Europe – Page 55

  • The London Gateway project has the potential to reduce the port's carbon footprint Photo: Cargotec
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    London Gateway talks up FastCharge pilot success

    2018-06-18T14:45:00Z

    DP World London Gateway and lifting equipment company Kalmar have marked the successful service introduction of an electrically-powered Kalmar FastCharge shuttle carrier as part of a joint pilot venture set to run for around six to 12 months.

  • Port 2050
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    UKMPG launches ‘Digital Dragons' Den’ contest

    2018-06-18T10:00:00Z

    The UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has launched a ‘Digital Dragons Den’ contest to connect innovators in the digital space with major investors and operators in the UK ports sector.

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    2020 bounce back expected for UK port traffic

    2018-06-07T15:57:00Z

    The downward trend for UK port traffic from 2001-2016 will be reversed through to 2020, according to projections from MDS Transmodal.

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    Diversity critical to UK port preparedness

    2018-06-07T15:57:00Z

    The UK’s Member of Parliament representing ports has talked up the importance of diversity when it comes to meeting the challenges coming the port sector’s way.

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    UK ports will prove “resilient and adaptable”

    2018-06-07T15:56:00Z

    UK ports will prove their resiliency when the country leaves the European Union, no matter which deals are struck, the UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) chief executive has predicted.

  • Port of Odessa
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    US$1.7bn for Ukraine ports infrastructure

    2018-06-06T15:44:00Z

    The Ukrainian government aims to invest UAH44bn (US$1.7bn) into the outdated infrastructure of its ports in a bid to revive the country’s maritime industry.

  • Spain’s Ministerio de Fomento, or Ministry of Public Works and Transport, decided to put back by six months any deadline for an agreement to be made Photo: fmelix/Pixabay/CC0 Creative Commons
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    Breathing space for Spanish reform decision

    2018-05-29T22:00:00Z

    Spain’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport has delayed the deadline for an agreement on national port reforms by six months after key meetings with unions and Puertos del Estado to discuss new collective bargaining agreements

  • The barges represent an investment by Bennett’s of “between £5m and £10m” Photo: Bennett's Barges
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    Thames’ barges to boost Port of London vision

    2018-05-29T22:00:00Z

    Eight new barges specifically built to carry spoil out of central London as the Thames Tideway Tunnel is excavated will eliminate thousands of lorry journeys from London’s roads, Bennett’s Barges managing director Chris Livett has said.

  • Port of Gothenburg
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    Gothenburg dispute has cost Swedish economy US$510m

    2018-05-24T15:17:00Z

    The Swedish economy will lose out on SEK4.5bn (US$510m) as a result of a long-term conflict between dockworkers and APM Terminals at the Port of Gothenburg, a new report has found.

  • Mark Simmonds
    News

    UK Clean Air Strategy is “missed opportunity” to promote shipping as best freight transport option

    2018-05-23T13:13:00Z

    The UK Government’s Clean Air Strategy 2018 has been accused by the British Ports Association (BPA) of not recognising it is cleaner to move goods by sea and labelled a “missed opportunity” to support more coastal shipping around the UK.

  • "The customs partnership proposal offers the advantage of maintaining ‘business as usual’ for goods," Mr Ballantyne said Photo: BPA
    News

    BPA supports post-Brexit customs partnership

    2018-05-23T09:20:00Z

    The British Ports Association (BPA) has backed the idea of a customs partnership as the UK’s post-Brexit customs setup, saying that it “looks to be the [UK Government option on the table for new customs arrangements] that will have least impact at the border”.

  • Marking the launch of the PLA Investment Plan are, from left, Andrew Wilson, supply chain manager at CEMEX, and Christopher Rodrigues Photo: PLA
    News

    PLA launches Investment Plan

    2018-05-23T09:14:00Z

    The UK’s Port of London Authority (PLA) has launched the PLA Investment Plan, aimed at speeding up delivery of the goals in the authority’s Thames Vision — a framework for development of the UK’s River Thames, which passes through London —  and diversifying the authority’s income streams.

  • The key findings from the survey Photo: UKMPG
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    UKMPG offers glimpse into “port of the future”

    2018-05-23T09:12:00Z

    Digitalisation, augmentation, automation, and the continued evolution of physical assets of ports, their hinterlands and their connectivity topped the results of a survey on development that could shape the port of the future.

  • Container ships
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    PRF Directive fixed fee could result in an “unreasonable” amount of garbage

    2018-05-10T17:54:00Z

    ESPO has criticised a plan set out in the new proposal on the revision of the Port Reception Facilities (PRF) Directive to further incentivise users of waste facilities in ports to deliver by introducing the 100% fixed fee (indirect fee) for garbage.

  • FEPORT
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    FEPORT backs call for increased facilitation budget

    2018-05-10T16:03:00Z

    The Federation of European Private Port Companies and Terminals (FEPORT) has called for prioritisation of investment favouring hinterland connections and multimodal projects with “a real and evaluated market need” — including ports — in a position paper.

  • According to Andrew Huxley, many in the marine supply chain business have operations that rely upon “multiple third-party suppliers” and have “widespread office networks” Photo: Pixabay/Pexels/CC0 License
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    TT Club: cyber activity must be addressed

    2018-05-10T15:48:00Z

    Specialist port insurer TT Club has warned of the daily operational risk posed by cyber ''activity'', urging ports to shut down third party back doors into their systems.

  • From left: James Cooper, David Brown and Jerry Hopkinson Photo: UKMPG
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    UKMPG brings in new blood at the top

    2018-05-09T20:31:00Z

    In a change at the top, Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond has been named as the new chair of the United Kingdom Major Ports Group (UKMPG).

  • Henrik L. Pedersen
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    Ex-APM Terminals executive takes top ABP job

    2018-05-01T10:26:00Z

    APM Terminals’ chief commercial officer (CCO) Henrik L. Pedersen has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of Associated British Ports (ABP).

  • Chornomorsk – the renamed Illichivsk Port – has a cavernous capacity, but who’ll be stepping in to fill it? Photo: USPA
    News

    Reforms and reinvention in the Black Sea

    2018-04-30T09:22:00Z

    The region appears to be on an upward trajectory again for both bulk and boxes, writes Stevie Knight

  • TIS, operator at Yuzhny, could soon be joined by international port operators in the Ukraine. Credit: TIS
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    Europe’s hotspot for port infrastructure investment

    2018-04-30T09:20:00Z

    Interlegal’s Rachid Bouda explains why Ukraine should be where the smart money is heading