Europe – Page 86
-
News“Self induced” recession for Northern Europe
Northern Europe’s “return to recession has been self induced,” said Ben Hackett of Hackett Associates, following a “substantial” weakening of deep sea imports - a reflection of the on-going financial crisis and uncertainty in Europe.
-
NewsFirst sustainability report for Antwerp
The Port of Antwerp has released its first sustainability report – part of its “Total Plan for a More Competitive Port”, launched in 2010 in response to the global financial crisis.
-
News
Barcelona offers operators discounts
Barcelona Port Authority is offering a discount of €5m to TCB, Tercat, Port Nou and Terminal Ferry Barcelona to help boost container traffic.
-
News
Grand Paris port project set up
The French ports of La Havre, Paris and Rouen are to develop a joint marketing approach to promote enhanced trade between China and France.
-
News
Piraeus doubles box traffic in 2011
In 2011, the port of Piraeus effectively doubled container throughput from 878,083 teu to 1,680,133 teu.
-
NewsOne day strike paralyses Belgian ports
The port of Antwerp, along with others Belgian ports was yesterday paralysed by a strike that drew in dockers, pilots, tugboats and lock operators.
-
NewsForth gains Tilbury Container Services
Forth Ports has taken control of the deepsea container facilities of Tilbury Container Services in a three-way deal worth £95m.
-
News
Maersk onboard with Gothenburg fuel drive
Building on its green credentials, Maersk Line has become the first container carrier to join the Port of Gothenburg’s Fuel Switch Program.
-
NewsElectric vehicles at Harwich Port
A new electric vehicle charging point has been ‘plugged-in’ at the UK''s Harwich International Port this week - the first port to be included in the Source East Electric Vehicle Recharging Network.
-
News
Global super-boxship fleet swells
In 2012, 42 new container vessels with a capacity of more than 13,000 teu are due to enter service, which compares with 22 similar vessels that commenced operations in 2011.
-
NewsLondon Gateway ‘biggest threat’ to Felixstowe
DP World’s London Gateway, due to open in the fourth quarter of 2013, represents the biggest threat to the Port of Felixstowe’s business for many years, Hutchison Ports (UK) port development director Andrew Harston has warned.
-
News
Bilbao investment tops €250m
The private sector is to invest €253m ($323m) over the next few years in the Spanish port of Bilbao.
-
News
Portuguese ports on strike
As of Monday, January 9, the Portuguese ports of Aveiro, Figueira da Foz, Lisbon and Setúbal began the first of five days of strike.
-
News
No to Ukraine privatisation
The president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, has blocked legislation that would have led to wholescale privatisation of the country''s ports.
-
News
Konecranes makes redundancies in Europe
Konecranes has made 125 of its European workforce redundant as part of a cost reduction programme to save €7m ($9.1m) per annum.
-
News
Impact of Europe’s transparency legislation unclear
The European Commission has put forward a directive to modernise public contracts, with an aim of improving transparency and ensure a level playing field.
-
News
Spanish ports increasingly unprofitable
Liabilities of Spanish ports are expected to total €4.5bn ($5.9bn) in 2012, up from the €4.1bn reached in 2011.
-
NewsUst-Luga opening sets development agenda
The call of its first container ship on December 29 marked the opening of the new NCC Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT) in Russia, with weekly Unifeeder calls already in the bag.
-
NewsRotterdam reacts to ECT lawsuit
The Port of Rotterdam has been reserved in making comment on a pending lawsuit it''s facing – but the furor of media coverage surrounding the recent summons by Europe Container Terminals (ECT) has forced it to break its silence.
-
NewsABP first in decade to tap into bonds
Associated British Ports (ABP) has become the first port operator to gain an external credit rating and tap into the bond market in the last decade.
