Europe

A major bottleneck to continued expansion of car handling atBremerhaven will be removed by 2010 with the completion of a ¢ 223m($339m) project to upgrade the 110-year-old Kaiserschleuse lock.

Substantial insurance claims loom following accidents  at two UK ports this year, but the exposure of the major mutual insurer TT Club will be limited to $1m in each case. Reinsurers will…

The Polish port of Gdynia is to invest about ¢ 170m ($258.6m) between now and 2010 on a series of five enhancement schemes.

A new liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal is to bebuilt at the Polish port of Ś winoujś cie at a cost of ¢ 350m ($523.4m), and isexpected to be commissioned in 2011.

Noble Denton Group, the global offshore and marine consulting firm, has joined an elite group of British businesses to secure a place in this years UK Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100…

Transas Marine UK Limited has won thecontract to upgrade Portland Harbour Authoritys Navi-Harbour vessel trackingsystem in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games. The overhaul of the UK portsequipment will include a full…

Data collected by the Institute suggests that managers in the transport & logistics sector are putting in too many hours, for too few returns. In detail, the 'Quality of Working Life' study…

GijonPort Authority has approved a modified expansion plan and has agreed toask the European Union for ¢ 135m ($195.9m) to part finance costoverruns, which are forecast to reach ¢ 216m ($313.4m).

In2007, Valencia Port Authority invested more than ¢ 128m ($185.7m) ininfrastructure upgrades and it plans to spend a further ¢ 150m ($217.7m)on average a year for the next two years.

TheItalian government has approved a project covering the development ofthe port of Civitavecchia, which involves finance of ¢ 71.5m ($103.8m).Work includes construction of an additional 400 metres of quay and thebuilding of…

Polands Port of Gdynia is restructuringto dispose of non-core units, including a number of terminals.

The new container terminal development at the Italian port of Vado Ligure appears to now be in doubt.

Piraeus Port Authority has agreed to put out to concession for 30 years Berths 2 and 3, which are dedicated to container handling operations. These have backup land of 690,000 sq m.…

A traffic management plan in place on roadsleading to the UKs Port of Felixstowe to combat port-inducedcongestion has been revised.

CMACGM is to invest ¢ 130m ($188.6m) in expanding the Malta Freeportcontainer terminal, which the group first acquired in 2004. This willboost throughput from 1.9m teu to 3m teu.