Europe

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EUROPE

Despite the pressure of increased environmental compliance, 2010 will be a good year for anyone in the shipping industry with cash and access to finance, said shipping accountant and adviser Moore Stephens.

24th March 2010

Things are looking up – if you have the cash

24th March 2010

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EUROPE

The battle for Forth Ports, owner of some of the UK’s largest facilities, is heating up with the company’s share price positively reflecting the strong interest.

11th March 2010

Forth bids spark expectations

11th March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Scotline has been forced to put its Humber terminal into liquidation after receiving a court summons over a £600,000 backdated rates bill.

3rd March 2010

Scotline calls in liquidators as it faces £600,000 rates bill at Goole

3rd March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

A controversial plan to build a new port, competing with Dublin Port, has been criticised by Enda Connellan, chief executive of Dublin Port Co, for being the sole “legacy of unsustainable public…

3rd March 2010

Irelands Bremore port plan slammed as unnecessary

3rd March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

While Finnish passenger and goods traffic was set to resume today after unions struck a deal with employers, an agreement has yet to be reached with the nations port workers.

3rd March 2010

Finnish ports face strike threat

3rd March 2010

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EUROPE

A tender covering a new container terminal at Porto Alegre is to be issued by mid-year.

2nd March 2010

Porto Alegre box terminal

2nd March 2010

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EUROPE

Following pressure from the Federal Anti-monopoly Service of Russia, the Russian Ministry of Transport has been forced to remove anti-monopoly practices in the port services market.

1st March 2010

Russia caves in to anti-monopoly order

1st March 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

Italys Infrastructure & Transport Minister has announced that, for 2010 and 2011, port taxes and anchorage charges will be reduced to zero at the ports of Cagliari, Gioia Tauro and Taranto.

26th February 2010

Transhipment more attractive in Italy

26th February 2010

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EUROPE

Hutchison Ports (UK) is asking planners to extend the period of consent for its proposed Bathside Bay container terminal in Harwich, UK because the economic downturn means the development is unlikely to…

24th February 2010

Recession prompts HPUKs Bathside Bay planning extension request

24th February 2010

EUROPE

EUROPE

The Swedish port of Gothenburg is to be radically restructured with the port authority ceding handling operations to three private companies, allowing it to retain landlord and regulatory functions only.

22nd February 2010

Gothenburg to re-structure

22nd February 2010

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EUROPE

Great Yarmouths new outer harbour at EastPort UK opened in January, with PSA International, Gleadell Agricultural Ltd, and Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd all confirming long-term commitments to the port.

22nd February 2010

Great Yarmouth’s £80m outer harbour opens its doors

22nd February 2010

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EUROPE

Container traffic in Spain’s Port of Valencia climbed 1.44% in 2009 to 3.7m teu, buoyed by transhipment traffic which accounted for nearly half the port’s throughput.

22nd February 2010

Valenciaport enjoys growth

22nd February 2010

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EUROPE

Copenhagen Malmö Port AB (CMP) saw traffic slump by 17% in 2009, led by declines in ferry traffic and car distribution, where volumes halved.

22nd February 2010

Malmo traffic drop

22nd February 2010

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EUROPE

Riga port authority has reportedly contacted companies leasing port territory to advise of the cancellation of existing lease contracts due to late payments or lack of use.

22nd February 2010

Riga’s tough stance on defaulters

22nd February 2010

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EUROPE

River deepening work on the Thames is scheduled to start this month to allow the world’s largest container ships to call at the UK’s London Gateway.

22nd February 2010

Thames dredging poised to start

22nd February 2010

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EUROPE

France’s Marseilles Fos was hit by a 13.3% drop in throughput last year to 83m tonnes compared with 96m tonnes in 2008.

22nd February 2010

Marseilles drop fails to dent optimism

22nd February 2010

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EUROPE

The deepening of the Scheldt Estuary to give both greater tide windows and better draught access last week finally got underway on the Dutch side of the border – after a decade…

18th February 2010

Scheldt dredging finally underway

18th February 2010

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EUROPE

Nordana is moving its Spanish operations from Valencia to Sagunto port. The first vessel to call Sagunto was the MV Skanderborg on January 16, 2010. The service change pertains to the regular…

10th February 2010

Nordana moves to Sagunto

10th February 2010

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EUROPE

The chairman of Portuguese construction and services group Mota-Engil has said that if the government approves the repeal of the law granting it a 27-year concession to operate the Liscont container terminal…

6th February 2010

Liscont owner could seek compensation

6th February 2010

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EUROPE

The Leixõ es and Douro Port Authority has dropped rents in 2010 by 0.4% as a means of boosting the overall competitiveness of its concessionaires. In addition, other port tariffs have not…

5th February 2010

Leixões aims to be more financially competitive

5th February 2010