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TMT increases TEU and rail volumes during January 2017

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. container volumes increased 25.5% in January 2017 compared to the same...

COSCO to improve services at Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines, the company that resulted from the merger of COSCO Container Lines and China...

Algeria’s MCI presents line to Spain at ceramics fair

Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – Algerian company Maghreb Container International (MCI) S.L. is participating in the international...

Sines port container terminal handles record-high traffic in Jan 2017

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Sines port’s Terminal XXI handled 162,000 TEUs in January, the largest traffic serviced by a...

Intercontainer applies for concession at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Valencia-based company Intercontainer has applied with Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria...

Valencia port cargo traffic rises in January

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) said the total cargo traffic of the three...

Container traffic at Spanish ports hits record-high in 2016

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Container traffic in Spanish ports throughout 2016 came in at record-high 15,080,009 TEUs, a figure...

2M alliance announces service changes affecting Spanish ports

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), forming the 2M alliance, have announced the...

Santander port, Cantabria government to cooperate

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – The launch of a regular maritime line connecting the port of Santander with Morocco is one of the...

CMA CGM upgrades northern Europe and eastern Mediterranean Sea service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 2017 – CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, is pleased to announce the new upgraded service offer NC...

Luka Koper reports increased container traffic in January 2017

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Despite a strong wind that obstructed the work at the container terminal for some days in January, we...

Cosco says Valencia port has crucial role for activities in Spain

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Valencia is a key port for the strategy of COSCO Shipping Lines in Spain, the managing director of the...

Eurogate reports container handling volumes hold up well in 2016

Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) February 6, 2017 – Eurogate has reported container volumes for 2016. In the just completed financial year 2016, the...

Ukrainian seaports increase cargo turnover by 15% in January 2017

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – According to the Ukrainian Seaports Authority in January 2017 the volume of cargo handling in...

Algeria to develop El-Hamdania port

Algiers, Algeria (Ports Europe) February 1, 2017 – Algeria is to proceed with the development of a new $3.5bn (€3.24 billion) port and industrial zones...

CMA CGM upgrades Mediterranean offer with the new TURAF EXPRESS service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, is pleased to announce the new service offer TURAF...

Valencia port president expects reduced container traffic

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martinez considers that,...

Chipolbrok starts service to Far, Middle East

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – US-based shipping company Chipolbrok, which operates its Spanish hub at the port of Bilbao, has started a...

Valencia port container traffic rises 2.32% Y/Y in 2016

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Valencia port closed 2016 with a container traffic of 4.722 million TEUs, a figure that represents an...

Cosiarma returns to Lisbon port on Jan 22

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Italian shipping company Cosiarma S.p.a., which left Lisbon port in 2014, has resumed its maritime...

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