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MSC improves two services including calls in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the improvement of two of its services linking Northern...

Vigo port launches ro-ro ramp at Bouzas terminal

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2017 –  Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has completed the rearangement of the huge parking lot at...

Five global groups show interest in Port Yuzhniy’s dredging tender

Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – The tender for a contractor for the dredging in Port Yuzhniy will be attended by five leading global...

Ukraine’s Kernel Holding to sell stake in Taman port’s grain terminal

Taman, Russia (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – The largest Ukrainian agro-industrial group, Kernel Holding, has sold its share of the grain terminal in...

Greece’s Attica Group profit declines 39% in 2016

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2017 – Greek shipping company Attica Group booked a profit of €20.2 million ($21.5 million) in 2016, down 39%. The...

Greece requests improved bids for Thessaloniki privatisation

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – The Greek privatization agency (HRADF/TAIPED) has asked for improved offers from three consortia that...

Contship expands Hannibal rail services

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2017 – Hannibal, the multimodal transport operating division of the Contship Italia Group, is expanding with a...

Toyota, Bolloré visit East Port Said

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 15, 2017 – A consortium of Japan’s Toyota Corporation and Bolloré of France have visited East Port Said port...

Luka Koper – Maritime throughput and revenues in Jan–Mar 2017

Luka Koper, Slovenia, April 12, 2017 – On the basis of the Rules of Ljubljana Stock Exchange and the Financial Instruments Market Act RS, Luka Koper d.d....

Mersin International Port Chooses RTE’s GRASP Reefer Monitoring System

McGraw, NY, April 5, 2017 – Refrigerated Transport Electronics Inc.(RTE) recently completed the installation and commissioning of their GRASP RRCE-T Reefer...

Maersk receives largest container ship worldwide

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The record for the largest container ship in operation was again beaten, moving from Mitsui OSK...

Setubal port among candidates for EDP Electricity and Environmental Award

Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – Setubal port authority (Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra) is a candidate for EDP Energias...

Shipping Company of the Year Award for Grimaldi Group

Naples, Italy, April 10, 2017 – In the majestic surroundings of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, last 5th April the Grimaldi Group received the...

Corsica Ferries executives to acquire Lota family’s stake

Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The executives of French ferry company Corsica Ferries plan to acquire the shareholding of the Lota...

Marseille port installs system for power supply to ships

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – A power supply system installed in January 2017 at Marseille port allows ferries to be docked without...

Siemens improves Sines port productivity

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Siemens, a German conglomerate company and the largest manufacturing and electronics company in Europe, has...

Italy’s Sonsub to set up headquarters at Trieste port

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Sonsub A.S., a company that develops applied technology for the Saipem Group, plans to set up its headquarters...

Noatum starts operating six new cranes at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia, the operator of container terminals at the Principe Felipe and Costa del...

Bouygues Travaux Publics to produce concrete blocks at Marseille port

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 12, 2017 – The extension of six hectares of the area of the Principality of Monaco will lead to the construction of...

Volkswagen starts using Tarragona port as hub in Spain

Tarragona, Spain, April 11, 2017 – German carmaker Volkswagen has recently started using Tarragona port as one of its three hubs in Spain, after...

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