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Spanish stevedoring rules in chaos

News15 Jun 2021

Legal action brought by the State Association of Port Operating Companies (ASOPORT) against the IV Framework Agreement for the regulation of...

Germany facing massive overpaid truck toll claims

News28 Nov 2020

Germany faces a "tsunami" of claims as European road haulage associations mobilise their members to recover unlawfully charged German truck ...

Dutch ports lose EU Corporation Tax appeal

News1 Jun 2018

The European Court of Justice has rejected the appeal by Rotterdam and other Dutch seaports against the decision that they must pay Corporat...

Spanish port labour reforms

News1 Jul 2017

In Spain, stevedores and employers have set a deadline of 30 September to reach an agreement for the overall reform of the sector, as requir...

Elbe fairway – yet still more delay?

News12 Dec 2016

The question that has been dogging the German ports industry for almost 20 years may be referred back again to the European Court of Justice...

Dredging warning on water quality

News6 Jul 2015

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has issued a warning that dredging projects must respect the Water Framework Directive...

Hamburg in dredging limbo

News1 Oct 2014

The Federal Administrative Court (FAC) in Leipzig, Germany’s highest court, has again referred the vexed Elbe dredging question to the Eur...

Tales from Germany’s river banks

News1 Aug 2013

Water depth challenges and the inevitable associated dredging controversies continue to dog Germany’s leading sea ports....

Spanish stevedoring rules in chaos

Germany facing massive overpaid truck toll claims

Dutch ports lose EU Corporation Tax appeal

Spanish port labour reforms

Elbe fairway – yet still more delay?

Dredging warning on water quality

Hamburg in dredging limbo

Tales from Germany’s river banks

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Congestion at CTA

Dry box building boom

Reefer monitoring on barges

Asyaport becomes first port in Türkiye to offer shore power

Hapag-Lloyd improves container tracking for inland transportation

Spanish stevedoring rules in chaos

Germany facing massive overpaid truck toll claims

Dutch ports lose EU Corporation Tax appeal

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Congestion at CTA

Dry box building boom

Reefer monitoring on barges

Asyaport becomes first port in Türkiye to offer shore power

Hapag-Lloyd improves container tracking for inland transportation

Montreal strike leads MEA to suspend salary guarantee

ILWU Canada announces new strike

Ships divert as indefinite strike shuts down Montreal’s Termont terminals

BC Ports start lockout

US ports detail investment plans following US$ 2.9bn Clean Ports Program awards