Europe – Page 83
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NewsValencia wins over labour unions
Rafael Aznar, president of Valenciaport, has announced that the port authority is on the verge of signing a new collective bargaining agreement with port unions. Union representatives have confirmed that the agreement is effectively a done deal.
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NewsUkraine paves the way for privatisation
Ukraine has adopted a new law on seaports which establishes the basis of governmental regulation for new procedures on building, expanding, and closing seaports in the country.
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NewsNo fat to spare on TEN-T funding
There’s something to be said about the political and practical impact of the application of funds such as the Trans-European Transport Network’ (TEN-T) initiative.
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NewsPace changes but strategy lags behind
“While the downturn has had an effect, people have stopped holding their breath and wondering if the world will end,” says Martin Poulsen of APM Terminals, adding that volumes “are recovering nicely”.
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NewsEsbjerg to become largest offshore wind facility
Danish windfarm turbine manufacturer, Vestas, and Siemens, the German engineering group, are planning to lease part of Esbjerg port’s new East Port terminal and make it into the world’s largest offshore wind turbine facility.
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NewsAn inward look
Northern Europe''s ''traditional'' ports are facing challenges from all angles, as Stevie Knight discovers
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NewsAPMT kits out Maasvlakte II
APM Terminals is busy kitting out its future Maasvlakte II terminal and Cargotec and Bromma have both been selected this week to supply quay cranes and ship to shore spreaders to the operation.
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New Swedish port authority merger?
Sweden''s Helsingborgs Hamn AB, which manages the port of Helsingborg, is rumoured to be in merger talks with the cross-border port authority of Copenhagen Malmö.
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Tanger-Med raises €128,000
The company managing the Tanger Med 2 project in Morocco has finalised the debt guarantee subscription process, which forms part of the second phase development of the port. This has resulted in €128,000 being raised.
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Port reform tops Portugal's agenda
Reform of its ports has been pushed to the top of the agenda of the Portuguese government.
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NewsEssar and Antwerp ally for growth
Essar Ports has announced the creation of a strategic alliance with the Port of Antwerp (PAI) to promote future development and the growth of port traffic between the two ports.
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NewsA PATCH on ‘Blue Energy’
PATCH’s (Ports Adapting To Change) ‘Blue Energy’ workshop, hosted by the Port of Ramsgate, will take place later this month on 22 June 2012.
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NewsScottish ports renewables strategy
A new £1.3m port project is helping to pave the way in the advancement of Scotland’s renewables infrastructure and there will be more port investment to follow in the near future.
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NewsCrane collision causes injuries at BCT
International Container Services Inc. (ICTSI) has commented on a recent marine incident involving a passenger vessel that collided with one of its quayside cranes at its terminal in Gdynia, Poland.
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NewsGrowth by numbers
Leixões operator TCL hopes to carry its successes through to its latest investment in Ferrol, as Alex Hughes discusses
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NewsIndustry not backward - just smaller
It''s not that the port industry is necessarily a conservative one, “it''s more that they don''t easily benefit from innovation, as they are often limited in their resources," according to Simona Margarino of the Ports Adapting to Change (PATCH) initiative.
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NewsInvestors give nod to France port reforms
Reforms to legislation governing ports in France have resulted in incumbent port authorities ceding all operational control of terminals to private sector stevedores.
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Spanish ports stats labelled ‘fictitious’
José Llorca, head of Spain''s National Ports Authority, has claimed that while it has received positive financial results from its various ports over the last few years, some of these were ‘fictitious’.
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EIB loans Rotterdam €900m
The European Investment Bank has made total loans of €900m available to the port of Rotterdam, the majority of which will be used to develop the Maasvlakte 2 outer harbour.
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NewsBalancing the portfolios
Swings in port ownership throughout southern Europe are changing the face of Mediterranean operations. Alex Hughes reports
