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APM Terminals Zeebrugge has been awarded a Crane Productivity Award by APL for its handling of the New World Alliance weekly South China Express (SCX) service.

There is no doubt that port security is a growing concern. However, findings by the recent SSR Personnel corporate salary survey, although not specific to the marine industry, show that at the…

Medcenter Container Terminal at the Italian port of Gioia Tauro reported a 9.2% hike in throughput last year to 3.44m teu, making it the Mediterraneans most important container transhipment hub. 

In 2007, the Eurogate group handled a combined 13.87m teu, which was 10.6% higher than the previous year. Bremerhaven and Hamburg saw traffic rise by 12% to 7.8m teu; Contship Italia reported…

The government of Albania has received a ¢ 500m ($765.6m) proposal to build a new container port at Vlora. This was put forward by an Anglo-Swiss company, Zumax, which also proposes to…

Planners have given the go-ahead for the second phase of development of Liverpool Intermodal Freeport Terminal (LIFT).