Luka Koper News

The Port of Koper operator in Slovenia, Luka Koper d.d., has ordered five electric Konecranes RTG cranes. The cranes will be equipped with cable reels featuring an auto plug-in system.They will be delivered in the summer of 2019. The contract was signed in June and the order was booked in Q2 2018.Luka Koper’s new Konecranes RTGs will offer important environmental benefits thanks to their electric operation: regenerative power feedback to the local grid, ambient lighting with LED lights and low noise.The cranes will also have driver-assistance features that boost productivity: Auto-steering, Auto-TOS reporting, Auto-positioning, and Stack Collision Prevention. “Luka Koper has been our customer for over fourteen years.

At the assembly of  North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) the port of Koper, Dragomir Matić, president of Luka Koper took the half-year presidency of the NAPA association. As emphasized at the meeting of representatives of the ports, it is crucial that all ports continue investing in new facilities and strengthen the market position of the entire Adriatic transport route. Data for 2016 shows that in general the throughput in north Adriatic is increasing and that the mission of the association is being realized through the acquisition of trade flows, which traditionally sail to the ports of northern Europe. In the light of last year's reforms…

Slovenia's Luka Koper port welcomed its largest container ship to date, as the 367 metre Gerda Maersk moored on Tuesday, just weeks after completing a long-awaited deepening of its seabed to allow larger ships to dock. The Gerda Maersk weighing 10,150 TEU - berthed there on Tuesday after another container ship - of China’s Alliance Ocean 3 - weighing 5,668 TEU, arrived in the port two days ago. Koper is currently the largest container port in the northern Adriatic. "Both alliances chose Koper for the first Adriatic port in their route, which is of utmost importance for partners in need of short transit times for their cargo travelling between Asia and Europe," Luka Koper said. Vessels of the third new container service - of Taiwan-based Evergreens - are also expected to arrive in Koper.

Terminal management and planning software provider Tideworks Technology, Inc., has announced that Luka Koper, the chief port and logistics company of Slovenia, has selected Tideworks to implement its suite of terminal operating system (TOS) solutions at the country’s main seaport. The deployment will include Tideworks’ entire suite of TOS solutions including Mainsail Terminal Management System, Mainsail Online, Spinnaker Planning Management System, Traffic Control, Forecast and Digital Bridge performance monitoring tool. In addition to directing all aspects of container activities, Tideworks’ TOS will help Luka Koper manage Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) operations with its integrated Ro-Ro and non-containerized cargo module. The new TOS is scheduled to go live in Q4 2011. www.tideworks.com

Slovenian shipping firm Intereuropa and port operator Luka Koper canceled a planned merger because the government was demanding the right to veto any management decisions in the new firm. The two companies had planned to merge on July 1. The state owns 51 percent of Luka, while Intereuropa is privately owned. The state's equity in the new company would have been 35.7 percent. "There will be no merger under such conditions where the government would have the right to veto practically every management decision," Radovan Vrabec, Intereuropa's deputy chief executive, said. He said the two companies would be ready to continue merger talks if the government eased its demands. Vrabec said the two firms would not suffer short-term damage due to the failure of the merger.

Slovenian shipping firm Intereuropa and port operator Luka Koper canceled a planned merger because the government demanded the right to veto any management decisions in the new firm. The two companies had planned to merge on July 1. The state owns 51 percent of Luka, while Intereuropa is privately owned. The state's equity in the new company would have been 35.7 percent. Officials said the two companies would be ready to continue merger talks if the government eased its demands.

Slovenia's largest shipping firm Intereuropa is relaunching a bid to merge with the country's only port operator Luka Koper following last October's change of government. The two companies first planned to merge last year but called off the deal in April because the-then government was demanding the right to veto management decisions in the new firm. The Slovenian government owns 51 percent of Luka. "Slovenia is getting closer to membership of the European Union and we believe the present government will support the merger," said Radovan Vrabec, deputy director of Intereuropa. He said the merger, which Intereuropa hoped to complete this year, would enable the two companies to expand their logistics network and improve competitiveness ahead of joining the EU.

Slovenian shipping firm Intereuropa fell over four percent by midday trade on Wednesday amid fears that the government may not approve its proposed merger with port operator Luka Koper. At one point during the day, shares of Intereuropa were down 4.58 percent at 2,480 tolars ($13.03) on volume of 5,526 shares, although the company earlier in the morning reported a 24 percent in group nine-month net profit. Traders said there was no explanation for the drop other than the possibility that some believe the merger with Luka Koper will not happen. The government debated the merger on Tuesday in a session closed to media. A decision is expected by the end of the month.

The merger between Slovenia's port operator Luka Koper and shipping firm Intereuropa is expected to take place on July 1, according to Luka Koper officials. The new firm will be called Globalni Logisticni Servis (GLS). Most issues related to the planned merger were resolved at a recent meeting of Luka and Intereuropa with government representatives, officials said. The issues included transfer of the state's shares in Luka to GLS and lease of state-owned land used by Luka. The state would have a 35.7 percent stake in GLS, compared with 51 percent now. The final decision on the merger will be made at shareholders' meetings of both companies, probably in April.