Europe

EUROPE

EUROPE

MSC has denied any plans to spin off its container terminal division through the issuing of an IPO on the Singapore stock exchange, rebuffing industry rumours surrounding a potential listing,

26th April 2012

MSC denies terminal arm listing

26th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Chinese shipping group COSCO has revealed an interested in investing in the Croatian Port of Rijeka - utilising it as China’s link to mainland Europe - and supporting city infrastructure.

26th April 2012

COSCO keen on Croatian terminal investment

26th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Global Ports Group Investments Plc - a container and oil terminal operator servicing Russia’s cargo flows - plans to expand its portfolio and operations by persuing greenfield projects.

19th April 2012

Global Ports looking to greenfields

19th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Dutch architect Dutch Docklands have put forward a project to build floating ports and floating roads on platforms that would be anchored in the sea.

18th April 2012

Dutch propose floating ports

18th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK Shipping Minister, Mike Penning MP, met with the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group this week, to give the industry an update in terms of the Government’s port strategy moving forward.

18th April 2012

UK ports – a serious issue

18th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Terminal operators in the Italian port of Naples have accumulated debt owed to the port authority of more than €20m.

16th April 2012

Naples begins to tackles concessionaire debt

16th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Marseille Fos Port Authority is set to benefit from a new call created by the extended Aegean-Spain weekly container service operated by Turkey’s Arkas Line.

11th April 2012

Marseille: Strategic call for Arkas

11th April 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

There was little talk of transhipment costs or container investments being frozen by the Port of Valencia at a recent workshop held at the London School of Economics.

28th March 2012

Valencia focuses on strategic priorities

28th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Passenger trains sometimes carrying only three people are taking up rail paths that could be used by 30-wagon freight trains on the branch line to and from the Port of Felixstowe, Hutchison…

26th March 2012

Felixstowe calls for axing of off-peak passenger trains

26th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Helsinki based Konecranes has received an order for three new RTGs to be delivered to Slovenian port operator, Luka Koper in October.

22nd March 2012

Konecranes hits new heights in Slovenia

22nd March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

There seems to be an air of animosity surrounding development work at the UK port city of Liverpool due to contested public funding, but confusion has meant Peel’s projects have been tarred…

19th March 2012

Public subsidy generates animosity in Liverpool

19th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Five UK dock workers have been killed in as many months when the average is normally no more than two deaths per year – so the big question is why have health…

16th March 2012

Dock worker death surge in UK

16th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Three major European ports, Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam, have said they are satisfied with the European Parliament’s ‘sulphur emissions’ resolution, which goes beyond the IMO regulations.

15th March 2012

Largest EU ports support moves on sulphur

15th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European debt crisis has had far reaching, if varied impact with certain areas such as Africa suffering disastrous setbacks, while others were still seeing healthy growth last year.

8th March 2012

Worldwide impact from Eurozone crisis

8th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Rafael Aznar, president of Valencia port authority, has publicly acknowledged that an agreement regarding a reduction in transhipment costs may be key to unlocking future investment in container handling facilities in the…

5th March 2012

Valencia container investment frozen

5th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

A huge fire in two biomass storage hoppers at Tilbury Power Station has highlighted the challenges for ports involved in handling and storing wood pellets for power generation.

4th March 2012

Tilbury biomass fire proves handling risks

4th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Specialist UK sustainability, ennvironment and engineering design company, Ramboll, has secured a key advisory role to help Poole Harbour Commissioners to finalise its long term environmental masterplan for the Port of Poole.

4th March 2012

Poole explores green development options

4th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

PD Ports has completed the ground works at its container handling capacity in Teesport UK – the next step in its strategy towards doubling its container capacity.

4th March 2012

Next step for Teesport expansion

4th March 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

APM Terminals has told Port Strategy that the industrial action over the pensions gap issue taking place at the Port of Rotterdam this month has ended in resolution.

23rd February 2012

Pensions resolution has broader context

23rd February 2012

EUROPE

EUROPE

Gdynia Port Authority (ZMPG) is to invest $142m from 2012-2014 on repairs and modernisation.

21st February 2012

Gdynia to invest $142m

21st February 2012