Europe

The ports number twocontainer terminal, TCV, continues to experience significant congestion problems following 18 months of consecutive volume growth.

Of all the ports in the world to fail to meet the requirements of the ISPS Code, Piraeus would not be an immediate selection.

Valenciaport is to transfer all shortsea shipping services and new vehicles traffic to a new area based around an extension of the ports Eastern Dyke. A new 250 metre-wide quay, some 1,000…

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…

Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL intends to invest € 74.5m on various projects during the current year of which the opening of the initial phase of the Malaga container terminal will absorb €…

Forth Ports, Britains third-largest ports operator hopes to make progress in 2004, despite lower first-half operating profit. Forth operates eight ports, including Dundee and Tilbury, with six ports on the Forth estuary.…

The TT Club has secured an important clarification for its members from the US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) service regarding the continued ability to utilize the term " said to contain"…

Operations at Sines Container Terminal XXI (Terminal XXI), a collaborative effort between Sines Port Authority and PSA Corp, commenced on 31 May with the arrival of MSC CRISTIANA. PSA Corp says it…

Work will start in September on a € 24m project to expand vehicle handling in Bremerhaven, Europes second largest vehicle hub. Part of the Osthafen will be filled in by the end…

Phase I of Terminal XXI offers 320 metres of berth with 16-metre draught, two post-Panamax quay cranes and three RTGs providing it with an annual handling capacity of 250,000TEUs.Halfway through the fruit…

ABPs port of Ipswich has moved closer to expanding its ro-ro facilities after accepting a £ 3.5m tender from Edmund Nuttall for a second ro-ro berth at the ports West Bank Terminal.

The state of Bremen has moved fast to pledge € 19m for infrastructure modernisation at Bremerhavens 30-year-old Container Terminal 1 to back the spectacular news that Eurogate and MSC will base their…

Every fortnight vessels of P& O Nedlloyds container fleet take fresh seawater from the Atlantic to Rotterdam in their ballast tanks. While the ship is worked at the terminal, a small tanker…

This process has been given the blessing of the Indian authorities, who have given permission for foreign direct investment to be increased from 49% to 100%. The money raised via the share…