Europe

Container traffic in Spain’s Port of Valencia climbed 1.44% in 2009 to 3.7m teu, buoyed by transhipment traffic which accounted for nearly half the port’s throughput.

Copenhagen Malmö Port AB (CMP) saw traffic slump by 17% in 2009, led by declines in ferry traffic and car distribution, where volumes halved.

Riga port authority has reportedly contacted companies leasing port territory to advise of the cancellation of existing lease contracts due to late payments or lack of use.

France’s Marseilles Fos was hit by a 13.3% drop in throughput last year to 83m tonnes compared with 96m tonnes in 2008.

Nordana is moving its Spanish operations from Valencia to Sagunto port. The first vessel to call Sagunto was the MV Skanderborg on January 16, 2010. The service change pertains to the regular…

The chairman of Portuguese construction and services group Mota-Engil has said that if the government approves the repeal of the law granting it a 27-year concession to operate the Liscont container terminal…

The Leixõ es and Douro Port Authority has dropped rents in 2010 by 0.4% as a means of boosting the overall competitiveness of its concessionaires. In addition, other port tariffs have not…