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Barcelona port profit declines in 2016

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Barcelona port booked a profit of €33.2 million ($35.8 million) in 2016, down 16% on the year. The...

Ukrainian seaports grain traffic declines in 2016

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Ukrainian seaports handled 131.998 million tonnes of grain in 2016, down by 8.7% on the year,...

Mykolaiv designs 16 business projects to attract investors

Mykolaiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Mykolaiv Development Agency has designed 16 business projects to attract investors to the city,...

DP World takes over management of Limassol port

Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Dubai-based port and terminal operator DP World took over operations at the Port of Limassol, Cyprus,...

SCZone talks with PSA International over East Port Said container terminal ongoing

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Talks are ongoing between the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) and Singapore port-operator PSA...

Rail Cargo Austria subsidiary relocates to Porto Marghera

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – The Rail Cargo Austria subsidiary Rail Cargo Carrier Italy (RCCI) is to relocate its operational...

USPA and Ministry of Infrastructure have common vision of port development

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Raivis Veckagans has held a meeting with the members of the Committee for Logistics of the European...

Gibraltar Port Captain presents at Dubai bunkering convention

Gibraltar (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 –  Commodore Bob Sanguinetti, CEO and Captain of the Port, was one of the key speakers at the Middle East...

Gijon port installs anti-pollution wall

Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Gijon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón) has completed the installation of an anti-pollution...

Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Bilbao port handled a total of 31.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, a figure very similar to the one...

Aviles port handles its largest project cargo ever

Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Spanish company Maritima del Principado (Marprin), owned by Toro y Betolaza Group, successfully...

Cartagena port cruise traffic rises 24.5% Y/Y in 2016

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Cartagena port has been seeing a spectacular rise in the number of companies choosing it as a home...

Vigo port cargo traffic declines by 4.02% Y/Y in 2016

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – The total traffic of Vigo port in 2016 amounted to 4.12 million tonnes, a decrease of 4.02% on the year....

Valencia port president expects reduced container traffic

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martinez considers that,...

Alicante port authority tenders environmental improvement works

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) has tendered the works for the project of...

Companies complete first LNG bunkering operation of Abel Matutes ship at Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Spanish companies Gas Natural Fenosa and Balearia have successfully concluded the first bunkering of...

French environmental organisation calls for rapid introduction of LNG as marine fuel

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Presenting new elements of its survey on air pollution from maritime transport, France Nature...

Marseille port introduces system for power delivery to ferry ships

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – An electrical connection system for ferries, which allows ships to be powered when they are docked...

Koper port throughput 2016

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 – Maritime throughput and revenues in January – December 2016 period On the basis of the Rules of...

Limassol port to close on Friday ahead of takeover

Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – Immediately prior to private companies taking over operations at Limassol port, the port remains...

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