Europe

Of all the ports in the world to fail to meet the requirements of the ISPS Code, Piraeus would not be an immediate selection.

Valenciaport is to transfer all shortsea shipping services and new vehicles traffic to a new area based around an extension of the ports Eastern Dyke. A new 250 metre-wide quay, some 1,000…

The Hamburg Port Marketing Association has generated the table below, which provides an interesting snapshot of performance in the main part of the north European port range up until the middle of…

Perhaps not surprisingly, Hamburg's own performance in container and general cargo terms stands out - showing the highest growth in general cargo tonnage and container throughput, 17.2% at 37,452,00 tonnes and 15.9%…

In an interesting move that may be followed by others to obtain similar funding, the European Commission has provided ?1.79m of aid for the extra labour required to handle containers as a…

Rotterdam Port Authority ceo Willem Scholten has resigned following financial blunders that could cost Rotterdam € 100m. Between 2002 and the present, the Port of Rotterdam granted guarantees on bank loans of…

Creating an all-river route from the Atlantic to the Black Sea remains problematic. The European Union is financing upgrades along the Main-Danube canal, but barge transit times remain too long. In addition,…

Spanish stevedoring group Dragados-SPL intends to invest € 74.5m on various projects during the current year of which the opening of the initial phase of the Malaga container terminal will absorb €…