Europe

Partial opening of Barcelona’ s El Prat Quay has been put back to mid-2009. This follows the collapse on January 1, 2007 of one third of the 1,500 metre quay line.

Classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has spearheaded a drive to develop a benchmarking system for terminals. 

Piraeus Port Authority posted revenue growth of 2.9% in 2006, when it generated ¢ 144.1m ($195m). However, the increase would have been more had the port not been hit by several strikes…

The president of the port of Lisbons administrative authority,Manuel Frasquilho, has indicated that it will not be necessary to expand  Terminal da Trafaria to accommodate major flows of container traffic in the…

The Infrastructure & Transport Department of the Valencia regional government has issued a tender in respect of the initial phase of construction of the northern road access to the Port of Valencia.…

IHC Holland Merwede is anticipating a 35% increase in turnover this year on the back on improved results from its dredging, offshore and marine businesses. In a booming year, the companys sales…

The European Federation of Inland Ports and the European Sea Ports Organisation are to establish a Platform of European Sea and Inland Ports to strengthen co-operation between both organisations.

Few now appear to doubt the future strategic importance of what will be Germany’ s only deep-water container terminal: the idea, once scoffed at, appears to have literally grown on Germans. 

City hopes to boost future port prospects with a majority share sell off to an experienced port operator, as Tom Todd reports

Germany’ s easternmost deep-water port,Sassnitz- Mukran, expects planned new rail-ferry links this year with Russia will help solve its problem of unused capacity and hopes more cruiseships will fill the rest. 

Although best known for booming ferry and ro-ro traffic, east Germany’ s biggest port, Rostock, continues to surprise, with eggs in many baskets as part of a strategy of universal, multisector development. 

Odessas HPC Ukraina has ordered four rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) Konecranes cranes for Odessa Sea Trade Port, a subsidiary of HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH.

Swedens largest timber products company has agreed a multi-year rental contract with Kalmar for 31 specially developed forklift trucks.

The UKs Port of Larne is to upgrade its vessel tracking system (VTS), currently consisting of two radar sites, closed-circuit TV and recording system,VHF recording and three VTS operator workplaces.

Kalmar has won a comprehensive maintenance deal from Cargo Service at the Port of Aarhus, Denmark for 19 new Kalmar straddle carriers, due for delivery in spring 2007.The all-inclusive contract, which includes…