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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Baleària cancels 12 ferry trips to Melilla
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. has suspended 12 ferry trips between the ports of...
Spain’s Boluda profit rises 30% in 2016
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima recorded a profit of €36 million ($42.3 million) in 2016,...
Alicante port authority names board member
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) has appointed Antonio López as a board member...
Port of Sète receives first cargo of fruits in years
Sète, France (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The Baltic Klipper freighter has docked at Sète port from Toamasina (Madagascar) to deliver 8,000...
LafargeHolcim starts cement exports from Algeria’s Arzew port
Oran, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – LafargeHolcim Algeria has completed its first cement export on Tuesday – 16600 tons of gray...
Huelva port set for investments
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The Minister of Development and Housing of the Junta de Andalucía, Felipe López, announced this...
World Economic Forum – Global Competitive Index 2017-2018 – Port Infrastructure
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The World Economic Forum reports that ten years on from the global financial crisis, the prospects...
Genoa looks to take Swiss traffic from northern European ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Whilst the Italian port of Genoa has always had a trading relationship with Switzerland, its full...
Valencia port ready to participate in China’s OBOR initiative
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Francesc Sánchez has participated in...
Ibiza port launches new border control office
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Ibiza port has a new office for border control exercised by the General Commissariat of Foreigners and...
Spain’s Consulmar acquires 80% stake in Amarres Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Spanish port services provider Consulmar S.R.L. has acquired 80% stake in the capital of Amarres Ceuta S.L.,...
Huelva port cargo traffic rises 3.6% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Huelva port handled 29.3 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 3.59% on the year,...
Portugal hopes to award concession of Barreiro terminal in 2020
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The Portuguese government expects a concession of Barreiro multipurpose terminal at Lisbon port to be...
France to invest €14.3 million in Bayonne port 2017-2023
Bayonne, France (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – France’s regional government of Nouvelle-Aquitaine plans to invest a total of €14.3 million ($16.8...
Morocco signs 26 local automotive projects
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Moroccan government has signed deals for 26 auto industry projects, including several with Renault...
PSA group and Renault sign further auto agreements in Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Morocco has signed agreements for 26 automotive projects linked to its growing industrial capacity in...
Ashdod port signs Ericsson agreement
Ashdod, Israel (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The Port of Ashdod has signed an agreement with Ericsson Israel Ltd. for the acquisition and...
Marseille Fos port attends SIFEL trade show in Agadir
Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – In November 2017, representatives of the port of Marseille Fos attended the 15th edition of the...
China’s BYD to set up electric car production plant in Tangier, Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – The BYD group of China is to set up a production unit of electric cars near Tangier in the north of...
Genoa port looks to increase business as part of the new Silk Road
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Following a trade mission to Hong Kong and Shenzen in November and organized by the Propeller club, the...