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20th anniversary of BPO

What's new?

• Over the next five years APM Terminals, global container terminal operator and a part of the AP Möller-Maersk Group, will invest USD 115 mln in container terminal at Port of Gothenburg, for which it has won a 25-year concession agreement with the port’s Authority.  [...]

• The Estonian competition authorities have agreed to DFDS’ takeover of the ro-pax route between Paldiski (Estonia) and Kapellskär (Sweden) from Baltic Scandinavian Lines AS (BSL). [...]

• The Paris MOU New Inspection Regime (NIR), a system used by state control authorities to evaluate a vessel’s risk profile and their management companies’ performance, has been functioning since the beginning of 2011 and according to the figures, it has already proven useful. [...]

• DB Schenker and Vestas, a company specializing in the wind turbines market, have opened a logistics facility specially designed for heavy-duty wind turbines components near Leipzig. [...]

• Hamburg Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) and Polzug Intermodal have opened a new hub container terminal in Gądki near Poznań in Poland. [...]

• The European Union has selected two Finnish rail projects for co-funding under 2010 TEN-T calls. [...]

• Gulftainer Group, a company from the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, has signed an agreement with Port of Ust-Luga during the Investment Forum in Sochi, Russia. [...]

• Klaipedos Smelte, a stevedoring company operating in Port of Klaipeda, has invested in three STS and seven RTG cranes, which will be delivered by Konecranes. [...]

• PERN, a Polish company utilising the oil pipeline ‘Przyjaźń’ (‘Friendship’) running from Russia to Western Europe via Poland, and Oiltanking, a German operator of terminal networks, are going to set up a joint venture to construct and operate a new oil terminal in Port of Gdańsk. [...]

• Baltkran will supply Baltiyskaya Metallurgical Company with eight overhead cranes to equip a new roofed warehouse for steel products in Kaliningrad. [...]

• The next step towards the full ef- ficiency of Northern Harbour within the Swedish part of Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) has been taken. [...]

• Flensburger Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS), a part of the FRS Group, is taking over the Kalundborg-Aarhus route and has recently bought from Mols-Linien two ro-pax vessels operating there. [...]

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