Europe – Page 115
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NewsTories plan to "scupper" backdated ports rates
UK port businesses campaigning against massive backdated business rates bills have received an important boost from the Conservative Party, which has announced it will use the parliamentary process in an attempt to "scupper Gordon Brown''s ports tax".
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Cork revisits box terminal project
The Port of Cork is to make a decision in October regarding the location of a $283.7m container terminal.
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Antwerp staff don jumpers
Antwerp Port Authority turned the office thermostat down two degrees and encouraged staff to put on a jumper last month as part of Belgium''s annual Thick Sweater Day campaign.
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NewsFeeder service to Teesport
PD Ports has just started running a twice weekly feeder service from Felixstowe to Teesport, in order to develop its shortsea and coastal traffic through the northern port.
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New Albanian port
The British-Swiss Zumax AG group has been awarded a ¢ 1.18bn ($1.5bn) concession to build a new container terminal in southwestern Albania and operate it for a period of 35 years.
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Antwerp still looks good
The port of Antwerp handled 189.3m tonnes of freight last year, a growth of 3.5% on 2007.
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ZIM switches transhipment to Tarragona
Zim has moved its western Mediterranean hub from the port of Barcelona to Tarragona, where it has a 40% equity participation in the Contarsa box handling facility.
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SECH and VTE share swap scandal
The president of Genova port authority, Luigi Merlo, has had his knuckles rapped by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport over an interchange of shares between the port''s two container terminal operators, VTE and SECH.
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NewsNew collective bargaining agreement in Valencia
Port unions in Valencia are currently renegotiating their new collective bargaining agreement, to replace the agreement introduced in 1995.
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EC calls for third short sea funding proposals
The European Commission (EC) has published its third call for proposals for freight transport services under its second Marco Polo programme.
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Liscont concession extension legal
Portugal''s Office of Port and Maritime Transport has found that the extension granted to Liscont for the concession of its container terminal in the port of Lisbon is not anti-competitive. Given particular examination was the fact that majority shareholder Mota-Engil (82.95%) also has interests in other terminals in the port.
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Naples operators back port revival
Operators at the port of Naples recently got together with representatives of the port authority and the Transport Department of the regional government to discuss ways of tackling future challenges at the port.
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NewsCar giants threaten to pull out of UK ports
BMW, VW, Peugeot/Citroen and vehicle logistics group CAT have all threatened to close their UK "added value" port operations as a direct result of the controversial new port business rates system being introduced in England and Wales.
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NewsAnti-trust authority slaps fines on Piraeus
Piraeus Port Authority and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have been found guilty of anti-competitive practices by Greece''s anti-trust authority.
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News"No Red Tape" committee through red tape
The IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL), the body that promotes smooth transition of shipping between international ports and offshore terminals, has cleared the last hurdle to it becoming a fully fledged institution of the organisation.
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UAE buys Poti
The Georgian Port of Poti has sold a 49% stake to RAK Investment Authority of the UAE for $65m; the same company had earlier bought the other 51% for $90m.
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NewsRates - no handing back the yolk
Louise Ellman, UK MP for Liverpool Riverside, has again taken her fight against port rate rises, and the attempt of the UK Valuation Office Agency to push through three years of backdated bills, to Parliament.
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Gdansk tops 100,000 teu in 2008
The Polish container terminal operator DCT Gdansk passed the 100,000 teu mark ahead of expectations in mid December, helped by the arrival of Maersk Line at the port on the 1 December.
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Euromax stage two tender
Rotterdam Port Authority has invited bids for construction of phase two of its Euromax Terminal, despite the fact that phase one has yet to be completed. The work involves building 300 metres of additional quay and providing an area for 17 stacking lanes of containers.
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Kaliningrad hub project gathers steam
The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad in the Baltic is to go ahead with construction of a new port at Baltiijsk.
