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CMA CGM starts offering container tracking service

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – French company CMA CGM has started the commercialisation of an innovative solution for tracking containers...

Maersk inaugurates a new direct service between Fos and Canada

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – Maersk Line, a leading container company, will launch its new weekly “MMX” (Med/Montreal...

New container transfer system from the port of Algiers to dry ports

Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – A new system for the transfer of containers from the port of Algiers to dry ports has been put in place by...

Valenciaport reports increased traffic in the first five months of 2018

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) handled 2,065,808...

Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – May 2018 container terminal statistics

Kumport, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited,...

Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – May 2018 container terminal statistics

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported May 2018...

Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – May 2018 container terminal statistics

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported May 2018...

Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – May 2018 container terminal statistics

Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported May 2018 container...

Noatum Port Holdings – May 2018 container terminal statistics

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported May 2018 container...

Tanger Med seeks to expand facilities, limit congestion

Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – In 2017, the port handled some 51 million tonnes of cargo. The Moroccan port offer on the Mediterranean...

Tarros, Arkas start operating new lines with calls in Leixões port

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Leixões port has started handling regular connections with ports in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt...

Valencia port aims to increase intermodal traffic

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Valencia port aims to increase the integration of cargo traffic between ships and trains, although there is...

Comark introduces vehicle monitoring system at Trieste port

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – An innovative system, Spata, based on laser scanner technology that detects the profiles of vehicles in...

Ukraine and Lithuania discuss increasing freight traffic between the ports of the Black and Baltic Seas

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – On June 11, 2018, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Yuriy Lavrenyuk met with the Vice-Minister of...

Rome and Lazio ports show positive signs in the freight and passenger sectors

Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...

Venice ports completes canal work to welcome larger vessels

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The project to excavate and improve the Malamocco-Marghera canal has been completed. The operation, which is...

Maersk to start operations at Almería port

Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Danish shipping company Maersk Line has said it will start operating in the port of Almería after reaching a...

Damietta Port cargo traffic increases 18% in March

Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 10, 2018 – The Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has said that the amount of handled cargo at the port increased by 18%...

Valencia port president recommends appointment of public works minister from the region

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Valencia is already the biggest port in the Mediterranean in terms of container traffic, and is among the 30 top...

Mediterranean ports gain container market share

Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Mediterranean ports’ total container traffic has exceeded one of the harbours in northern Europe, according...

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