Europe – Page 60

  • New blood: Bronka pitches itself as a modern alternative to St Petersburg. Credit: Bronka Port
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    Easterly chill

    2016-12-05T10:57:00Z

    Russia still incites optimism despite the recent falls in volumes as Stevie Knight reports

  • Sociedad Puerto Industrial Aguadulce handled its first container vessel, MSC Sasha.
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    Sociedad Puerto Industrial Aguadulce begins operations

    2016-12-05T09:26:00Z

    Sociedad Puerto Industrial Aguadulce has commenced operations with the handling of its first container vessel, MSC Sasha, on November 27.

  • The government is investing in its ports
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    Portuguese box traffic to grow 200% in ten years

    2016-12-05T09:26:00Z

    Portugal’s government plans to invest €2.5bn in its ports to grow the country’s container market by 200% within the next ten years, according to minister, Ana Paula Vitorino.

  • Algeciras asset siphoned off. Credit: Michelle Bartsch
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    HMM preferred bidder for Hanjin’s Spain terminal

    2016-11-25T12:01:00Z

    Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has been chosen as the preferred bidder to buy a terminal in the Spanish Port of Algeciras.

  • Ership has added four Terex mobile harbour cranes to bulk handling operations.
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    Terex expands presence in Spanish terminals

    2016-11-16T14:39:00Z

    Maritime industry group Ership S.A (Ership) has ordered four new diesel-electric Terex Gottwald mobile harbour cranes from Terex Port Solutions (TPS).

  • Awareness: government needs to raise the priority of trade and ports in a post-Brexit world. Credit: Amanda Slater
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    Ports call for pro-trade UK policies

    2016-11-16T14:39:00Z

    The UK Government must raise the priority of trade and ports in a post-Brexit world, particularly in the allocation of infrastructure funding, said James Cooper, chairman of the UK Major Ports Group, at the group’s annual reception in Westminster.

  • Richard Ballantyne: “A “Free port” system could be more beneficial for some port"
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    Post-Brexit UK free ports opportunity report

    2016-11-15T17:26:00Z

    The British Ports Association has said that a post-Brexit “Free Port system” could be more beneficial for some ports and may even help to improve flow of goods and passengers through UK ports.

  • Liverpool2 has now officially opened
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    Liverpool2 container terminal officially open

    2016-11-04T13:57:00Z

    The £400m container terminal investment by Peel Ports, Liverpool2 has officially been opened at the Port of Liverpool.

  • News

    Southampton's desire to re-instate Dibden Bay development

    2016-11-01T16:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports (ABP) is set to seek permission for a major expansion of Southampton Docks.

  • Automated cranes to add productivity and capacity to Africa's new MedPort Tangier facility.
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    APMT adds automated cranes to Tangier port

    2016-10-30T20:55:00Z

    APM Terminals has announced orders for 12 remote-controlled ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and 32 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes (ARMGs) to equip its new 5m teu MedPort Tangier facility, currently under construction at the Tangier-Med II port complex.

  • News

    APMT refutes Valencia 'collapse' claims

    2016-10-30T20:55:00Z

    Valencia''s association of road haulage owner and drivers, Transcont, has claimed that the APM Terminals box handling facility at the port is in a state of “collapse”.

  • Strategic thinking: The terminal relocated to the Arken area next to Gothenburg Roro Terminal
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    Gothenburg to shift intermodal terminal

    2016-10-25T13:13:00Z

    Plans are in place to move the freight terminal currently located in the central city of Gothenburg to the Port of Gothenburg to allow for a higher proportion of transport by rail instead of road.

  • Nine new Kalmar straddle carriers being discharged at DP World Southampton
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    DP World Southampton strengthens fleet

    2016-10-21T15:02:00Z

    DP World Southampton has received nine new Kalmar machines to strengthen its straddle carrier fleet.

  • Joint venture: COSCO has come onboard with APMT's operations in Vado
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    APM Terminals brings COSCO onboard at Vado

    2016-10-20T14:22:00Z

    APM Terminals has concluded an agreement with China COSCO Shipping Ports for the sale of a minority share in a new joint venture created for the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network’s operations in Vado, Italy.

  • Anaklia port deal agreed
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    Georgia invests $100m in deep sea port

    2016-10-06T08:59:00Z

    The Government of Georgia has signed an agreement granting the Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) the exclusive right to construct, develop and operate the $2.5bn Anaklia Deep Sea Port, which promises to establish a new maritime corridor from China to Europe.

  • Growth spurt: Kalundberg wants to become an industrial hub
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    Denmark's Kalundborg invests for future growth

    2016-10-04T16:31:00Z

    The Danish Port of Kalundborg is taking a decisive step toward its vision of growth with a €26 million port expansion which it says will make it a new container and industrial hub.

  • Close proximity: the waterway ports of Kõping and Västerås are within a 150km radius of half Sweden’s population
    News

    Cold rush

    2016-10-03T09:42:00Z

    The competition in Scandinavia is no longer content to live in Sweden''s shadow. Stevie Knight reports

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    Ports help Drax generate more than £1bn for UK economy

    2016-09-15T09:19:00Z

    Ports in the north of England, including Liverpool, Tyne, Hull and Immingham, have helped energy business Drax generate £1.2bn and more than 14,000 jobs for the UK economy, reveals a new report from Oxford Economics.

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    New deadline for Europa Platform

    2016-09-15T09:19:00Z

    Livorno Port Authority has pushed back the deadline for submission of applications to participate to the project financing for the design, construction and operation of its new deep-water container terminal, Europa Platform, to December 15, at the request of potential bidders.

  • Port of Liverpool is one of four northern ports joining the Northern Ports Association
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    North UK ports form partnership

    2016-09-14T15:07:00Z

    The four main ports in the north of England have agreed a new partnership to create jobs and boost exports across the region.