Europe

Port workers at the Italian Mediterranean container shipments hub of Gioia Tauro have voted in favour of a proposed layoff agreement put forward by trade unions and Medecenter Container Terminal.

Cadiz port authority has issued a tender for a company to oversee work linked to the construction of its new container terminal.

Russias container market could grow by 60% between 2010 and 2013 to 6.9m teu, according to research by Drewry.

A container terminal is to be built at the Medel Business Park in Tiel.

The Spanish port of La Coruña has run out of money and cannot finance additional work on its outer harbour extension, where costs have almost doubled to €750m ($1.1bn).

The port of Luka Koper, Slovenia, is implementing Tideworks’ entire suite of terminal operating system (TOS) solutions, replacing the previous system which had been in place for a number of years.