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Latvias is set to carve out a role for itself as a transhipment and handling centre for containerised cargo to and from Russia, China, Korea and other Asian states, according to officials.…

A new deep water port is to be built at Karelian Belomorsk in Russia, 376 kilometres from Petrozavodsk.

Tarragona, near Barcelona, is to be the first of DP Worlds Spanish ports. DP World has acquired  a 60% shareholding in Contarsa Sociedad de Estiba which holds the exclusive concession for the…

Finlands newest container facility, Vuosaari Port in Helsinki, will soon be able to hande post-panamax ships carrying up to 18 containers abreast with recently delivered Kalmar ship-to-shore cranes.

The Russian National Container Company has ordered 19 TR618i (Icon series) tractors from Kalmar for two terminals in St Petersburg. The units are scheduled to be delivered by September 2008.

Dibden Bay will be safeguarded for future use within Southamptons port masterplanning exercise, it has been revealed.

Dorset County Council has withdrawn its objections to a major expansion at the south coast port of Portland, after the port agreed to contribute to the cost of local road improvements.

Duisburg is to be the home of a new 35,000 sq m trimodal container terminal, part funded by South Africas Imperial Group. Due to open in spring 2009, the terminal will be…

Maersk Line has signed a ten-year agreement with the Port of Felixstowe which will give the shipping line priority terminal usage.