Port News & Information Mediterranean, Black & Caspian Seas

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)

Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970, with headquarters in Switzerland since 1978. The privately held company is owned by the Aponte family. It is now a leading, global shipping, logistics and port terminal operator. Its port terminal division is called Terminal Investment Limited (Til). MSC Cruises is a subsidiary in the cruise liner industry.

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 13/2020 – Rethinking supply chains in the time of COVID-19

Covid-19 Update – Issue 13/2020 – Ports of Genoa – May 12, 2020 Global trade is declining and shipping carriers are reducing the supply of...

Valenciaport port community reach 2019 environmental objectives of the ECOPORT II project

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) May 8, 2020 – The Ecoport II project, operated by Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port...

Ports of Genoa: Covid-19 Update – Issue 6/2020

Covid-19 Update – Issue 6/2020 – Ports of Genoa – April 17, 2020 The World Economic Outlook report, recently published by the IMF, predicts a 3%...

MSC Group President & CEO Aponte comments on the COVID-19 situation for MSC cargo business

MSC Group President & CEO Diego Aponte comments below on the COVID-19 situation for MSC’s cargo business – April 6, 2020 The spread of COVID-19...

M/V Bernadette – the largest container vessel ever to call at Port of Thessaloniki

News – M/V Bernadette – The largest container vessel ever to call at Port of Thessaloniki – March 30, 2020 In another groundbreaking event, the...

MSC presents new flexible cargo service to meet Asian demand

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company’s new “Suspension of Transit” (SOT) programme is a flexible cargo service that will help to fulfil the imminent...

Five consortia interested in operating Beirut port container terminal

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 30, 2020 – The Ministry of Public Works and Transport issued a tender for the concession of Beirut port container...

Beirut port container terminal set for ownership tender, CMA CGM interested

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 2, 2020 – The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has issued a tender for the concession of Beirut port container...

Valenciaport presents new container terminal benefits to local socialist party

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2020 – Aurelio Martínez, president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port...

MSC to speak at 2020 Geneva blockchain conference

MSC will be at the forefront of discussions on blockchain technology within the Geneva Blockchain Congress that will take place at Palexpo on Monday 20 January...

Puertos del Estado supports Luis Ibarra’s plan for Puertos de Las Palmas

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2020 – The president of Puertos del Estado (PdE), Salvador de la Encina, accompanied by the...

95% of replies support the new terminal of the port of Valencia

The Port Authority of Valencia will answer each of the allegations and try to incorporate the improvements that can be assumed. 205 out of a total of 216...

Unanimous support of the Valencian Community to the new container terminal of Valencia port

Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has registered up until 14.00 today more than 200 replies from...

Gioia Tauro port’s MCT returns to growth

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – After two years of economic uncertainty, the southwest Italian port of Gioia Tauro has returned to...

Traxens to open office in Shenzhen, China

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 8, 2020 – Traxens, a developer of solutions for the cargo logistics sector, innovative container monitoring...

Ukraine seaports transfer over 1 million TEU containers in 2019

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 6, 2020 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has reported that in 2019, local seaports handled over 1 million...

EBRD to provide loan to Asyaport in Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 30, 2019 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to provide a $12 million...

MSC to start using biofuels to reduce emissions

Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) December 7, 2019 – The MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has reported that it will now begin using biofuel in...

Valenciaport promotes reefer services at Fruit Attraction Fair in Madrid

Fruit and vegetable traffic is growing at a rate of 21.49% at the end of September and could exceed 800,000 tons at the end of the year Since last week, the...

Valencia major objects to north extension of port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 1, 2019 – On September 30, Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia)...

Subscribe to weekly news

We keep you informed on the top European port news.