Europe

The European Commission has made a formal complaint to the Court of Justice in Luxembourg regarding Spanish stevedoring practices. It has also advised Spains Ministry of Transport that it has asked for…

Turkish port operator, Global Port Holdings (GPH) has acquired the unlisted 62.09% of shares of the container terminal and General Cargo JSC (CTGC) company at the Port of Bar in Montenegro for…

The Port of Lisbon is looking to make operations “easier, faster, more efficient and transparent” with investments in a new terminal and a national single window (NSW).

The Valencia Shipping Association has claimed that stevedores in the port earn up to three times more than stevedores in other ports.

Port Strategy is delighted to announce that IHS Fairplay’s Baha Eksioglu scooped the Port Strategy Award at this year’s Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers’ annual prize giving ceremony in London.

After a false start when it became a port of refuge for a fire-struck containership in September, DP Worlds London Gateway has today welcomed its first scheduled ship.

Major European port players met in Brussels this week to discuss the European Union’s plans to review EU ports policy at a specially convened mini-hearing.

The Ukraine is still debating the draft order on compensation for private operators taking on port infrastructure investments after receiving “controversial feedback”.

Despite the fact that box traffic at Marseille was up 6% in the first six months, Arnaud Ranjard, director of development at Marseille Fos, suggests that the year-end figure will be around…

Container business at Genova grew 11.8% last year to 2.1m teu, marking the first time the port has broken through the 2 million teu barrier.

Cargo diversity is the name of the game in Southern European ports, as Alex Hughes finds out

There is an air of uncertainty at the UK’s Port of Felixstowe this week as port workers vote to take strike action if their terms and conditions are not met.

The Chambers of Commerce in Hampshire, UK and the Southern Spanish port city of Almería have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote and develop new trade growth.

Global Ports Investments is to acquire Russian terminal operator, NCC Group Limited, for a value of approximately US$1.5bn.

A strike called by dockworkers at the Port of Lisbon on June 25, is to be extended by a further month. As of July 22, the port will be paralysed for one…