Europe – Page 53
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NewsABP launches GB£3.5bn property arm
ABP has launched its transformed property arm as a GB£3.5bn development and investment business with a 960-hectare land bank.
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NewsRotterdam investigates CO2 capture system
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is exploring opportunities with Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie) and Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN) to achieve a basic infrastructure to capture and transport carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Port of Rotterdam area.
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NewsQuality Freight UK acquires Fuchs crane
Freight forwarding business Quality Freight UK (QF UK) has boosted its crane capability at its facility at Ellesmere Port in the north-west of England.
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NewsESPO’s PORTOPIA project reaches conclusion
The completion of the European Sea Ports Organisation’s (ESPO) PORTOPIA project has been marked by a conference attended by port representatives from across Europe.
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COSCO SHIPPING Ports obtains Zeebrugge controlling stake
COSCO SHIPPING Ports, formerly known as COSCO Pacific, has finalised a deal to obtain a controlling share in container terminal APM Terminals (APMT) Zeebrugge.
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NewsTackle skills gap with port apprentices
PD Ports is urging employers to help plug the engineering skills gap by offering apprenticeships.
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NewsMSC Valencia box terminal upgrade
The MSC terminal on Muelle Transversal de Costa in the Spanish Mediterranean Port of Valencia is to be upgraded to enable it to receive the largest vessels afloat. Work is to take place over a seven-month period at a cost of €5.748m.
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NewsVigo unhappy with stevedoring deal
Following a year of substantial unrest linked to the European Commission’s demand that Spain introduce substantial changes to the structure of its stevedoring legislation to enable competition to flourish, an in-principle agreement had been struck between port unions and the owners’ association Anesco.
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NewsStorage tanks could save 3m litres of water at Antwerp
Port of Antwerp terminals could conserve up to 3m litres of water annually with underground storage tanks for washing equipment.
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NewsAlgeciras bid deadline extended again
Despite much-improved labour relations at ports throughout Spain, Algeciras Bay Port Authority has decided to put back for a fifth time the bidding deadline for a tender for a new container terminal – its third – which it proposes to build on the Phase B extension of the Isla Verde ...
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NewsFuture green EU port project plan
An EU-funded green initiatives project aims to define the port of the future and its challenges.
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NewsPort of Barcelona model for Catalonian independence
A Catalonian government official has hailed the autonomy of the Port of Barcelona as an example of how the region could succeed independent from Spain.
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NewsEuroports up for sale
A consortium of investors has appointed Citi and Goldman Sachs to sell Euroports, Reuters has reported.
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Noatum sells OPSCA
Noatum Ports, the largest maritime terminal operator in Spain, has confirmed the sale of its 45% shareholding in Operaciones Portuarias Canarias SA (OPSCA Las Palmas) to Terminal Investments Limited (TIL), the terminal division of MSC.
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NewsPorts of Cork and Dublin resume operations
Ireland’s ports of Cork and Dublin have fully resumed operations following disruption due to Storm Ophelia.
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Dublin prepares for Brexit
The Irish port of Dublin is to build new road layouts, put up inspection sheds for more Customs officers and set aside land for the queues of trucks it is expecting when the UK leaves the European Union.
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UK ports 'time warp' claim
Some UK ports appear to be in a time warp and have a nine-to-five mentality, according to a survey of Dutch shipowners.
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NewsUK port first sees centralised air traffic systems applied to marine ops
Air traffic control technology is to be applied to a commercial port group in the UK for the first time in order to help streamline marine operations and aid growth.
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NewsTariffs held at Gothenburg
Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg will not increase tariffs in 2018, keeping the figures at the same level as in 2015.
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NewsAntwerp commits to reducing plastic pollution
The Port of Antwerp has become the first port in Europe to join Operation Clean Sweep, an international programme aiming to prevent plastic litter materials from getting into the marine environment.
