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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual countries and some regions.
Japanese businesses investing in Izmir
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Many Japanese companies have recently made investments in the Aegean province of İzmir, which is seen as...
Greek shipping ministry announces plan for regional ports
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The Greek Minister of Shipping & Island Policy has announced privatisation plans for the ports...
SSA Marine interested in Anaklia port management
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – Leading international terminal operator SSA Marine has started negotiations with the Anaklia...
Gibraltar port appoints new pilot
Gibraltar (Ports Europe) January 21, 2017 – The Gibraltar Port Authority has appointed a new pilot. Captain Pete Hilbert has recently completed his four...
Brexit – British International Freight Association (BIFA) comments on May’s speech
London, United Kingdom, January 21, 2017 – The British International Freight Association (BIFA) says that whilst Prime Minister Theresa May’s much...
Brexit – CBI’s report of the UK-EU negotiations – transport, distribution and logistics sector
London, United Kingdom, December 23, 2016 – As an enabling industry, the transport, distribution and logistics sector supports and relies on the whole...
Brexit – British Ports Association responds to Prime Minister’s speech
London, United Kingdom, January 21, 2017 – Responding to the Prime Minister’s Brexit speech this week, the British Ports Association (BPA) Chief...
Valencia port to invest €23 million in dredging seabed at container terminals
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has envisaged a funding of €23 million...
Valencia port acquires three land plots at logistics zone ZAL
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has signed the agreement for the purchase of...
Balearia, Renfe sign deal to sell tickets jointly
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – The president of shipping company Balearia, Adolfo Utor, and the chairman of Spanish state-run railway...
Russian government to examine Greek port, railway projects cooperation proposals
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Russia is ready to promptly examine the Greek proposal for port and rail projects, the Ministry of...
Spanish Public Works Minister to chair signing ceremony of loan to Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna will chair on January 23 in Ferrol the signing of the...
Cadiz port cargo traffic rises 8.52% Y/Y in 2016
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Cargo traffic in Cadiz port grew by 8.52% on the year in 2016, reaching 3.979 million tonnes, the best...
Occitania regional president to appoint former minister as president of Sete port
Sete, France (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – The president of the French region of Occitania, Carole Delga, announced that the former Minister of...
Nador port to start expansion works shortly
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – Work on the construction of the integrated platform at Morocco’s Nador port will begin shortly....
Valencia port workers participate in Rotterdam training project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – A course for the managers of terminals Noatum, Intersagunto and APM Terminals is being held this week...
Damietta port reports increased cargo traffic in Q3 2016
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Damietta Port Authority has reported an increase of 2.6% in vessel numbers throughout the third quarter...
Kosovo and Albania to open joint Durrës customs checkpoint
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – The Ministries of Finances of Kosovo and Albania have agreed to open a joint customs checkpoint at...
SPC-Spain names vice president
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Spanish shortsea shipping association SPC-Spain (Asociación Española para la Promoción del...
Almeria mayor, Puertos del Estado president discuss railway line construction project
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Almeria mayor Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco held a meeting with the president of Spanish national port agency...