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First ship connects to LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – The first vessel has connected to an LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port which is part of effort to...
APSS audits its Environmental and Quality Management Systems
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – APSS – Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra (Port Administration of Setúbal and...
Thessaloniki Port Authority privatisation delayed until December 21
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – The Greek state privatisation agency, TAIPED (Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund), has...
Dominican Republic officials visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – A delegation from the embassy of the Dominican Republic in Spain visited the port of Valencia on December...
Castellón port handles 2 million tonnes of clay in 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Castellón port’s bulk terminal Portsur has started work this week to unload a ship from Ukraine...
A Coruña port awards Punta Langosteira fence construction contract
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has awarded a €566,000 ($667,615) contract...
Barcelona port commissions quality mark study
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Barcelona port has commissioned a study from IESE Business School that will assess the benefits for...
Spain’s Decal to invest €25 million in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Spanish company Decal España S.A. plans to invest €25 million ($29.5 million) in the expansion of the...
Venice port authority to make €440 million investments in 2018-2020
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – The Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Barcelona port president to resign after regional elections on Dec 21
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The incumbent president of Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona), Sixte Cambra,...
DSV to launch Zaragoza-Zhengzhou rail freight service
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Zaragoza dry port operator Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) plans to launch a regular freight rail...
Barcelona port to open railway terminal shortly
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Barcelona port plans to launch in the coming days a terminal for freight trains, increasing its capacity...
Huelva port analyses feasibility study on new logistic activities zone
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The board of directors of Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has analysed a feasibility...
Gijón port cargo traffic rises 17% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Gijón port handled 20.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 17% on the year. The...
Cádiz port to handle more than 300 cruise calls in 2017
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Cádiz port could end the year, for the first time, with more than 300 cruise calls. A total of 320,000...
Cartagena port’s largest project in administrative standstill
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The most ambitious project of Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena), the Gorguel...
Spain’s Partida Logística opens office at Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish logistics customs and logistics services company Partida Logística S.A. has opened an office at...
Barcelona port cargo traffic rises 26% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Barcelona port handled 56.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 26% on the...
Castellón port cargo traffic rises 9.1% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Castellón port has closed November as the best month in its history in total cargo traffic and has also...
Spanish government expects another record-high year at ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The cargo traffic will once again beat its absolute record in the ports of Spain. This was confirmed by the...