Europe

Since the downturn, the world of forecasting has suddenly become much more complicated, and the industry needs to stop dumbling down port traffic predictions, according to Graham Cox of Maritime Traffic Forecasts.

The aggregated throughput of the National Container Company terminals in St Petersburg and Novorossiysk (FCT and NUTEP) in the first half of 2010 rose by 32% compared to the first half of…

World containerised trade volumes are forecast to reach nearly 10% growth this year, with a slightly stronger recovery of 10.6% on the main East-West trade lanes, before slowing, according to IHS Global…

A £1.1m IT system installed at the Port of Liverpool has led to improvements in customer service, with 95% of truck drivers now processed through the port within an hour.

Development of the Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) is now again underway after the resolution of recent conflict through one party selling its 50% stake in National Container Company (NCC).

Eighteen partners from France and Tunisia have signed a new agreement focusing on ro-ro traffic between Marseilles and Tunis-Rades – the first to link Europe and North Africa under the European Union’s…