EU-PORTRAItS Final Conference in Brussels, 28/11/2016
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The Final Conference of the Project took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 28th November, 2016. The event was organized by Project partner VTT – Technical Research Centre of Finland, with support from CERTH – Centre for Research and Technology Hellas. It was attended by Project partners and stakeholders’ representatives from 35 different organizations from Germany, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Romania and Spain.
A Cross-Fertilization conference on new developments in ports and future port worker training needs, organized within the framework of the EU-PORTRAItS project (European Port Workers Training Scheme), took place last week in Hamburg, Germany. The event, which was held on 26-27th May 2016, was organized by VTT – Technical Research Centre of Finland with support from Hamburg Port Training Institute GmbH - HPTI. It was attended by project partners’ and stakeholders’ representatives from 18 different organizations from Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Spain. The European Commission was also represented by the Project Officer Ms. Ioana Statu.
Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) and the Port of Barcelona have announced an extension of HPH’s current concession agreement with Barcelona’s Europe South Terminal by another 15 years, where it plans to invest US$6.5 billion to fully automate the terminal, according to the Journal of Commerce.