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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual countries and some regions.
Event – Seatrade Europe 2017 – Hamburg, September 6-8, 2017
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Seatrade Europe is the most important international convention for the cruise and river cruise industry...
Vilagarcía awards crane railway construction contract to Spain’s Comsa
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Vilagarcía port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía de Arousa) has signed a €359,461...
Maersk Line updates Mediterranean services with more calls in Spain
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – In view of the continuous evolution of commercial conditions, Maersk Line announced that, starting in...
Pasaia port to focus on traffic diversification
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Last year was a transition period for the port of Pasaia, where the effects of the latest restructuring...
Repsol voices worries about Punta Langosteira rail link
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Spanish oil giant Repsol has called on A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) to...
Vigo port president hails Maersk’s decision to rely on the harbour in links to Canada
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique Lopez Veiga, has praised the...
Ferrol port cargo traffic rises in Jan-July 2017
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The ports of Ferrol and San Cibrao handled a total of 7,594,143 tonnes in the first seven months of 2017,...
Marseille port seeks to challenge harbours in northern Europe with its smart port strategy
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Marseille-Fos port, historically linked to petrochemical activities, started its digital strategy a...
Maersk shifts strategy, remains in Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – When the definitive abandonment of Vigo port by Maersk was taken for granted, the Danish shipowner has...
Vigo port mulls over privatisation of wholesale market
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Vigo port’s wholesale market (lonja in Spanish) is deficient and the president of the port authority...
Andalusian ports join forces to launch regional cruise service
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The Andalusian port authorities are working on the creation of a cruise line linking the main tourist...
Shipping agents warn against elimination of customs’ night shift at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The Association of Shipping Agents of Thessaloniki has expressed its concern with the decision of...
Ukrainian government prepares concession of three seaports
Kherson, Ukraine (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure is preparing a pilot project for the concession of three...
Spanish ports to attend Seatrade Europe Hamburg Fair
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Around 30 companies, including port authorities and service and product providers, will unite at...
Spain establishes a position among Europe’s elite
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – According to the latest data offered by the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA...
Spain: 3.6 million cruise passengers in the first six months of 2017
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Cruise passenger traffic through Spanish ports has once again set a new historic record in the first...
Malta Freeport Corporation granted extension to the licence and lease of the Malta Freeport Terminals
Freeport, Malta (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Malta Freeport Corporation (MFC) has been granted an extension to the Licence and Lease of the Malta...
Public consultation period on Valencia Container Depot concession starts
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – The 20-day period for public consultation on the decision of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Maersk Line confirms launch of Med-Montreal service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Maersk Line has confirmed the launch of a new service that will link Mediterranean ports with Canada. The...
Valencia port to invest €100 million in improving rail accesses
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – The business plan of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) envisages the investment...