Europe

Adjustment works to deepen and widen the River Elbe fairway have begun with the aim of improving large vessel access at the Port of Hamburg.

Portsmouth International Port has awarded a contract to Hogia to supply a terminal operating system (TOS) to digitalise the management of freight transport and increase operational efficiency.

The UK’s first Maritime Innovation Hub has been launched to develop solutions to the technological challenges facing the maritime sector and the wider logistics industry.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has received eight submissions for the 11th edition of its ESPO Award.

In response to increased demand for storage and shipping-out areas, the board of directors of Port Esbjerg has agreed to the construction of a new 40,000m2 multi-terminal in the eastern port area.

An investigation has found an electrical appliance caused an articulated lorry to catch fire while being operated at Portsmouth International Port.

International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) subsidiary Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) has announced a major expansion plan at the Port of Rijeka to enable it to be the first terminal in…

DP World has signed an agreement to operate ports that Russia plans to build along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in the Arctic to shorten shipping times between the east and west.

Ports in Northern Europe are looking for new opportunities, reports Felicity Landon

Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) has proposed to invest €1,011m to build and operate the new terminal within the northern extension of the Port of Valencia.

Stevedores at the Portuguese Port of Setúbal have unanimously approved in principle a new collective bargaining agreement, which should bring labour stability to what had become a hotspot of unrest over the…

Worker unrest at the Portuguese Port of Sines continues to be a concern.

An UK-based company been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of more than £13,000 following the death of a concrete worker at a dockside apron-upgrade project at the Port of Felixstowe.

Ports and shipping need to collaborate better to ‘sell’ a career in maritime to an increasingly-disinterested employment pool.

UK shipping minister Nusrat Ghani has responded to criticism of the government’s inability to focus on anything other than Brexit, to the detriment of the sector.

Hunterston Port and Resource Centre (PARC) could be redeveloped for use as an LNG terminal, combined cycle gas turbine power station or train-manufacturing plant, Peel Ports has revealed.

Brexit: UK ports cant be sure about it, cant get past it and cant ignore it. But, as Felicity Landon reports, they are trying to look beyond it

Competition is heating up for the number one slot in the region’s container handling sector. Alex Hughes reports

The UK ports industry needs to continue to set itself greater standards and be more imaginative if it is to truly reach its full potential across the upcoming decades, the UK’s Maritime…