Rotterdam agrees a "Hanjin deal"
NewsECT and the four major Dutch industry organisations have announced a new arrangement for Hanjin containers, featuring drastically lower char...
COSCO Pacific acquires 35% of Euromax
NewsEurope Container Terminals forms strategic alliance with COSCO Pacific in Euromax Rotterdam...
Unions flex muscles over Hutchison
NewsThe conflict between Hutchison Ports Australia and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) will be high on the agenda when dockers’ trade un...
Hutchison in ITF firing line
NewsThe ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is challenging Hutchison Ports Holdings (HPH) over its behaviour at port facilities ...
ECT leaves Home
NewsECT is to shut down its City Terminal (Home Terminal) in the Eemhaven, due to insufficient business....
The axe for Dutch ports tax exemption?
NewsThe European Commission has ordered The Netherlands to end, from January 2017, the exemption from corporate tax that five corporatised Dutch...
Rotterdam back in front
NewsWith MVII and RWG, Rotterdam is once again at the forefront of port automation....
Rotterdam congestion talks resume
NewsThe Rotterdam container barge congestion problem will be addressed at the Dutch Transport Ministry again tomorrow (Wednesday 29 April)...
MSC OSCAR comes calling
NewsThe current world record holder for containerships, at more than 19,200 TEU, has made her first calls in Europe...
ECT sets European handling record
NewsThe Rotterdam operator exchanged 11,051 containers on Evergreen's THALASSA HELLAS...
ECT under investigation
NewsThe Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) is reportedly investigating alleged market manipulation by ECT...
Clemence Cheng to be ECT’s next CEO?
NewsClemence Cheng, CEO of HPUK and MD of the Port of Felixstowe, could be adding the post of CEO of Hutchison's biggest European operation, ECT...
CSCL GLOBE calls Rotterdam
NewsThe 19,100 TEU containership, currently the world record holder, has made her maiden call at ECT's Euromax terminal...
"Burying the hatchet" in Rotterdam
NewsECT will not appeal the judgement of its lawsuit against the Rotterdam port authority...
M2 blow to ECT
NewsECT will lose at least 400,000 TEU/year as MSC shifts its east-west traffic to APM Terminals Rotterdam on Maasvlakte I...