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Dragados-SPL, which belongs to the Spanish construction and services group ACS, has agreed a syndicated loan of ¢ 280m to refinance some existing debts and also to fund new investment.

The Canary Islands Port of Fuerteventura is considered obsolete and is strangling the economy of the small island. 

An agreement between Associated British PortsPort of Ipswich and Solvay Chemicals will remove in excess of 100,000 lorry miles from the UKs roads annually.

The positive decision moves the project away from parliament and into the hands of the port authority and local, regional and national authorities, who will now focus on the land reclamation. The…

Nine companies are expected to bid for the new vehicle terminal at the Spanish Mediterranean port of Sagunto. Investment will total ¢ 2.88m and involve paving 120,000 sq m between Muelle Sur…

Among those bidding are Lubasa, Pavasal, Dragados,Midascón, Comsa, Elsan-Pacsa, Cyes, CHM and Construcciones/Valcomar. Container traffic at the Greek port of Piraeus amounted to 511,280 teu in the first two quarters of this…

Valencia port authority has awarded a contract to a joint-venture consisting of Ferrovial Agromán and Ocide Construcción in respect of the extension of Levante Quay at a cost of ¢ 12bn.

Las Palmas port authority is to finance 35% of planned infrastructure work at the port using ¢ 140m sourced from the European Unions Feder fund. Among the work to be financed is…

Zeeland Seaports and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have been cited as reasons for the lacklustre past relations. Hans Smits, chief executive of the  port authority, said: It is to our advantage…

Only two companies - Eurotrasac and Terminal Polivalente Portuaria de Sagunto - bid for the concessions to manage the two multipurpose terminals at the port of Sagunto, which reports to Valencia Port…

The ZPMC cranes, with a capability of handling containerships stacking 24 containers, were transported from Shanghai to Malta on a dedicated barge. Meanwhile, ZMPC has also delivered the largest container cranes in…

The ZPMC cranes, with a capability of handling containerships stacking 24 containers, were transported from Shanghai to Malta on a dedicated barge. Meanwhile, ZMPC has also delivered the largest container cranes in…

In the first six months of 2006, Spanish ports handled 225.4m tonnes, an increase of 3.8%. Total box traffic amounted to 5.7m teu, 4.1% more than the corresponding 2005 period.

Finlands second largest seaport has invested in IndigoVisions IP Video site surveillance. More than 4m tonnes of cargo and over 4m passengers pass through the Port of Turku every year.

The CCTV system includes numerous dome cameras, providing high-quality digital images via a wireless WiMAX LAN, which spans an area around the port of over 10 sq km. Middlesbrough-based PD Ports and…