Europe

The UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has called for a UK integrated freight strategy to boost trade and efficiency.

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It has become harder for terminal operator EUROGATE to create sustained, positive earnings and defend its market position, the group’s management board chair said regarding disappointing 2017 year-end results which saw the…

The UK’s Brexit Secretary of State has welcomed a proposal for a study into the benefits of free port status for the Tees region – which contains Teesport.

Internet of Things (IoT) technologies will be used at the Port of Rotterdam to increase operational efficiency and handle automation.

Agency staff working at the Port of Liverpool are set to become permanent employees of Peel Ports.

China now controls one-tenth of European container terminal capacity – a figure that is up more than 9% from the start of the decade.

APM Terminals Poti has plans for a US$100m bulk cargo terminal with the ability to process 1.5m tonnes annually.

Port of Gothenburg has seen a 19% fall in container volumes as it deals with an ongoing labour dispute.

The UK’s top export port, Southampton, will spend an average of £75,000 a day on its infrastructure in 2018 to meet its customers’ requirements.

Tuapse Commercial Seaport (TCSP) in Russia has announced a plan to spend $34.1m of its own funds to finance the company’s investment programme this year.

Londons major port the Port of Tilbury has submitted an application to build a new terminal adjacent to the current port in Thurrock in Essex.

UK-based ports company PD Ports has signed a Learning Agreement with Unite the Union (Unite) for its sites across the North East of the country. The deal aims to make learning and…

In Spain, the parliament of the autonomous region of Galicia has approved a new Ports Law, which brings back into regional ownership 122 quays. No other autonomous region has yet gone down…

Port Strategy contributor Felicity Landon won the Innovation Journalist of the Year accolade at the Seahorse Journalist Awards.

The European Commission (EC) has announced a proposal to invest €78.9m into developing maritime ports and €44.7m into developing inland waterways under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

DP World Yarimca is upgrading two of its Konecranes rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes in order to assess the viability of remote operation.

Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao at Spain’s Bilbao Port has opened a new automated access system for trucks.