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Spains Algeciras and Moroccos Tanger Med ports have combined thinking to optimise roll on/roll off traffic between the two. Since last November, a daily service with four sailings in both directions has…

16th May 2009

Algeciras and Tanger ro-ro team

16th May 2009

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EUROPE

Associated British Ports Lowestoft base is to become the operations centre for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm which, when completed, will be the worlds largest offshore wind farm.

16th May 2009

Lowestofts windy business boost

16th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

On the thorny issue of finance, the Port of Marseilles has so farmanaged to avoid the hurdles being placed at the door of so many portoperators.

15th May 2009

Financing woes yet to bite French ports

15th May 2009

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Algeciras Port has felt the sting of a 14.5% drop in traffic during the first quarter of 2009, the biggest fall being in solid bulks.

14th May 2009

Algeciras Port shows up negatives

14th May 2009

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EUROPE

The Port of Le Havre is to invest ¢ 900m ($1.2bn)-¢ 1bn ($1.3bn) to double container traffic by 2015. In 2007-2013, the ¢ 624m ($823.6m) already pledged will be strengthened by an…

14th May 2009

Le Havre aims to double throughput

14th May 2009

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EUROPE

Kalmar has won a five-year equipment servicing and maintenance contract from Durres Port Authority (DPA) in Albania. Part of the ports drive to a landlord model, DPA said the partnership with Cargotecs…

13th May 2009

Durres plumps for Kalmar

13th May 2009

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EUROPE

Marseilles Fos has set out its goals through to 2013 in line with sweeping reforms to the French port industry introduced last July.

12th May 2009

Marseilles sets four-year path

12th May 2009

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EUROPE

PD Ports has voiced strong concerns to the UK governments proposed hike in light dues which, it believes, will add significantly to the annual costs of goods passing through UK ports.

11th May 2009

PD Ports criticises light dues hike

11th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Crippling backdated rates demands still hang heavy over UK port businesses. Felicity Landon takes stock of the sorry affair

8th May 2009

Port business rates – Defending the indefensible

8th May 2009

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EUROPE

DP World Southampton has achieved Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status (Security and Safety Certificate) under a European Union wide initiative to tackle terrorism, counterfeiting and fraud. AEO status is recognised across all…

4th May 2009

DPW Southampton status

4th May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish government is looking to introduce changes to the current law governing ports to make them more commercial in their outlook.

3rd May 2009

Spanish ports to be given commercial kick

3rd May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port workers in Spain are feeling the heat of the global downturn with at least four major ports discussing docker redundancies.

1st May 2009

Dock workers in Spain face bleak future

1st May 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Shanghai International Port Group is not now to go ahead with the purchase of a 40% stake in APM Terminals Zeebrugge. The decision was made because of the global economic downturn.

29th April 2009

Shanghai pulls out of Zeebrugge deal

29th April 2009

EUROPE

EUROPE

Salonika Port Authority has officially confirmed its decision to cancel the international tender to find a concessionaire for its container terminal.

23rd April 2009

Salonika kills concession concept

23rd April 2009

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EUROPE

Liverpool committed £ 6.5m to its Seaforth terminal in the last quarter of 2008, buying a £ 5.1m ship-to-shore Liebherr gantry and three new Noell straddle carriers from Germany at a cost…

15th April 2009

Liverpool equipment spend

15th April 2009

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EUROPE

The Port of Zeebrugge saw volumes very slightly down last year, but still above 42m tonnes. However, this year the port authority expects some ups and downs, says a spokeswoman.

14th April 2009

Zeebrugge

14th April 2009

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For Rotterdam, there are bright spots as a direct result of the downturn.

13th April 2009

Rotterdam

13th April 2009

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The dramatic slowdown in the last quarter of 2008 wasnt enough to prevent record full-year results for the giant Benelux ports - but 2009 looks like being a different story. Felicity Landon…

10th April 2009

Clouds and silver linings

10th April 2009

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EUROPE

Detthold Aden, managing director of the BLG Group, has stated that, despite the credit crunch, construction of JadeWeserPort remains on schedule.

10th April 2009

JadeWeser on track

10th April 2009

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EUROPE

PSA remains committed to Italys Voltri terminal despite a tumultuous year in 2008 with strikes and legal battles upsetting the status quo.

9th April 2009

PSA reaffirms Voltri commitment

9th April 2009

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EUROPE

There are to be 60 redundancies at Southampton docks, with even more of the contracted workforce going in response to the severe decline in UK containerised volumes, says the terminal operator, DP…

2nd April 2009

Redundancies at Southampton docks

2nd April 2009

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EUROPE

Dramatic drops in traffic at Valencia at the end of 2008 have continued into 2009, leaving some 400 dockworkers with practically no work to do.

2nd April 2009

Declining work for Spanish dock workers

2nd April 2009

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EUROPE

Amsterdams Ceres Paragon terminal has changed its name to Amsterdam Container Terminals (ACT) effective immediately. The name change follows a share-swapping agreement, signed in December 2008, when Hutchison Port Holdings became the…

1st April 2009

Ceres identity shift

1st April 2009