Europe

After weeks of speculation that " something was cooking" between P& O Nedlloyd and PSA International in Italy, where the latter group has container handling interests, it has been announced that the…

Leif Wallin, president of trailer handling for the Finland-headquartered company, confirmed that Kalmar is "involved in hybrids in a couple of projects", working with the US Environmental Protection Agency in the ports…

The Portuguese government, in an attempt to promote the port of Sines, is making financial incentives available for companies that want to invest in it.

Leif Wallin, president of trailer handling for the Finland-headquartered company, confirmed that Kalmar is "involved in hybrids in a couple of projects", working with the US Environmental Protection Agency in the ports…

The port authority of Santander has decided for the moment not to participate in a project to promote shortsea shipping links in the North Sea. A spokesperson for the authority explained that…

As part of its move to 3-person crewing - agreed as part of a National Framework Agreement with the Transport & General Workers Union (TGWU) - Adsteam UKs Gravesend crews have now…

Kritikos, who was instrumental in developing the terminal along with the Amsterdam municipality, sold Ceres Terminals Inc to NYK Lines in the autumn of 2002. The Perez Torres group is investing ¢1.4m…

Ceres Terminals founder Christos Kritikos admitted that he was blocking the sale of the Ceres Paragon terminal in Amsterdam explaining that the price is not right, reports ci-online (www. ci-online. co. uk).

The proposed new port of Granadilla on the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife will have an operating area of 310,000 sq metres, a quay 650 metres and alongside draught of 16 metres.…

The highest Dutch administrative court rejected the ?2.6 billion Maasvlakte 2 project to expand the port of Rotterdam, due to insufficient measures to protect the environment.

Whilst transport is a perennial problem for any government, handling the issue across 25 nations is bound to constitute a major headache. The European Commission has been struggling with transport issues since…

Associated British Ports (ABP) is to invest £ 750,000 in a new handling and distribution facility at Garston for a leading supplier to the UK construction industry, Maxit LWA Ltd formerly known…

BCT has ordered an additional ship-to-shore gantry crane, and has already started some infrastructure works in connection with the new quay. The Chamber of Commerce of Seville is to seek a concessionaire…

BCT has ordered an additional ship-to-shore gantry crane, and has already started some infrastructure works in connection with the new quay. Valencia Port Authority has issued a tender for the extension of…

The highest Dutch administrative court rejected the ¢ 2.6 billion Maasvlakte 2 project to expand the port of Rotterdam, due to insufficient measures to protect the environment.

The timescale of the plan - divided into three phases - has been estimated at 6, 12 and 18 years and will be achieved with no detrimental effect to daily port operations.…