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Port of Leixões cargo throughput up 9% in first half 2017

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – In the first six months of this year, the Port of Leixões handled 9.7 million tons of commodities,...

Investors of maritime projects discuss potential of Kazakhstan’s ports

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – On July 20, a forum took place in Aktau to discuss increasing cargo in Azeri ports. An international...

Kiel expands southern rail capacity

Kiel, Germany (Ports Europe) July 22, 2017 – The German Baltic seaport of Kiel is to expand its cargo platform space to accommodate longer trains...

Environmentalists to protest against new Port d’Alcúdia silo

Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) July 22, 2017 – In response to a cement silo planned for Port d’Alcúdia, environmentalists in Mallorca called for a...

Barcelona reports record cargo traffic for H1 2017

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 21, 2017 – The first six months of 2017 were the best first half of the history of the Port of Barcelona,...

Government approves fiscal plan of Odessa port for 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 21, 2017 – The Ukrainian government has approved the financial plan of Odessa seaport for 2017 with an expected net...

Portsur Castellón handles more large vessels

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The large draft of the facilities of Portsur Castellón has increased the arrival of large tonnage vessels...

Algeciras port shares experience with South Korea officials

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The managers of Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) met with representatives...

Spain’s Nunsys to manage Valencia port authority’s IT safety network

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Spanish software company Nunsys has been awarded the tender of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...

Vigo port says refrigeration facilities customers could face higher costs

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has informed the owners...

Bilbao port presents horticultural trade to Costa Rican delegation

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Mercabilbao and Bilbao port received a visit of a delegation of government officials from Costa Rica which...

Cartagena port to invest €1.3 million in road construction

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) plans to invest €1.3 million ($1.5 million)...

Barcelona port profit rises 15% y/y in H1 2017

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Barcelona port booked a net profit of €22.1 million ($25.7 million) in the first six months of the year,...

MSC to launch five intercontinental lines from Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will open five new intercontinental sea routes from Barcelona port...

Barcelona port to commission brand valuation study

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The port of Barcelona plans to commission a new brand valuation study. The project will be carried out...

Bilbao port calls tender for construction of ro-ro ramp

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has announced a tender for the construction and...

La Spezia port cargo traffic rises 14.2% y/y in H1 2017

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – La Spezia port has closed the first six months of the year with a growth in traffic to 713,434 TEUs, up...

USPA completes revision of port charges calculation method

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA), in cooperation with the state enterprise “UKRNIIMF”...

Lisbon port receives Saudi Port Authority delegation

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Lisbon port received a delegation of two representatives from the Saudi Port Authority, namely the...

Leixões port books best ever cruise traffic in May

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Leixões port continues to book records surpassing the 29,000 passengers in 31 ship stopovers in the first...

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