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EUROPE

International Car Operators (ICO) and Rhenus Holding Belgium have formed a joint venture company, Zeebrugge Breakbulk Terminal (ZBT), to cater for the breakbulk and project market. The terminal will be located at…

20th September 2010

Zeebrugge breakbulk terminal launched

20th September 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Ukraines Ministry of Transport & Communications has said it is seeking private sector investment to the tune of $470m at the ports of Illichivsk and Yuzhny.

16th September 2010

Major investment for Ukraine ports

16th September 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

With economic prospects now brighter, the latest Drewry report notes that a revival of expansion plans in some areas may be too slow to avoid congestion.

9th September 2010

Pressure on to revive expansion plans

9th September 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A new academic organisation has been launched with an inaugural lecture entitled, “The scope of the law ends where the port area begins - the anomalies of port law”, delivered by Professor…

9th September 2010

Eyeing the anomalies of port law

9th September 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

DB Schenker Rail Polska continues to invest in expanding its facilities at Szczecin and Swinoujscie Baltic Sea ports in order to increase its transhipment capacity.

6th September 2010

Continuing expansion in Baltic

6th September 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port owners and shipping companies are flexing their muscles when it comes to supply chain negotiations, according to an independent market survey of nearly 200 industry port owners, consultants and contractors.

2nd September 2010

Solutions suffering from ports’ power play

2nd September 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

While Ukraines government has delayed official quotas on grain exports, it seems customs at Odessa, Nickolayev, and Ilyichevsk ports have already put a de facto ban in place.

2nd September 2010

Ukraine ports hold up grain shipments

2nd September 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The head of the State Property Fund Ukraine has reiterated that Ukrainian ports will definitely be privatised.

31st August 2010

Ukraine to privatise ports

31st August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Russian ports are a good medium-term investment, according to an analyst at Gazprombank. Alexei Atapov said that Russian port infrastructure is currently inadequate and lacks capacity. As a result handling charges are…

29th August 2010

Russia needs ports investment

29th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Trieste Port Authority has confirmed its interest in a project put forward by the UniCredit Group to build a large platform spanning Trieste and Monfalcone ports capable of handling 3.2m teu/year. The…

27th August 2010

Trieste/Monfalcone seeking to create major box facility

27th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Since the downturn, the world of forecasting has suddenly become much more complicated, and the industry needs to stop dumbling down port traffic predictions, according to Graham Cox of Maritime Traffic Forecasts.

26th August 2010

Port predictions need to evolve

26th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A recent snapshot study suggests that congestion at global ports is on the increase, particularly in respect of bulk carriers.

26th August 2010

Global shipping fleet feeling affect of congestion

26th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The head of the Investment and Development Committee of the Association of Commercial Sea Ports has said that Russia will invest $42m, compared with $50m last year, in improving port infrastructure.

24th August 2010

Russia to up port investment

24th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The aggregated throughput of the National Container Company terminals in St Petersburg and Novorossiysk (FCT and NUTEP) in the first half of 2010 rose by 32% compared to the first half of…

20th August 2010

Russian box throughput rise

20th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Cargo handling in the Port of Kiel increased by 13.4% in the first half of the year to 2.7m tonnes. Further, utilisation of the Ostuferhafen part of the port has risen to…

19th August 2010

Kiel throughput up

19th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

World containerised trade volumes are forecast to reach nearly 10% growth this year, with a slightly stronger recovery of 10.6% on the main East-West trade lanes, before slowing, according to IHS Global…

19th August 2010

Containers to have ‘banner year’

19th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Development of the Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) is now again underway after the resolution of recent conflict through one party selling its 50% stake in National Container Company (NCC).

19th August 2010

Ust-Luga will no longer languish

19th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A £1.1m IT system installed at the Port of Liverpool has led to improvements in customer service, with 95% of truck drivers now processed through the port within an hour.

19th August 2010

One hour turnaround in Liverpool

19th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Eighteen partners from France and Tunisia have signed a new agreement focusing on ro-ro traffic between Marseilles and Tunis-Rades – the first to link Europe and North Africa under the European Union’s…

12th August 2010

Motorways of the sea boost for Marseilles

12th August 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

After a two-year battle against massive backdated business rates bills, port companies are celebrating a triumph they had scarcely dared to dream of. Felicity Landon reports

12th August 2010

Time to celebrate

12th August 2010