European Ports

Latest news and analysis on Europe's ports, including Rotterdam and Antwerp.

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News & Analysis

 
20 May 2013
Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group reported consolidated cargo turnover from January to April 2013 was 49.5 million metric tons, compared with 55.3 million metric tons in the same period last year.
 
20 May 2013
Katoen Natie has opened a 25,000 square meter (about 269,098 square foot) warehouse complex for the management of goods to be directed to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States in Muuga Harbour in Estonia...
 
17 May 2013
MSC Belgium has introduced a new container release system that allows customers in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium to collect their containers quickly in a secure environment.
 
16 May 2013
The Port of Hamburg handled 32.8 million tons of seaborne cargo in the first three months of 2013, putting the German port “back on a growth course,” fueled in particular by a 6.3 percent year-over-year increase in bulk cargo.
 
14 May 2013
Bob Goldfield, CEO of the Port of Dover’s harbor board, will step down on May 31, 2013, after 11 years in the post.
 
14 May 2013
Intermodal service between Vienna and Rostock, Germany, has created a direct link between Central Europe and Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltic states.
 
14 May 2013
Hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG’s profit jumped 13.2 percent in the first quarter, as Hamburg’s biggest stevedore increased container traffic by 5 percent on sharply higher Asian and Baltic shipments.
 
12 May 2013
ECT Delta Terminal and Euromax Terminal Rotterdam, both in the Netherlands, will receive maiden calls from three new ships next week...
 
09 May 2013
JadeWeserport in Germany has handled 33,000 containers since it opened in September 2012...
 
08 May 2013
NUTEP, a container terminal operator in the Black Sea Port of Novorossiysk, has completed the latest phase of its development program with the upgrade of its railway facilities.