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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual countries and some regions.
Minister claims improvements as Limassol workers plan strike
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) – February 7, 2017 – Following the privatisation of Limassol port last week, the port remains disrupted. Customers...
Infracapital to take control of Gruppo Investimenti Portuali
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Infracapital, a leading investor in European infrastructure, is set to take control of GIP (Gruppo...
Naples port cargo traffic rises 6.7% in 2016
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Naples port handled 22.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 6.7% on the year, with imports edging up...
Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao presents project for access door automation
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao)Â and Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao jointly...
Ferrol port handles 1.32 million tonnes of cargo in Jan 2017
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Ferrol port handled 1.32 million tonnes in January 2017, provisional data showed. Although the results...
Cosco says Valencia port has crucial role for activities in Spain
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Valencia is a key port for the strategy of COSCO Shipping Lines in Spain, the managing director of the...
DP World reports 3.2% volume growth in 2016 and 6.0% volume growth in 4Q2016
Dubai, UAE (Ports Europe)  February 7, 2017 – DP World Limited handled 63.7 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of...
Eurogate reports container handling volumes hold up well in 2016
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Eurogate has reported container volumes for 2016. In the just completed financial year 2016, the...
Azov port cargo traffic rises 49% Y/Y in Jan 2017
Azov, Russia (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 –Â Azov port handled 462,000 tonnes of cargo in January 2017, up 48.8% on the year, harbourmaster Vladimir...
Port of Adria accused of violating Bar port concession contract
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 –Â The Social Democratic Party of Montenegro (SDP) has accused Port of Adria of failing to meet its...
Algeria’s ENTMV to launch Mostaganem-Barcelona service
Mostaganem, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – State-owned ferry company Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime de Voyageurs (ENTMV) is to...
Ferrol port to start 2017 cruise season on February 26
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Ferrol-San Cibrao) plans to start the cruise season on...
Noatum board approves corporate restructuring
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – The board of directors of Spanish shipping group Noatum approved a new corporate structure that...
Valencia port to invest in beach regeneration
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to invest €3 million ($3.2 million)...
Event – 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum 23-24 May 2017, Athens
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 –Â With more than 700 participants and 39 exhibitors from 20 countries and territories participating in a...
Russian government enacts 2017-2019 state assets privatisation plan
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Russia has adopted the program on the privatisation of state-owned assets for 2017-2019, Deputy...
OTC presents Propriano port plans
Propriano, Corsica, France  (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Ean-Félix Acquaviva, the president of l’Office des transports de la Corse (the...
Valencia ports handle 7.04% of traffic by rail in 2016
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – The share of rail transport at the ports operated by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Sines port cargo traffic grows in 2016
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Sines port handled 51 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 16.4% on the year. Container traffic rose by...
USPA presents market development plans to world’s dredging companies
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 5, 2017 –Â Ukrainian Seaport Authority (USPA) has presented the prospective projects scheduled for current year...