Europe

Rail operator, Metrans, a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has opened a modern container hub terminal in Ceská Trebová in the Czech Republic.

The Port of Vladivostok saw cargo turnover increase by 4% last year to 6.7m tonnes. This included metal products, heavy duty vehicles, containers, heavy lifts, construction materials and metal structures, oil products,…

Russia’s ports and logistics industry is poised for major investment and modernisation. Felicity Landon reports

Portek International, terminal operator and port equipment engineering solutions provider, has acquired 80% of the share capital of Latvias’s Rigas Universalais Terminals SIA (RUT) in order to expand its portfolio.

Ireland’s Port of Cork has outlined its plans for potential development in Ringaskiddy in a bid to develop commercially and “cater for future growth”, says Denis Healy, manager of engineering services at…

Simplified customs procedures have led to improved containerised rail services at the French cargo port, Marseille Fos, says the ports director of development, Arnaud Renjard.

Emilio Bustos and Maurice Jansen discuss the benefits of taking Spanish port governance to the next level

German super port, JadeWeser, which was designed to handle 18,000 teu ships, has put its 400 contracted workforce on part-time working, despite having opened only in September 2012.