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Could it be ‘all change’ for some of the Mediterranean’s key ports? Felicity Landon reports

3rd August 2016

Centre stage

3rd August 2016

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Two main construction projects at the French port Marseille Fos which will enable it to handle mega-ships are nearing completion.

20th July 2016

Marseille powers ahead with expansion works

20th July 2016

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Spains Economic Development Minister Ana Pastor has sent a second proposal to the European Commission in respect of reform of the countrys stevedoring model. This follows a second referral about this subject…

14th July 2016

Spain stevedoring reform depends on port finance

14th July 2016

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The sale of a controlling stake in the Port of Piraeus to the Chinese container shipping and terminal operator Cosco has finally been signed off, according to local sources

13th July 2016

Cosco finally seals Piraeus deal

13th July 2016

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The European Commission has opened two in-depth probes to check if corporate tax exemptions granted under Belgian and French law to ports economic activities are in line with EU state aid rules.

11th July 2016

EU launches Belgian and French tax probes

11th July 2016

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Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) which is located at the Port of Gdynia in Poland and the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia, have become members of…

7th July 2016

Two new FEPORT members

7th July 2016

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Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has completed employee co-operation negotiations with labour unions in Lidhult, Sweden.

7th July 2016

Kalmar completes employee negotiations

7th July 2016

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Dockers in ports across six continents took part in a union action day on July 7, including thousands of dockers belonging to the International Dockworkers’ Council, the International Transport Workers’ Federation and…

7th July 2016

Dockers take part in union action day

7th July 2016

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In the wake of Brexit, major ports across the north of the UK have agreed to unprecedented collaboration to ensure their unified voice is heard by government.

30th June 2016

North UK ports broker collaboration pact

30th June 2016

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Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has committed vessel support to Peel Ports to help make marine trials at Liverpool2 a success.

28th June 2016

Peel Ports partners with MSC

28th June 2016

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As the United Kingdom voted in favour to leave the European Union, the whole country is left in uncertainty, including the UK shipping industry.

24th June 2016

‘Cool heads’ needed in response to UK ‘out’ vote

24th June 2016

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APM Terminals, ECT and RWG have made an agreement with the Dutch Tax and Customers Administration to end the requirement of physical customs documents in order to transfer containers from one Maasvlakte…

23rd June 2016

Rotterdam streamlines inter-terminal moves

23rd June 2016

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Yildirim Group’s subsidiary Yilport Holding has acquired 100% shares of Turkey’s largest liquid terminal Solventas Technical Storage.

15th June 2016

Yilport acquires solvent terminal

15th June 2016

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António Mariano, president of the Portuguese Stevedores Union, has called for the nationalisation of the domestic ports network.

7th June 2016

Call to nationalise Portuguese ports

7th June 2016

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Seville Port Authority (APS) has agreed a series of terms and conditions to be included in a tender for the container terminal at Dársena de Batán, which is one of the ports…

7th June 2016

New tender for Seville box terminal

7th June 2016

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Independent management, masterplanning and digitalisation are among some of the trends in EU port governance highlighted by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) in its 2016 Fact-Finding Report.

7th June 2016

ESPO identifies key trends in port governance

7th June 2016

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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

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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

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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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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