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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual countries and some regions.
Spain’s Adif plans actions for overhaul of Bobadilla-Algeciras line
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif is carrying out the inspection of the Bobadilla-Algeciras railway...
AlmerÃa, Malaga, Melilla ports to strengthen ties
AlmerÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The ports of AlmerÃa, Malaga and Melilla agreed yesterday to work together to strengthen the ties they have...
Croatia gets EU funding for construction of bulk terminal in Osijek
Osijek, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The Croatian government has agreed a EU financing for the construction of bulk cargo terminal in Osijek. The...
Occitanie region targets 4.6 million tonnes of cargo traffic at Sète port in 2020
Sète, France (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – France’s Occitanie region revealed a strategy to boost the competitiveness of Sète port. The objective is...
Portuguese stevedores not to service ships diverted from Spain
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – After the Spanish government approved a decree for the reform of the stowage sector and trade unions announced...
Spanish parliament to discuss stowage sector reform on May 18
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – A new call for strikes in Spanish ports by the stowage trade unions has not had an impact, at the moment, on...
Poland’s OT Logistics places fresh bid for 30% stake in Luka Bar
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The Montenegrin privatisation council said it has received a new and “more profitable” bid for the...
South Korea’s HMM to acquire entire capital of TTI Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) said that it will buy the entire share capital of...
Speech by Jyrki Katainen, Vice President European Commission, at the Leaders’ Roundtable of the Belt and Road Forum
Brussels, 15 May 2017 [Mr. President, your Excellencies.] On behalf of the European Union it is a pleasure to be here in Beijing at the Belt and Road Forum,...
Serbia to agree on financing of Bar-Belgrade motorway section in November
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – Serbian infrastructure minister Zorana Mihajlovic said she expects to sign a contract for the financing of the...
Valencia port authority container traffic rises 10% y/y in April
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The ports operated by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), namely Valencia, Gandia and...
Barcelona port container traffic rises 26% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – During the first four months of 2017, Barcelona port handled 864,500 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase...
Castellón port puts into operation anticontamination barrier
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has invested €170,000 ($188,500) in the...
Basque Country, Valencia claim direct management of ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The governments of the autonomous regions of the Basque Country and Valencia have called on the central...
Hapag-Lloyd improves IMEX service between Mediterranean, India, Middle East
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Hapag-Lloyd has announced the improvement of its IMEX service between the Mediterranean, India and the Middle East...
Barcelona port plans business mission to Argentina, Uruguay
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – Barcelona port will carry out a business mission to Buenos Aires and Montevideo from November 11 to 17, led by...
Málaga-Melilla line passenger traffic rises 15% y/y in Jan-April 2017
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The maritime line that connects Melilla and Málaga has registered a 15% increase in the number of passengers and...
Italian ports are strategic for China’s One Belt One Road initiative – PM
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – China puts in place a multi-billion dollar investment plan for the New Silk Road, the largest infrastructure,...
Vigo port containerised cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Almost a year after Danish shipping giant Maersk decided to relocate its container hub in Spain to Marin port from...
Spanish minister warns against consequences of dockworkers’ strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works Inigo de la Serna warned against the risks that the strikes of stevedores...