Europe – Page 40
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NewsFrustration of a one-track planning environment
Brexit: UK ports can''t be sure about it, can''t get past it and can''t ignore it. But, as Felicity Landon reports, they are trying to look beyond it
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NewsGame of leapfrog in the Mediterranean
Competition is heating up for the number one slot in the region’s container handling sector. Alex Hughes reports
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NewsBPA chair: ports a force for good
Ports are part of the solution, not the problem, when it comes to a range of challenges facing the UK, the chairman of the British Ports Association (BPA) has said.
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NewsMinister: UK ports need higher standards
The UK ports industry needs to continue to set itself greater standards and be more imaginative if it is to truly reach its full potential across the upcoming decades, the UK’s Maritime Minister has said.
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NewsDP World unit abandons French concession
DP World-owned P&O Ports has reportedly withdrawn from its contract to run the container terminal in the Port de Sète in France.
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Brexit ‘noise’ frustration for UK ports
British ports are being frustrated in their day-to-day operations by “the noise of Brexit”, according to a leading port spokesperson.
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Spain faces yet another competition probe
Spain''s National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) has announced that it is to investigate competition not only between Spanish ports but also with those of other countries.
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NewsChina secures Bulgaria foothold
China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has signed a US$135.5m Bulgaria port project construction contract with Logistic Center Varna EAD to jointly develop port infrastructure in Bulgaria’s Port of Varna.
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NewsUK port welcomes first remote RTGs
The busiest container port in the UK has seen the arrival of its first remote-control rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).
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NewsPartial sale considered for Peel Ports
Deutsche Bank''s former asset management business is considering selling part of its stake in Peel Ports, in a deal that could value the port operator at £4bn.
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NewsOfficial stamp for stevedoring reform
The permanent commission of Spain’s Congress of Deputies has given its approval to the royal decree law put forward by the government to complete reform of the stevedoring sector.
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NewsNew port targets a sustainable Arctic
The development of a new Icelandic port that could enable sustainable development of the Arctic and help to make emergent shipping routes safer is set to offer multiple natural benefits.
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NewsMedcenter Container Terminal sale agreed
Contship Italia and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL) subsidiary Itaterminaux have executed a share purchase agreement for the sale of 50% of CSM Italia Gate, the company which owns 100% of Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) in Italy.
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NewsFrench port deal for Chinese silicon giant
Marseille Fos Port Authority and Quechen Silicon Chemical have signed a construction agreement for the Chinese company’s €105m project to build a plant on a 12-hectare site in the Fos industrial zone, adding to speculation about China’s growing influence in Europe.
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NewsMultiple crashes in Dover Op Brock initiative
In the UK, a no-deal Brexit initiative under which lorries going to the Port of Dover are granted access to an entire side of a motorway has witnessed a number of collisions in its first two days of operation.
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NewsNew tool to aid UK port policy development
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), an agency of the UK Government, has commissioned a marine consultant to ''map'' shipping’s value to help underpin the development of port marine plan policies.
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NewsPSA Intl takes first steps in Eastern Europe
Port operator PSA International has joined forces with Australian investment management firm IFM Investors and the Polish Development Fund (PFR) to acquire the Port of Gdansk’s Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk), Poland’s biggest box terminal.
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NewsChina MOU could create market distortion
As Italy prepares to be the first G7 country to sign a Belt and Road initiative MOU with China, a port analyst has questioned whether Chinese investment will distort the ports market.
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NewsPortsmouth feels sting of Brexit funding
The UK government''s assessment of ports to decide how much Brexit funding local authorities should receive was disjointed, failed to recognise Portsmouth as a high impact port for Brexit and created a financial shortfall, the director of Portsmouth International Port (PIP) has said.
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NewsSpain commits to stevedoring reform
The Spanish government has committed to complete the reform of its stevedoring sector by April 28 at the latest.
