Agriculture & Food
The import, export and storage of agriculture and food products linked to ports. Includes reefer transport of fresh goods.
South European port authorities attend Berlin Fruit Logistica fair
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – A number of southern European port authorities will be attending the 2019 Fruit Logistica fair, taking...
CMA CGM to attend Fruitlogica 2019 fair
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 20, 2019 – CMA CGM, the global French shipping company, will be part of the 27th edition of the Fruit Logistica...
Iran to start meat, livestock imports through Turkey’s Trabzon port
Trabzon, Turkey (PortSEurope) December 28, 2018 – Iran plans to start imports of livestock and meat from Turkey’s Trabzon port, managing director of...
Brazilian agriculture cooperative visits Las Palmas
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Representatives of Brazilian agriculture cooperative Unium plan to visit Las Palmas port in the...
Trieste port may become gateway for Europe’s banana imports from India
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – A shipment of 22 tonnes of bananas from India has been handled at Trieste port, which will be donated to...
Cartagena port authority to invest €16 million
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) has approved a tender for a...
Civitavecchia port container dispute suspended until June
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Francesco Maria di Majo, President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Ukraine looks to improve land and port transport of agricultural products
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 26, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan held a meeting to seek...
Nestlé Waters to restart Vergèze (Gard) and Fos-sur-Mer port service
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) November 17, 2018 – Nestlé Waters is restart the 100 km railway line between the Perrier factory in Vergèze (Gard,...
Civitavecchia may lose Chiquita’s banana traffic
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Civitavecchia port may lose its entire traffic of bananas imported by US company Chiquita, due to...
Caprabo signs contract to build new distribution platform in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – A contract has been signed by Caprabo SA and CILSA SA, the manager of the ZAL Port, for the...
FAO and a delegation from Egypt is interested in agri-food activity in Malaga port
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 4, 2018 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and an Egyptian delegation...
Almería port presents fruit, vegetables export service
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería) president Mari Carmen Ortiz closed...
Spanish ports represented at Fruit Attraction Fair
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Fruit Attraction Fair is an annual international trade show for the fruit and vegetable industry. With...
Traffic of horticultural products in Spanish ports grows by 25% in Jan-Aug 2018
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Traffic of fruits, vegetables and legumes by Spanish ports reached 2,917,449 tonnes in the first eight...
Almería port’s agri-food exports increase
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2018 – Spain’s agri-food sector exported some 15,200 tonnes of produce through 103 companies last year via...
Cilsa to build warehouse for Eroski at Barcelona port’s ZAL logistics complex
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 22, 2018 – Spanish company Cilsa, which operates the logistics activities in Barcelona port, will build a warehouse...
Almería port to promote fresh fruit exports line at Fruit Attraction Fair
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) October 22, 2018 – Almería port plans to participate in the Fruit Attraction Fair, which begins in Madrid on October 23,...
Port of Almeria authorized for the importation of live animals and feed
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) October 21, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería) has been authorized by the...
Over €2 million invested in new cattle facility in Sète port
Sète, France (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – A leader in the export of livestock in Europe, the port of Sète has opened a new facility meeting the...