Europe

Kalmar has acquired an 80% share of two Italian service companies, CVS Technoports and CVS Service from the CVS Ferrari Group, who will retain 20%. The companies will work under the name…

Spains Development Ministry is to invest ¢ 1.537bn ($1.94bn) in the national ports network, covering construction of 2,900 metres of linear berth and 91 hectares of new operating area.

The collapse of 600 metres of newly built quayside at the Port of Barcelonas Prat development area on the January 1, 2007 has reportedly doubled the cost of the work of constructing…

Developing a 40 year relationship, Kalmar has been awarded a three-year service contract to supply empty container handling capacity to the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden.

With pressure on ports to both reduce emissions and fuel consumption, greener units like Kalmars hybrid straddle carrier are gaining attention.

By 2011, the private sector will have invested ¢ 330m ($416.8m) in the Port of Bilbao. Of that, ¢ 222m ($280.4m) will be for four bio-diesel plants and one manufacturing ethanol.

Mota-Engil has been readmitted to the Silopor port privatisation process following a judicial intervention, which decided that the decision to exclude it from bidding was excessive. The 25-year concession includes the silos…