Europe – Page 115
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Onshore power at Antwerp
The world''s first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) facility with automatic synchronisation and 50/60 Hz conversion has been formally switched on at the Port of Antwerp.
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Marseilles grabs a bit of Pagny
Marseilles Fos port is to take a 10% stake in a multimodal hub at Pagny in a bid to strengthen its hinterland connexions. Pagny is strategically located at the northern end of the Rhone-Saone corridor between Chalon and Dijon.
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NewsRecord for Rotterdam
The 14,000-teu MSC Daniela recently became the largest container ship to have ever left the port of Rotterdam fully laden - a European record.
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NewsControversy dogs Liscont
Liscont container terminal in Lisbon continues to be embroiled in controversy.
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Klaipeda courts private investment
Klaipeda State Seaport Authority is seeking new private sector investment to develop infrastructure in the port. Incoming chief executive Eugenijus Gentvilas has stressed an urgent need for partnership with private capital, pointing out that existing port users should be given the possibility to make investment themselves. He added that with ...
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NewsGraduates for APM leadership
Graduation ceremonies were held in May for the APM Terminals Magnum/Magnet leadership class of 2007 in The Hague, Netherlands.
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SSS terminal tender at Barcelona
Barcelona port authority is scheduled to issue a tender in respect of a new short sea terminal in the third quarter of this year, some 12 months later than originally planned. Expected to bid are two Italian operators: Grandi Navi Veloci and Grimaldi Ná poles.
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Prescott Lock opens
The new Prescott Lock, which gives barges of up to 350 tons direct access via the Thames and Bow Back Rivers to the UK''s London Olympics site at Stratford, has opened.
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Southampton hosts futures debate
Southampton Port is to play host to the UK''s annual Port City Futures Convention on July 13.
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NewsRational thinking
Port executives gathered at TOC''s annual European conference in Bremen this month called for rational thinking in this time of crisis.
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News'Worst year ever' for box port growth
Neil Davidson, director ports, Drewry Shipping Consultants, pulled no punches at TOC Europe when he told delegates the days of 20x Ebitda port valuations are over.
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NewsGlobal institute launches port cluster council
The Global Institute of Logistics (GIL) has launched a Port Cluster Governance Council to drive best practice at public-private partnership ports around the world.
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Assets ripe for the picking
Port Fund principal Ghislain Lorthiois has advised would-be ports'' investors to "revise their ways of asset valuations" if they want to secure future profitability.
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Tyne to rise to 2009 challenge
The UK Port of Tyne anticipates a “much more difficult trading period” in 2009, in line with the downturn affecting its customers.
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NewsRates fight dealt another blow
The fight against crippling backdated rates bill for UK port tenants may have hit a stumbling block - one put there by the nation''s House of Commons, writes Stevie Knight
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NewsHinterland project for Humber
Plans for what will be one of the biggest port related developments in the UK -- covering almost 1,500 acres on the South Bank of the Humber -- have been submitted to North Lincolnshire Council.
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Gijón Port expansion progresses
A new dock''s outer perimeter and nearly 4,000 metres of sea wall have been completed at Gijó n Port.
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NewsFelixstowe South emerges from the sea
The first phase of reclamation work at the UK''s Felixstowe South development has been completed, with 750,000 cu m of unsuitable material removed and 1.7 cu m of sand placed on site by Westminster Dredging, part of the Royal Boskalis Group.
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NewsFrank Robotham to leave Liverpool after 31 years
Peel Ports group marketing director Frank Robotham is to leave the company in July after more than 31 years at the Port of Liverpool.
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NewsRecord investment for Algeciras Bay
Private-sector investors have pledged ¢ 386m ($524.4m) for projects in the Spanish port of Algeciras Bay, in addition to the ¢ 153m ($207.9m) allocated by the port authority itself.
