Europe – Page 93
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NewsForth Ports bid sign of improved prospects
Another potential suitor has thrown its hat in the ring for control of Forth Ports, the UK’s last independent listed port operator.
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NewsEU launches common language project for ports
A new European information highway project aims to develop a ‘middleware’ system that will enable all parts of the supply chain to talk in the same language.
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Global Ports to expand port investment
Russian company Global Ports Investments has hinted that it is to acquire new port assets in the near future, although declined to give specifics. The group, Russia''s largest container terminal operator, is owned by N-Trance.
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Indra signs major Portuguese deal
The Spanish company Indra has signed an agreement with the Portuguese ports of Leixões, Lisbon and Sines, which will involve the implementation of the second generation of the Single Port Window (JUPII) management system.
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Cadiz to have new box terminal
Cádiz port authority has issued a tender for the first phase construction of new container terminal. The reference price is €90m ($123m) and work must be completed within 46 months. It is not known if the existing container operator, Concasa, whose own concession expires in 2013, will bid or not.
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Short time working at Malaga
Malaga''s port labour company, SEMA, is to introduce short time working, which will affect 72 of its 180 stevedores. This is the result of a decision by Maersk to substantially reduce the amount of containers it handles in the port.
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Hamburg revises port dues system
The port of Hamburg has announced that, from the summer onwards, it is to revamp the way it calculates fees, to reflect the amount of traffic any one shipping line handles in the port.
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Inland terminals get rating system
The Port of Gothenburg has produced a system for rating its inland terminals to help its customers know exactly what to expect from them.
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Law professors back Liscont
Three professors of law in Portugal believe that it would be unconstitutional if the concession extension given to Lisbon container terminal operator Liscont were declared null and void.
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NewsPort reforms at Fos on schedule
Implementation of French port reform legislation by the April 2011 deadline will include the transfer of around a third of Marseilles Fos’ personnel to various companies that are to run future operations.
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Las Palmas privatises port labour company
Las Palmas Port Authority has given the go-ahead for the port labour company, SESTIBA, to be privatised. The process, which is expected to cost €15m ($20.5m), was included as part of the new Port Law reform.
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NewsGreen light for Southampton berth extension
ABP Southampton has had the go-ahead for a £80m container berth development to allow larger boxships to call at the South UK coast port.
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Maritima Valenciana working practices examined
JP Morgan, the new owner of Dragados-SPL, has brought in an external consultant to look at the operational procedures of its Valencia terminal, Maritima Valenciana, to see whether these can be improved. Main client, MSC, has long been applying pressure on the terminals management to reduce costs and boost productivity ...
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GT closes for want of traffic
For the first time since it opened in September 1995, the Italian transhipment hub of Gioia Tauro was forced to close for 30 hours in January because of lack of traffic.
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APMT to build Monfalcone terminal
APM Terminals is working with the Unicredit Group to fund a new container terminal it intends to build at the northern Italian port of Monfalcone, viewed as a complimentary development of that already in place at Vado Ligure. It should enter service by 2015.
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Forth adds to its carbon credentials
Forth Ports PLC has added the Carbon Trust Standard to its environmental credentials after significantly reducing carbon emissions across the Group by over 4%.
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RENFE trails 730-metre block trains
The freight division of Spanish National Railways (RENFE) has begun trials with 730-metre block trains between Valencia and the inland container terminal at Coslada near Madrid. Initial services were composed of 50 container flats conveying combined load of 101 teu.
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News‘Dirty bomb’ fears in Genoa
The dilemma of a container at Genoa found to be containing radioactive material is a ‘security and ecological disaster’, according to container scanning expert Joe Alioto.
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NewsUK port snags wind farm manufacturer
Great Yarmouth port has been successful in snaring a proportion of the UK''s alternative energy market with the announcement that a wind farm foundation manufacturer is to set up shop at the port’s new, deep water outer harbour.
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Kiel’s “best ever”
Kiel handled 5.8 million tons of cargo last year, the best result ever recorded by the port. This was an 19,3 % increase over the previous year and considerably more than even the 5.3 million tons handled in 2007, the year before the economic crisis. Managing director Dr Dirk Claus ...
