Europe

The timescale of the plan - divided into three phases - has been estimated at 6, 12 and 18 years and will be achieved with no detrimental effect to daily port operations.…

The Panamanian government is due to issue a tender in 2005 for a mega-port at the Pacific mouth of the Panama Canal costing US$600m.

DVB Bank has closed a € 71m investment project with new Irish port operator, Multi-Link Terminals Ltd (MLT). The transaction relates to MLTs container terminal operations in Helsinki and Kotka in Finland…

Cadiz is investing € 91m in infrastructure upgrades during the period 20032008.

COSCO Pacific Limited is buying a 25% shareholding in P& O Ports new container terminal, Antwerp Gateway.

Rotterdam's container movements jumped by more than 12% to 9.3m TEUs whilst Antwerp registered 6.5m TEUs up nearly 7% on the previous year.Le Havre port authority and stevedores Generale de Manutention Portuaire…

Belgium and the US have agreed to co-ordinate security at Belgian ports to detect illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive material. The US government will invest € 11.25m in the next three…

Germany's DVD Bank is also participating in the transaction in syndication.Portugal's Setubal and Sesimbra port authority and the Tersado and Sadaport companies have signed concession contracts covering zones one and two of…

Whether known as hurricane or typhoon, we are all too familiar with these most ferocious of storms and their consequences: damage, destruction and, for some unfortunate souls, death.Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants…