Europe

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.

TheBulgarian port of Varna is to build a new container terminal through ajoint venture including municipal authorities in Varna. Private sectorinvolvement in the ¢ 90m ($130.6m) will be restricted to 30%. Work…

The EuropeanInvestment Bank has granted a ¢ 900m ($1.3bn) loan to the Port ofRotterdam to finance infrastructure expansion. The financing contractfor the first ¢ 100m ($145m) has already been signed.

Netherlands-basedsoftware provider TBA has successfully concluded the first phase of testing ofEuromax terminals automated cargo handling equipment fleet. After the trial,TBAs automated fleet management system TEAMS was able to remotely control themovement…

Polands Baltic Container Terminal hasupgraded its terminal operating system to improve efficiency. The new TideworksSystem replaces BCTs old system, which was installed in the late 1990s.

UkrainesPrivat Group has finalised plans for the countrys largest independent privatecontainer terminal, International Container Terminal Peresyp. Covering 62 haand with 1,300 metres of quay wall, construction of the terminal - sited nextto…

Dragados-SPL has begun the final phase construction work at its new ¢ 50m ($74.3m) dry bulk terminal in the port of Santander. Start-up traffic this year is expected to be 1.5m tonnes,…

The UKs Port of Tilbury is seeking toharness wind power in a bid to cut carbon emissions and power consumption. Ithas submitted a planning application to Thurrock Council for the development ofits…

A strike by dock workers in late 2007 effectively paralysed operations at the Russian port of Tuapse for three days, with dockers eventually ordered back to work following a court ruling. 

Germanys Eurogate and Russias National Container Company (NCC) haveforged a North-European alliance to improve prospects for their respectivecontainer terminals in Ust-Luga and Wilhelmshaven.

Marseilles-Fosis offering reduced 2008 port dues to container lines that push increasedvolumes through the French port.

Russian transport company Severstraltrans has bought a 50% stake in Finnish container terminal operator Multi-Link Terminals and Container Depot from Finlands Container Finance Group.

Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority has approved the second phase construction of its outer harbour extension.