Europe

Speaking to the Major Projects Association (MPA) at the Royal Society in London in October, Dunwoody said: "We should learn lessons from the Port of Vancouver and not get trade indigestion."Having ordered…

Commenting on the proposals, HPH's UK md, Richard Pearson, said: "This development will enable Felixstowe to berth more of the latest generation of large container vessels simultaneously, securing our position as a…

Commenting on the proposals, HPH's UK md, Richard Pearson, said: "This development will enable Felixstowe to berth more of the latest generation of large container vessels simultaneously, securing our position as a…

The long drawn-out privatisation process at Malta Freeport has finally been concluded with CMA CGM taking a 30-year concession from the government for $421m. P& O Ports will manage the Freeport which…

Rotterdam is forecasting a 20% increase in port related land use over the next 15 years.

Rotterdam Shortsea Terminal (RST) expects throughput to grow considerably this year.

The dominance of Maersk can be seen in figures released by Algeciras port authority covering January and February 2005 during which throughput at the port amounted to 501,514 TEUs.Container growth at Marseilles…

Euro Tank Terminal (ETT) has started construction of a new tank terminal for mineral oils at Rotterdam.

A recent report identified Spain as Europes fourth most important country in terms of port traffic. While the UK attracts 18% of the combined 3.05 billion tonnes handled by the Continents ports,…

Dermot O' Mahoney, chairman, Port of Cork Company, referring to the port' s 2002 strategic development plan, says an investment of € 350m is required if the port is to stay in…

Felixstowe has taken delivery of another STS quay crane from ZPMC, part of an order for ten RTGs and three quay cranes. The new crane will be amongst the largest in the…

The Hamburg Port Marketing Association has generated the table below, which provides an interesting snapshot of performance in the main part of the north European port range up until the middle of…

Perhaps not surprisingly, Hamburg's own performance in container and general cargo terms stands out - showing the highest growth in general cargo tonnage and container throughput, 17.2% at 37,452,00 tonnes and 15.9%…

In an interesting move that may be followed by others to obtain similar funding, the European Commission has provided ?1.79m of aid for the extra labour required to handle containers as a…

Rotterdam Port Authority ceo Willem Scholten has resigned following financial blunders that could cost Rotterdam € 100m. Between 2002 and the present, the Port of Rotterdam granted guarantees on bank loans of…

Creating an all-river route from the Atlantic to the Black Sea remains problematic. The European Union is financing upgrades along the Main-Danube canal, but barge transit times remain too long. In addition,…