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Barcelona port hosts christening of MSC Cadiz ship

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – The Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) has hosted the christening of the container ship “MSC...

TFG Transfracht links up with Koper port

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – TFG Transfracht, a provider of containerized seaport hinterland services, is to integrate the Adriatic...

Asia-Mediterranean container shipping declines in Jan-Feb 2017

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – According to a recent report by UK consultancy Drewry, container shipping on the Asia-Mediterranean sea...

Alphaliner expects East-West container demand to rise by 5% in April

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – With the launch of new alliances, especially in East-West traffic, as of April 1, the demand for ships and...

Leixoes container terminal operates 25 vessels in April 3-9

Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – In the period between April 3 and 9, Leixoes container terminal received and operated 25 vessels, in a...

Cosco reports March 2017 container terminal statistics

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) April 18, 2017 – Cosco Shipping has announced March 2017 container terminals throughput. The three Mediterranean Sea container...

Termarin consolidates its leadership in temperature-controlled containers

Marin, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Today, Marin port is the first call on the European continent of the transoceanic lines that come from South...

Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased traffic in Q1 2017

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – In the first three months of 2017, cargo volumes moved via Trieste Marine Terminal increased by 12.56% to...

Algeciras container terminal attracts international services

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – The container terminal at the port of Algeciras, TTI Algeciras, has incorporated in the last few weeks the...

MSC improves two services including calls in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the improvement of two of its services linking Northern...

Greece requests improved bids for Thessaloniki privatisation

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – The Greek privatization agency (HRADF/TAIPED) has asked for improved offers from three consortia that...

Luka Koper – Maritime throughput and revenues in Jan–Mar 2017

Luka Koper, Slovenia, April 12, 2017 – On the basis of the Rules of Ljubljana Stock Exchange and the Financial Instruments Market Act RS, Luka Koper d.d....

Maersk receives largest container ship worldwide

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 14, 2017 – The record for the largest container ship in operation was again beaten, moving from Mitsui OSK...

MacAndrews carries out experimental call at Ferrol port

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – After months of studies, MacAndrews carried out an experimental call at the Ferrol Container Terminal (FCT),...

Positive container traffic trend continues at Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Container traffic continues its upward trend in Las Palmas port for the eighth consecutive month. The port...

France’s CMA CGM updates offer from Tangier port

Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – French company CMA CGM has announced the launch of its Med Canada service that will connect Montreal with...

Japan’s MOL to carry out three extraordinary calls at Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), whose general agent in Spain is Transcoma Shipping, has...

Leixoes port container traffic’s rise is constant

Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – The days when Leixoes Container Terminal reaches 3,000 TEUs or is very close, are becoming more frequent....

Huelva port to develop container segment

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – In its second participation in Intermodal South America, Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva)...

Ferrol starts operating container terminal with MacAndrews vessel

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – The first operation of container handling at the Ferrol Container Terminal (FCT), located in the outer harbour...

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