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

An investment of several hundred million euros is to go into the new terminal, which will have an initial capacity of a minimum of six billion cu metres per annum and will…

1st October 2005

ALGECIRAS

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

An investment of several hundred million euros is to go into the new terminal, which will have an initial capacity of a minimum of six billion cu metres per annum and will…

1st October 2005

CAGLIARI

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports and Forth Ports both report buoyant performance for the first half of this year, bolstered by property sales and cargo volume growth.

1st September 2005

UK PORTS STRONG FIRST HALF BUT . . .

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

After a decade of hopes and plans, Antwerp has officially opened the Deurganckdock, intending to relieve northwest European port congestion. The dock adds 1.4m TEUs of capacity to the market, and Antwerps…

1st September 2005

Deurganckdock opens – finally

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The E470m Vuosaari Harbour project will sweep up cargo operations from the existing city centre North and West Harbours, which are constrained by the surrounding city.PSA International, together with construction company Turkish…

1st September 2005

PSA moves on Mersin

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The proposed open industry standard, the 360 Quality Code, recently put forward by reefer carriers LauritzenCool, Seatrade and NYK Reefer, is wholly supported by Simon Bird and the port of Bristol. While…

1st September 2005

Quality code welcomed

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish cabinet has reserved 708ha of land for the construction of the Outer Harbour at La Coruna. Work will consist of the construction of a dyke 3.36km long and a contra-dyke…

1st September 2005

LA CORUNA GETS ITS OUTER HARBOUR

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P& Os £ 1.5bn plans for a new terminal near London have at last been given a tentative thumbs-up by the government, provoking a predictable scramble for attention among other port development…

1st September 2005

London Gateway almost there

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

A scheme to clean up the UKs River Tyne has celebrated the launch of two new vessels. Local children were tasked with finding a name for the larger debris collection vessel and…

1st September 2005

Clean-up craft devours cars

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development…

1st September 2005

CEST CERES CERES

1st September 2005