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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…

DP World-owned P&O Ports has reportedly withdrawn from its contract to run the container terminal in the Port de Sète in France.

China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has signed a US$135.5m Bulgaria port project construction contract with Logistic Center Varna EAD to jointly develop port infrastructure in Bulgaria’s Port of Varna.

The busiest container port in the UK has seen the arrival of its first remote-control rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).

Deutsche Banks former asset management business is considering selling part of its stake in Peel Ports, in a deal that could value the port operator at £4bn.

The permanent commission of Spain’s Congress of Deputies has given its approval to the royal decree law put forward by the government to complete reform of the stevedoring sector.

The development of a new Icelandic port that could enable sustainable development of the Arctic and help to make emergent shipping routes safer is set to offer multiple natural benefits.

Contship Italia and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) subsidiary Itaterminaux have executed a share purchase agreement for the sale of 50% of CSM Italia Gate, the company which owns 100% of Medcenter Container…

Marseille Fos Port Authority and Quechen Silicon Chemical have signed a construction agreement for the Chinese company’s €105m project to build a plant on a 12-hectare site in the Fos industrial zone,…

In the UK, a no-deal Brexit initiative under which lorries going to the Port of Dover are granted access to an entire side of a motorway has witnessed a number of collisions…

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), an agency of the UK Government, has commissioned a marine consultant to map shipping’s value to help underpin the development of port marine plan policies.

Port operator PSA International has joined forces with Australian investment management firm IFM Investors and the Polish Development Fund (PFR) to acquire the Port of Gdansk’s Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk),…

As Italy prepares to be the first G7 country to sign a Belt and Road initiative MOU with China, a port analyst has questioned whether Chinese investment will distort the ports market.

The UK governments assessment of ports to decide how much Brexit funding local authorities should receive was disjointed, failed to recognise Portsmouth as a high impact port for Brexit and created a…

The Spanish government has committed to complete the reform of its stevedoring sector by April 28 at the latest.

A study undertaken on the Portuguese economy by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found that the current management format is not the best one in terms of boosting…

Transparency and the role of social media in reaching out to local community is the theme of this year’s ESPO Award, now open for entries.

Approval has been granted for a technical study to look at the feasibility of turning the former Cockenzie Power Station site in Scotland into a commercial port.

New research shows that the creation of free ports with relaxed customs rules and duties would have little impact on economic growth in a post-Brexit UK.