Europe

The European Federation of Inland Ports and the European Sea Ports Organisation are to establish a Platform of European Sea and Inland Ports to strengthen co-operation between both organisations.

Few now appear to doubt the future strategic importance of what will be Germany’ s only deep-water container terminal: the idea, once scoffed at, appears to have literally grown on Germans. 

City hopes to boost future port prospects with a majority share sell off to an experienced port operator, as Tom Todd reports

Germany’ s easternmost deep-water port,Sassnitz- Mukran, expects planned new rail-ferry links this year with Russia will help solve its problem of unused capacity and hopes more cruiseships will fill the rest. 

Although best known for booming ferry and ro-ro traffic, east Germany’ s biggest port, Rostock, continues to surprise, with eggs in many baskets as part of a strategy of universal, multisector development. 

Odessas HPC Ukraina has ordered four rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) Konecranes cranes for Odessa Sea Trade Port, a subsidiary of HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH.

Swedens largest timber products company has agreed a multi-year rental contract with Kalmar for 31 specially developed forklift trucks.

Salerno Container Terminal has opened its doors to US Customs officials as the first commercial port in Italy to become operational under the US Container Security Initiative.