Europe

European dockers joined forces this week in Rotterdam to protest against the port’s plans to expand as concerns over job losses on the back of increasing automation mount.

A new report investigating the Port of Gdansk’s increasing role as the container hub of the Baltic, says that it must implement best practices from some of the European port giants to…

Yilport Holding is to operate the Port of Oslo’s new container facility at Sjursøya – a move that the port hopes will help boost its competitiveness.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has approved the UK’s Dover Harbour Board’s application for additional powers – a move that will generate new opportunities and ensure the port stays at the top…

United Kingdom Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has unveiled a new Manifesto – Ports4Prosperity – in a bid to ensure UK ports get the government support they need.

The European Commission is taking Spain to court because 20 Spanish ports have failed to adopt and implement the port security plan.

Felicity Landon considers the consequences of the European Union’s impending SECA amendments

The shifting sands of shipping line alliances is keeping at least one Turkish port operator on its toes, according to Erhan Çiloglu, chief marketing officer of Yilport Holding.

Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg wants a private operator to develop its new combi terminal and is calling on interested parties to submit an expression of interest.

European ports are set for transport connection improvements, made possible through €11.9bn of European Commission funding – the largest ever single amount of EU funding earmarked solely for transport infrastructure.

Turkey needs to re-evaluate port planning and design across the board to ensure that it is able to capitalise on its promising future, according to Celalettin Ilhan, deputy general manager of STFA…

Delays are starting to ease at the Port of Rotterdam because of the short term measures put in place last month, but new research shows that schedule reliability to the port plummeted…

As the shipping season reaches its peak, the Port of Rotterdam is seeing an increase in congestion, causing shipping companies to divert cargo to nearby Antwerp.

HFWs Alex Kyriakoulis discusses the attempts of the Greek governments to privatise Piraeus and Thessaloniki ports

The fight for transhipment traffic in the Mediterranean shows no signs of weakening, finds Alex Hughes

Spains National Ports Authority (Puertos del Estado) is proposing to freeze port tariffs at their current rates for 2015, having cut them in both 2014 and 2013. Last years cut reduced the…