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Groupe PSA Peugeot Citroën

The PSA Group, legally known as Peugeot S.A. was a French multinational automotive manufacturing company which produced automobiles and motorcycles under the Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhall brands. On 18 December 2019, PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced that they had agreed to the terms of a binding $50 billion merger. On 16 July 2020, both companies announced the new name for their merged operations, Stellantis. The deal closed on 16 January 2021. Stellantis is now the third largest automotive manufacturing company, behind only Volkswagen and Toyota.

Tangier automotive developments concern Spanish operators

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Spanish port operators are increasingly concerned about the developing automotive industry sector in...

Tanger Med port set to start PSA vehicle exports

Tanger Med, (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – The TangerMed port complex is in preparation to start exporting locally made vehicles for PSA, the French...

Citroën presents new Berlingo model at Marin port

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – The Citroën Dalonga dealership in Pontevedra and Vilagarcía, together with Talleres Bagalones de...

Automakers benefit from EBRD investment in Tangier and Kenitra ports

Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to lend €16 million ($18.58...

Livorno port starts handling car transport railway link to Slovakia’s Trnava

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – Livorno has started handling a direct railway link with Slovakia’s Trnava for the transport of new...

PSA set for automotive exports from Tanger Med, Morocco

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) Jnauary 14, 2018 – A well-honed operation is being put in place to sell Groupe PSA-manufactured vehicles in...

Valencia port starts railway import service for new cars

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Valencia port started a railway import service of vehicles in December, when two convoys left the harbour to...

Morocco signs 26 local automotive projects

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Moroccan government has signed deals for 26 auto industry projects, including several with Renault...

PSA group and Renault sign further auto agreements in Morocco

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Morocco has signed agreements for 26 automotive projects linked to its growing industrial capacity in...

Nippon Express to open branch in Casablanca

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – Nippon Express, a global logistics company, is to open a branch office in the Moroccan port of...

Motorway of the Sea to Tangier allows Vigo to receive fresh fish in 36 hours

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – No European port would dispute Vigo harbour’s leadership in the handling of fish for human...

Groupe PSA exports first C3 Aircross cars through Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French carmaker Groupe PSA has exported the first C3 Aircross car produced at the Opel factory in Zaragoza...

Santander port forecasts record-high car traffic in 2017

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Santander port (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) enters in the fourth quarter of the year with positive...

TangerMed Freight introduced to meet order requirements

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – TangerMed and Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) have launched TangerMed...

Valencia port starts handling PSA cars shipped by train

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Today, Valencia port has received the first train loaded with cars from the Figueruelas factory of PSA...

Vigo port aims to include four more ports to MoS with Nantes

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that the...

Japan’s JTEKT to build plant in Tangier

Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Japanese group JTEKT Corporation is to build its first plant in Africa and the Middle East in Tanger...

Spanish port strike may cause supply problems to Citroën plant in Galicia

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The second of the six days of strike announced by the stowage trade unions in Spain has also been carried out...

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