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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual countries and some regions.
Marseille port cargo traffic remains stable in 2016
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Marseille port generated a cargo traffic of 80.9 million tonnes in 2016, almost unchanged on the...
Marseille signs port agreement with Conakry
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 22, 2017 –Â Â The Autonomous Port of Conakry, the capital city of Guinea in west Africa, and the port of...
First train on TEN-T Adriatic-Baltic corridor to depart from Trieste port on Jan 25
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The first intermodal train scheduled on the Kiel-Gothenburg route will travel from Trieste port...
Palau International Ship Registry opens Piraeus office
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Houston-based Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) has announced it will open an office the Greek...
Brexit – Dover port comments on Prime Minister’s statement
Dover, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Tim Waggott, Chief Executive of the Port of Dover, has said that the port welcomes Therese...
Portugal expects 60% rise in Setubal port cargo traffic
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vitorino said that the Portuguese government expects a...
Cosiarma returns to Lisbon port on Jan 22
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Italian shipping company Cosiarma S.p.a., which left Lisbon port in 2014, has resumed its maritime...
Puertos del Estado president says access construction to Punta Langosteira is essential
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The access to the Punta Langosteira, the outer harbour of A Coruna port, is “a pending...
Motril port cargo traffic rises 10% Y/Y in 2016
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – With a total cargo traffic of 2.1 million tonnes and a growth of 10% on the year in 2016, Motril port...
Valencia port reduces sale price of yacht purchased for America’s Cup
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has reduced the sale price of the yacht it...
Castellon port changes valuation of land plots in its area
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Castellon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has modified the valuation of the land in...
Kartesia takes control of Castellon port solid bulk cargo terminal operator
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Luxembourg-based investment fund Kartesia and Spain’s Gimeno Group have taken control of a...
UniportBilbao names president
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The board of directors of UniportBilbao, the association supporting the promotion and competitive...
Consorcio de la Marina presents plan to reconstruct Valencia marina
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Â Spanish company Consorcio de la Marina has presented a plan for the reconstruction of the marina at...
Damietta reports traffic growth in 2016
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 –Â Damietta Port Authority has reported an increase in the movement of ships and cargo in 2016 compared...
Cosco continues to develop Piraeus operations
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 22, 2017 – Cosco, the Chinese shipping group which operates Piraeus port, is adding to the port’s capacity...
Cosco presence in Greece yet to be exploited
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 22, 2017 – At Naftemporiki’s 3rd annual shipping conference last week, Tassos Vamvakidis, the commercial...
Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority to improve relations with dredging companies
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 – Under the leadership of new acting CEO Raivis Vetskagans, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)...
Malta National Statistics Office reports record cruise year in 2016
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 –Â According to figures published by the National Statistics Office in Malta, 2016 was a record year for...
Beirut port revenues down in 2016
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – The Port of Beirut (PoB) and Port of Tripoli (PoT) reported revenues of  $254 million (€237.7...