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BPA: UK needs frictionless trade deal with EU after Brexit

London, United Kingdom, March 17, 2017 – The British Ports Association (BPA) has called for a frictionless trade agreement between the UK and EU...

Castellon port analyses potential to attract cruise traffic

Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Castellon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) is working on an analysis that allows it to...

Savona, Genoa ports to become backbone of Italian harbour system

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – The port system of Genoa and Savona will be the backbone of the Italian harbour sector, as guaranteed by...

Spanish minister highlights growth potential of Portugal’s Sines port

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – At the end of February, Inigo de la Serna, Spanish Minister of Public Works, received the Minister of...

Barcelona port receives award at Seatrade Cruise Global fair

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Barcelona port has received the “Best port for turnaround operations” award of Cruise...

Alicante port forecasts cruise traffic growth in 2017

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – The joint promotion work carried out in recent years by Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...

Bilbao port to officially open cruise passenger station by end-March

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) said it plans to officially open its new cruise...

Montenegro to conclude contract for Bar port sale by end-March

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Montenegro’s government expects to complete the talks on the privatisation of Luka Bar a.d. Bar,...

Tenerife port is among top five Spanish ports for container traffic productivity

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Tenerife port is among the top five in Spain in terms of daily container traffic. At present, the dockers...

Government to propose public-public partnership for Koper port railway project

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – The expansion of the rail track between Divaca and Koper port is to be financed in a public-public...

Trade unions accuse Sète port of “organised precarisation” of dockers

Sète, France (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Trade unions accused Sète port of an “organised precarisation” of dockers. Serge...

Spanish Congress rejects decree on stowage sector reform

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Spanish Congress has rejected the government’s decree regulating the reform in the country’s...

Ocean Alliance maiden voyage to Adriatic: new routing from April

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – With effect from the first week of April (departures from Far East), the Ocean Alliance service to the...

German ambassador visits Sines port

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Christof Weil, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Portugal and Minister Counselor Heike...

Algarve diversifies with exports to Algeria

Portimão, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – At the port of Portimão, the general cargo ship “Saoura” was loaded with fiber cement...

Hamburg Süd imposes Spanish surcharge

Hamburg, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The German shipping line has announced the introduction of a port congestion charge applicable to all...

The Mediterannean Sea continues attracting cruisers

Fort Lauderdale, United States (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – MedCruise presented today to the cruise world gathered in Fort Lauderdale for Seatrade...

Spanish government proposes early retirement scheme to stevedores

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The Spanish government has proposed to stevedores an early retirement scheme, which will be available to...

Sicilian port authorities jointly present cruise offer at Florida fair

Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – The Sicilian port authorities in Palermo, Catania and Messina-Milazzo have jointly promoted the...

Trieste port, AREA Science Park sign cooperation deal

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Italy’s Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System, managing Trieste port, has signed a cooperation agreement with...

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