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EUROPE

EUROPE

An investment of several hundred million euros is to go into the new terminal, which will have an initial capacity of a minimum of six billion cu metres per annum and will…

1st October 2005

CAGLIARI

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

These meet the three major aims of sustainability: economic benefit, environmental balance and social development.Port of Rotterdam Authority is inviting tenders for the design and construction of Maasvlakte 2, the port site…

1st October 2005

MAASVLAKTE 2

1st October 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The proposed open industry standard, the 360 Quality Code, recently put forward by reefer carriers LauritzenCool, Seatrade and NYK Reefer, is wholly supported by Simon Bird and the port of Bristol. While…

1st September 2005

Quality code welcomed

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish cabinet has reserved 708ha of land for the construction of the Outer Harbour at La Coruna. Work will consist of the construction of a dyke 3.36km long and a contra-dyke…

1st September 2005

LA CORUNA GETS ITS OUTER HARBOUR

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P& Os £ 1.5bn plans for a new terminal near London have at last been given a tentative thumbs-up by the government, provoking a predictable scramble for attention among other port development…

1st September 2005

London Gateway almost there

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

A scheme to clean up the UKs River Tyne has celebrated the launch of two new vessels. Local children were tasked with finding a name for the larger debris collection vessel and…

1st September 2005

Clean-up craft devours cars

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development…

1st September 2005

CEST CERES CERES

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

PD Ports has appointed Royal Haskoning to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its proposed deepsea terminal at Teesport, including the preparation of a construction and engineering report on the…

1st September 2005

Royal Haskoning to carry out Teesport EIA

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK may be top of the Rotterdam container customer throughput league table, but China is snapping at its heels.

1st September 2005

CONTAINER MILLIONAIRES HAVE CLOSE RACE

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UK governments go-ahead for a deepsea container port at London Gateway (Shellhaven) on the Thames should mean that Bathside Bay is reprieved, the RSPB says.

1st September 2005

RSPB swoops on Bathside

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

P&O's investment in Shellhaven on the north bank of the Thames at Thurrock, will be to the tune of £700m to make the former oil refinery Britain's largest container port. Phased development…

1st September 2005

EUROGATE EXPANSION IS GO

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Associated British Ports and Forth Ports both report buoyant performance for the first half of this year, bolstered by property sales and cargo volume growth.

1st September 2005

UK PORTS STRONG FIRST HALF BUT . . .

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

After a decade of hopes and plans, Antwerp has officially opened the Deurganckdock, intending to relieve northwest European port congestion. The dock adds 1.4m TEUs of capacity to the market, and Antwerps…

1st September 2005

Deurganckdock opens – finally

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The E470m Vuosaari Harbour project will sweep up cargo operations from the existing city centre North and West Harbours, which are constrained by the surrounding city.PSA International, together with construction company Turkish…

1st September 2005

PSA moves on Mersin

1st September 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

With Turkey having just announced its first containerport privatisation and Egypt showing signs of more interest in this direction, will the eastern sector of the Med at last come of age, asks…

1st July 2005

Unlocking its huge potential

1st July 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) released some interesting research at the recent TOC conference in Antwerp. David Appleton, NOLs president Europe, in presenting the findings revealed the hefty cost in both time and…

1st July 2005

Planning delays a major cause of congestion

1st July 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

A key objective of the ECs strategy for the development of ports is to establish clearer rules which set high quality standards for access to the port services market, and make procedures…

1st July 2005

The ECs position: not unreasonable on the face of it

1st July 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The research was commissioned by Drewry Shipping Consultants and shows the planning process alone for 12 north European terminal developments is costing an estimated €540m, while delays and cancellations have meant a…

1st July 2005

LNG TERMINAL FOR VENICE

1st July 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The research was commissioned by Drewry Shipping Consultants and shows the planning process alone for 12 north European terminal developments is costing an estimated €540m, while delays and cancellations have meant a…

1st July 2005

LEIXOES TO TAKE PANAMAX

1st July 2005

EUROPE

EUROPE

The research was commissioned by Drewry Shipping Consultants and shows the planning process alone for 12 north European terminal developments is costing an estimated €540m, while delays and cancellations have meant a…

1st July 2005

CERES BATTLE GOES ON

1st July 2005