Europe

EUROPE

EUROPE

Konecranes has confirmed an order for three ship-to-shore cranes and seven rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Lithuania’s JSSC Klaipedos Smelte. The cranes will be delivered to the port of Klaipeda starting in the…

20th September 2011

Konecranes nets Lithuania contract

20th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish cabinet has approved revisions to the National Port Law which will make it mandatory for ports to achieve a 2.5% annual surplus.

19th September 2011

Spaniards demand profitable ports

19th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Kiel has opened its doors to the public with a new viewing terrace at its Schwedenkai Terminal.

16th September 2011

Kiel’s opens up its vista

16th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

European Commissioner Siim Kallas has announced a policy to be in place by 2013 to reform ports policy by reducing the administrative burden placed on ports.

15th September 2011

EU to reform ports legislation

15th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Port of Dover recently welcomed a delegation from the Association of Road Freight companies of Brazil, a syndicate of over 7,000 freight companies in the Great São Paulo area as part…

15th September 2011

Dover welcomes Brazilian mission

15th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The recent acquisition of a Liebherr mobile harbour crane has gained the Odense Port Terminal at Lindø more than one kind of efficiency.

15th September 2011

Crane gives Odense flexibility

15th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains National Ports Authority has confirmed that in the first six months of this year container traffic grew by 7.3% to more than 6.5m teu.

9th September 2011

Spanish box traffic up 7.3% for half year

9th September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

SweFrame claims their court battle over intellectual property with Cargotec seems to have turned in their favour, at least at present – but Cargotec’s version is different.

1st September 2011

Cargotec-Sweframe court stories differ

1st September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

According to the North Europe Port Tracker, despite a very strong second quarter which may rescue total year volumes, the region is in a sharper slow down than anticipated by the industry.

1st September 2011

Rough water ahead for northern Europe

1st September 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The southern Spanish port of Cadiz has issued a tender for a new container terminal.

25th August 2011

Cadiz releases terminal tender

25th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russia’s National Container Company (NCC) has established a rail and truck operator, NCC Logistics.

22nd August 2011

NCC expands into logistics

22nd August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port workers at the Italian Mediterranean container shipments hub of Gioia Tauro have voted in favour of a proposed layoff agreement put forward by trade unions and Medecenter Container Terminal.

19th August 2011

Gioia Tauro workers accept labour changes

19th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Germany, the Euro’s strong man, might not be able to hold its end up indefinitely with obvious impact on its ports as its economy flat lines, but so far HHLA appears to…

18th August 2011

Dour outlook, but HHLA bucks the trend

18th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cadiz port authority has issued a tender for a company to oversee work linked to the construction of its new container terminal.

18th August 2011

Cadiz issues box build tender

18th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

SIPG, China Merchants, Modern Terminals and Ports America have forged their way into the Top 10 league table of this year’s Global Container Terminal Operators annual report, joining the ranks of PSA,…

10th August 2011

New entrants shake up box operator ranking

10th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russias container market could grow by 60% between 2010 and 2013 to 6.9m teu, according to research by Drewry.

4th August 2011

Russia box market growth to continue

4th August 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

A container terminal is to be built at the Medel Business Park in Tiel.

28th July 2011

Canal port for the Netherlands

28th July 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Greek government has put forward a plan to privatise part of the port authorities of Piraeus and Thessalonica - a move hotly contested by local organised labour unions.

27th July 2011

Greece floats Piraeus sell-off plan

27th July 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish port of La Coruña has run out of money and cannot finance additional work on its outer harbour extension, where costs have almost doubled to €750m ($1.1bn).

26th July 2011

Outer Harbour stalls at La Coruña

26th July 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The port of Luka Koper, Slovenia, is implementing Tideworks’ entire suite of terminal operating system (TOS) solutions, replacing the previous system which had been in place for a number of years.

23rd July 2011

Luka Koper goes for full software suite

23rd July 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

Six leading Port Community Systems (PCS) have created an association aiming to advise and influence the EC in its moves to harmonise and simplify trade through the Single Window concept.

23rd July 2011

Europe gains Single Window viewpoint

23rd July 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Marseilles Fos port authority has completed the transfer of 410 personnel and various equipment to privatised terminals as required under national port reforms.

23rd July 2011

Final personnel transfers from Marseilles Fos

23rd July 2011

EUROPE

EUROPE

In the first four months of this year, the port of Lisbon has cut costs by €1m ($1.45m). The majority of this (88%) came from renegotiating external contracts and the remainder from…

13th July 2011

Lisbon cuts costs and deficit

13th July 2011