Europe – Page 90

  • News

    Russia box market growth to continue

    2011-08-04T10:00:00Z

    Russia''s container market could grow by 60% between 2010 and 2013 to 6.9m teu, according to research by Drewry.

  • News

    Gunvor pulls out of Murmansk buy out

    2011-08-03T16:55:00Z

    Major oil trader, Gunvor, has cancelled plans to buy a controlling stake in the JSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport (MCS).

  • News

    Canal port for the Netherlands

    2011-07-28T10:00:00Z

    A container terminal is to be built at the Medel Business Park in Tiel.

  • Piraeus sell-off is on the cards
    News

    Greece floats Piraeus sell-off plan

    2011-07-27T19:37:00Z

    The Greek government has put forward a plan to privatise part of the port authorities of Piraeus and Thessalonica - a move hotly contested by local organised labour unions.

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    Vilagarcía container terminal subsiding

    2011-07-27T10:00:00Z

    Vilagarcía Port Authority in north-western Spain has declined to comment on the subsidence of part of its container terminal.

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    Outer Harbour stalls at La Coruña

    2011-07-26T10:00:00Z

    The Spanish port of La Coruña has run out of money and cannot finance additional work on its outer harbour extension, where costs have almost doubled to €750m ($1.1bn).

  • News

    Mersey Ports consultation launched

    2011-07-23T17:57:00Z

    Peel Ports Mersey has outlined a 20-year master plan for growth and future development, and has just begun a 13- week public consultation, closing on Monday 5 September.

  • News

    Luka Koper goes for full software suite

    2011-07-23T17:51:00Z

    The port of Luka Koper, Slovenia, is implementing Tideworks’ entire suite of terminal operating system (TOS) solutions, replacing the previous system which had been in place for a number of years.

  • Communication is the vital cog in smooth transport and logistics operations
    News

    Europe gains Single Window viewpoint

    2011-07-23T17:49:00Z

    Six leading Port Community Systems (PCS) have created an association aiming to advise and influence the EC in its moves to harmonise and simplify trade through the Single Window concept.

  • News

    Final personnel transfers from Marseilles Fos

    2011-07-23T17:47:00Z

    The Marseilles Fos port authority has completed the transfer of 410 personnel and various equipment to privatised terminals as required under national port reforms.

  • A simple, innovative idea means wave power is generated by the breakwater at Mitriku
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    Wave power first for Basque port

    2011-07-21T16:04:00Z

    The Port of Mutriku has, despite its size, just made history. When faced with the need for investing in a breakwater, it decided to make the most of the power that had been thrashing its infrastructure.

  • The kind, and age, of ship engines are put together with fuel data to help formulate a ship’s ESI score
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    European ports still chasing greener ships

    2011-07-21T14:40:00Z

    Environment-friendly ships calling at Antwerp are now being rewarded by a discount – but it seems Rotterdam is finding that the scheme may initially need a lower threshold.

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    Lisbon cuts costs and deficit

    2011-07-13T18:53:00Z

    In the first four months of this year, the port of Lisbon has cut costs by €1m ($1.45m). The majority of this (88%) came from renegotiating external contracts and the remainder from a reduction in personnel costs. This present saving, plus one of €2m last year, have helped reduce the ...

  • After losing the Contenemar business, Vilagarcia suffers another setback
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    Spain's Vilagarcía box terminal sinking

    2011-07-13T18:50:00Z

    Opened just three years ago at a cost of €20m ($29m), the container terminal at the north-western Spanish port of Vilagarcía is showing visible signs of sinking.

  • GPI intends to use the net proceeds of its offering to fund its capital investment programme in Russian ports
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    GPI floats above expectation

    2011-07-07T16:31:00Z

    Global Ports Investments (GPI) share’s started trading 15% above their expected price after their release onto the London Stock Exchange.

  • Doug Morrison: “If this LEP doesn't deliver what it needs to, businesses won't be involved in it for very long”
    News

    UK development to rely on "volunteers"

    2011-07-07T16:21:00Z

    The UK government’s rhetoric about ‘localism’ covers a massive drop in funding and the hope that business will pick up the pieces. But a recent meeting made it plain that business had better find it worthwhile – and quickly.

  • Jens Olsen:  "Large amounts of money" are needed to get cargo into some ports
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    ISPS has turned ports into 'money machines'

    2011-06-30T21:41:00Z

    Security-related bureaucracy is turning access to some ports “into a bit of a money machine”, International Shipsuppliers and Services Association president Jens Olsen has claimed, pledging to tackle the issue head on during his three year tenure.

  • John Wright: “By concentrating on the elimination of the ‘unsafe acts’, it is possible to eliminate occurrences with more serious consequences”
    News

    Knee-jerk reaction has meant drop in training

    2011-06-23T15:15:00Z

    There has been a dangerous ‘knee jerk’ reaction in the last year that has seen around 20% of the UK’s workforce to decrease training budgets according to statistics from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development.

  • Dover has a long Trust-port tradition, but the board says it needs privatisation cash to stay competitive
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    Privatisation, prosperity and the people?

    2011-06-23T15:14:00Z

    The Port of Dover, after finding it wasn’t easily gaining ground in the argument about ending the port’s Trust status and going for privatisation, is trying to win hearts and minds with an upload on YouTube.

  • As over half the global container traffic is controlled by 20 major companies, ports could act as effective drivers to reduce emissions
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    Ports could lead on carbon

    2011-06-23T15:08:00Z

    It may not be the ports themselves that create the emissions, but if they work together, they can exert pressure on the supply chain to green-up, points out new research from the University of Hull.