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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual countries and some regions.
Ceuta-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines in Jan-May 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Passenger traffic across the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has reached 645,000...
Las Palmas port confident of keeping position as bunkering hub in Atlantic region
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Las Palmas port is confident that it will keep its position as a bunkering hub in the Atlantic after the...
USPA completes tender for reconstruction of Odessa port dock
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has said it completed a tender for the reconstruction of dock 7 at Odessa...
USPA to sell non-core assets
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has said it plans to sell non-core assets in its balance, in order to improve...
DP World announces opening of new passenger terminal in Limassol
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – This summer, DP World will opening of a new cruise terminal in the Cypriot port of Limassol. The new...
Bilbao port seeks to attract agrifood traffic from South America, Africa
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) and wholesale market operator Mercabilbao have met in...
Ceuta port cruise passenger traffic declines 87% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has closed the first five months of the year...
Tarragona port cargo traffic rises 5.2% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Tarragona port handled a total of 13.44 million tonnes of cargo in the first five months of 2017, an increase...
Slovenia to put Port of Koper rail project to referendum on September 24
Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The Slovenian National Assembly has set September 24 as the date for a referendum on the proposed...
Corsica to create a regional shipping company
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Corsica is in the process of creating a regional shipping company, which will provide ferry services...
Chinese Quechen may set up a plant in French Fos-sur-Mer
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The Chinese industrial group Quechen Silicon Chemical Co Ltd., the world’s third largest silica producing...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – May 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports May 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
VilagarcÃa port to invest €650,000 in capacity overhaul works
VilagarcÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – VilagarcÃa port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de VilagarcÃa) plans to invest €650,000 ($737,283) in...
Spain’s Railsider Mediterráneo to build container storage facility in Sagunto
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Spanish company Railsider Mediterráneo has announced plans to build a container storage facility in Sagunto,...
Barcelona, Shanghai free trade zones sign cooperation deal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – The free zones of Barcelona and Shanghai ports have signed a cooperation agreement to enhance the relations...
Spain’s Sasemar assumes control of sea traffic in Avilés port
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Spanish company Sasemar (Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad MarÃtima) has assumed the control of the sea...
Las Palmas port publishes rules regarding safety during cruise ship handling
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Las Palmas official gazette BoletÃn Oficial de la Provincia de Las Palmas (BOP) published yesterday the new...
Terminales MarÃtimos de Galicia applies for concession deadline extension at A Coruña port
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) is working on an application by Spanish...
Fincantieri, GE Power to jointly develop system for control of pollution of ships
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. has signed a cooperation agreement with GE Power for the development of a...
Chinese builder to complete first section of Bar-Boljare motorway by May 2019
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) expects to complete the construction of the first stretch of the...