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Scotland’s largest container terminal, located within the Port of Grangemouth, has continued a multi-million-pound investment in its facilities with the purchase of three new ESC340 straddle carriers.

2nd June 2016

Grangemouth purchases straddle carriers

2nd June 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Q1 2016 results are in and it is all change in the Black Sea as the top five container terminals compete for market share.

2nd June 2016

NLE leapfrogs APMT Poti in Black Sea ranking

2nd June 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Greek port workers have walked off the job for a sixth day and marched through central Athens to protest the state-sanctioned selloff of the country’s two largest ports, Piraeus and Thessaloniki, according…

1st June 2016

Greek ports plagued by strikes

1st June 2016

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EUROPE

In the first quarter of 2016, Spanish ports handled a total of 3,534,349 teu, an increase of 4.48% over the same period in 2015.

31st May 2016

Container traffic up in Spain

31st May 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Swedish Dockworkers Union, Hamn 4:an has dropped its threat of industrial action at Gothenburg and has informed APM Terminals that it is willing to continue its dialogue with the global operator.

31st May 2016

Gothenburg labour talks resume

31st May 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European ports sector is full of diversity, with opportunities and challenges to match finds Felicity Landon

27th May 2016

Alliances, uncertainties and opportunities

27th May 2016

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EUROPE

With marine trials planned for June and a formal opening scheduled for October, the UK’s latest deepwater container terminal, Liverpool2, is optimistic that it can lure business away from other UK ports.

19th May 2016

Liverpool2 gears up for autumn opening

19th May 2016

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EUROPE

Sean Pierce has resigned from his position as chief executive at Istanbul-based terminal operator Yilport Holdings, effective May 4, 2016.

9th May 2016

Yilport Holdings’ CEO resigns

9th May 2016

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EUROPE

The European Commission has referred Spain to the Court of Justice for failing to comply with a previous judgement concerning freedom of establishment at Spanish ports.

5th May 2016

Penalties loom for Spanish stevedore monopoly

5th May 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

Yildirim Group subsidiary Yilport Holding has acquired 100% shares of Gävle Container Terminal and Baltic Sea Gateway, claiming the rights to operate container, bulk, general cargo, rail and CFS services in Port…

4th May 2016

Yilport acquires 100% shares in Port of Gävle

4th May 2016

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EUROPE

The Swedish Supreme Court has ruled not to allow permission for an appeal for the planned freight port, the Stockholm Norvik Port.

4th May 2016

Yes to the Norvik port

4th May 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

This year has started out to be a particularly bad one in terms of the negative affect that the downturn in GDP is having on North European Ports, according to Hackett Associates…

3rd May 2016

Mixed reviews for North European ports

3rd May 2016

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EUROPE

The Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association States, more commonly known as the EFTA Court, has delivered a landmark judgement on the incompatibility of the monopoly of Norwegian dockers…

26th April 2016

EFTA Court’s landmark ruling on dockers’ pools

26th April 2016

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EUROPE

Spain has yet to implement any changes to its stevedoring model, following a judgement by the EUs Court of Justice some 16 months ago that this is not in line with existing…

26th April 2016

EU considers further complaint against Spains stevedoring model

26th April 2016

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EUROPE

With implementation of the new SOLAS convention just two months away, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has called for clarity.

21st April 2016

Europe calls for container weighing clarity

21st April 2016

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EUROPE

Unions representing port workers in Lisbon have given notice of a planned new strike, which will take start at midnight on April 20 and continue until 0800 hrs on May 5.

19th April 2016

Major new strike called for Lisbon

19th April 2016

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EUROPE

The Port of Sète will launch a call for tenders for the concession of a new terminal in the South of France.

18th April 2016

Port of Sète’s call for tender

18th April 2016

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EUROPE

A majority stake of Greece’s Piraeus Port has been sold to the Chinese shipping giant Cosco Group, local media has reported.

11th April 2016

Piraeus Port stake sold to China

11th April 2016

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EUROPE

Setúbals Chamber of Commerce has rejected the proposal put forward by the central government to merge the port authorities of Lisbon and Setúbal to create a single entity. It argues that this…

8th April 2016

No to Lisbon/Setúbal merger

8th April 2016

EUROPE

EUROPE

European terminal operator group, EUROGATE, has announced that it has increased its net operating profit by 13.4% to €73.5m.

6th April 2016

Eurogate increases net operating profit

6th April 2016

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EUROPE

The Port of Rotterdam is making steps towards a more sustainable future, with far more of its processes expected to be running on electricity or hydrogen by 2050, according to Eric van…

5th April 2016

Rotterdam’s route to Port of 2050

5th April 2016

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EUROPE

Arrivals of refugees and migrants to Greece from Turkey has risen sharply, days after the European Union and Turkey struck a deal intended to cut off the flow of new arrivals.

1st April 2016

Piraeus port flooded by surge of refugees

1st April 2016

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EUROPE

Joint venture company COSCO-PSA is investing in three new container berths in Singapore to serve the next generation of mega container vessels.

30th March 2016

COSCO-PSA invests in new container berths

30th March 2016