Europe

The UK’s Peel Ports Group has put forward an alternative option to introducing a warehouse into the supply chain routing for trade after the UK’s departure from the EU.

DP World London Gateway and lifting equipment company Kalmar have marked the successful service introduction of an electrically-powered Kalmar FastCharge shuttle carrier as part of a joint pilot venture set to run…

The UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has launched a ‘Digital Dragons Den’ contest to connect innovators in the digital space with major investors and operators in the UK ports sector.

The Ukrainian government aims to invest UAH44bn (US$1.7bn) into the outdated infrastructure of its ports in a bid to revive the country’s maritime industry.

Eight new barges specifically built to carry spoil out of central London as the Thames Tideway Tunnel is excavated will eliminate thousands of lorry journeys from London’s roads, Bennett’s Barges managing director…

The Swedish economy will lose out on SEK4.5bn (US$510m) as a result of a long-term conflict between dockworkers and APM Terminals at the Port of Gothenburg, a new report has found.

The UK Government’s Clean Air Strategy 2018 has been accused by the British Ports Association (BPA) of not recognising it is cleaner to move goods by sea and labelled a “missed opportunity”…

The UK’s Port of London Authority (PLA) has launched the PLA Investment Plan, aimed at speeding up delivery of the goals in the authority’s Thames Vision — a framework for development of…

Digitalisation, augmentation, automation, and the continued evolution of physical assets of ports, their hinterlands and their connectivity topped the results of a survey on development that could shape the port of the…

ESPO has criticised a plan set out in the new proposal on the revision of the Port Reception Facilities (PRF) Directive to further incentivise users of waste facilities in ports to deliver…

The Federation of European Private Port Companies and Terminals (FEPORT) has called for prioritisation of investment favouring hinterland connections and multimodal projects with “a real and evaluated market need” — including ports…

Specialist port insurer TT Club has warned of the daily operational risk posed by cyber activity, urging ports to shut down third party back doors into their systems.

In a change at the top, Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond has been named as the new chair of the United Kingdom Major Ports Group (UKMPG).

The region appears to be on an upward trajectory again for both bulk and boxes, writes Stevie Knight

Port of Piraeus operator Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has said it is not aware of any criminal activity at the port following a report that European Union and Italian authorities are investigating…