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Mota-Engil has been readmitted to the Silopor port privatisation process following a judicial intervention, which decided that the decision to exclude it from bidding was excessive. The 25-year concession includes the silos…

15th December 2008

Mota-Engil back in Silopor race

15th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Construction work has begun on Kiels new Schwedenkai Terminal, after renovation of the old terminal building was deemed uneconomical.

14th December 2008

Landmark for Kiel

14th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Which ports come out on top in the competition to attract and build shortsea business? Generally speaking, the winning ports are those which recognise the business potential of shortsea and then take…

12th December 2008

The winners

12th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Two south-east European ports are expanding their container operations based on 2008s rapid increases.

12th December 2008

Capacity increases for eastern ports

12th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The proposed convention on carriage contracts (Rotterdam Rules) presently passing through the UN will have variable consequences for terminal operators, warns insurance company TT Club.

10th December 2008

Global impact of UN Rules variable

10th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Spains biggest ports group, Dragados-SPL, has been valued by its parent company at upwards of ¢ 1.5bn ($1.9bn).

9th December 2008

Dragados-SPL up for sale?

9th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Over 50,000 animals have been re-housed as part of one of Britains largest environmental protection programmes at the site of the new London Gateway container port.

9th December 2008

Creature comforts – from DP World

9th December 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Valencia Port Authority has issued a tender for the construction and management of four cement terminals at the Port of Sagunto. The terminals, which will be used to store and distribute bulk…

21st November 2008

Liscont concession extension

21st November 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The European Investment Bankis holding talks with Hutchison and Cosco in respect of funding theirinvestments respectively in the ports of Salonika and Piraeus.

19th November 2008

EIB to bankroll Greek port upgrades

19th November 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Reports have emerged that the Chinese Port of Ningbo is in negotiations with the authorities in Estonia to build a dedicated terminal to handle Chinese goods at the Port of Muuga. An…

16th November 2008

Ningbos Estonian interests

16th November 2008

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EUROPE

Valencia Port Authority has issued a tender for the construction and management of four cement terminals at the Port of Sagunto. The terminals, which will be used to store and distribute bulk…

13th November 2008

Sagunto sets cement tender

13th November 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

UK port contributions to the nations gross domestic product remain strong but the number of employees in direct port employment is down, according to a new report from the Crown Estate.

6th November 2008

Real port value vital to UK economy

6th November 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Touting itself as the most modern of the Baltic harbours, Finlands massive port relocation project is to open this month.

3rd November 2008

Finland mega port project opens for business

3rd November 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

A study prepared on behalf of the European Commission identified a mounting need for investment in port infrastructure, specifically to handle containers and liquefied natural gas.

1st November 2008

Container and LNG infrastructure lacking in Europe

1st November 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Algeciras Bay Port Authority has agreed a series of very modest container traffic figures over the next five years.

31st October 2008

Algeciras downbeat on short term box figures

31st October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Spanish Port of Valencia has overtaken Algeciras as the countrys leading container port.

30th October 2008

Valencia no 1 Spanish box port

30th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

While the north of the UK will see the opening of the Northern Gateway Container Terminal at Teesport in 2011 with a container capacity of 1.5m teu, the capability of the surrounding…

24th October 2008

Challenge for UK rail?

24th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

The UKsValuation Office Agency (VOA) came under fire in a heated parliamentarycommittee meeting in London yesterday for itscompletely unacceptable enforcement of backdated business rates on UK portoccupiers without adequate consultation.

16th October 2008

UK rating agency forced to explain backdated rates fiasco

16th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Drewry Shipping Consultants has provided a brief oasis of hope for container terminals in an otherwise parched industry in its annual global container terminal operators review.

16th October 2008

Container slowdown small help to capacity crunch

16th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Drewry Shipping Consultants latest container market review has painted a bleak picture of short term prospects for lines and ports.

10th October 2008

Underinvestment in developing world ports exacerbating container downturn

10th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

More than $2bn will be invested in container and ro-ro facilities at Russias Baltic ports over the next four years. At present, a significant proportion of this traffic passes through ports in…

7th October 2008

Russia upgrades Baltic ports

7th October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Port-based businesses across the UK are reeling from the effect of abackdated business rate charge that will put many out of business.

3rd October 2008

UK ports revolt on crippling backdated rates charges

3rd October 2008

EUROPE

EUROPE

Fifteen jobs under threat on the back of falling car volumes at Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) have been saved in an agreement thrashed out with unions.

3rd October 2008

Malmö eleventh hour agreement saves threatened jobs

3rd October 2008