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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
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...
Cosco Shipping launches regular container service from the port of Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – On December 7, 2017, the shipping group Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd launched a regular service from...
Valenciaport confirms its commitment to the new Silk Road in Tianjin (China)
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port Authority of Valencia),...
Siemens exports first wind turbine equipment under “Made in Morocco”
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 –Â Following the inauguration of its wind turbine blade factory in October 2017 in Tangier, Siemens...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Gijón port to handle 17 cruise calls next year
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Gijón port has scheduled for next year a total of 17 cruise calls for the period between April and...
Spediporto expects rise in Chinese e-commerce exports by sea
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Italian shipment companies association Spediporto (Associazione Spedizionieri Corrieri E Trasportatori...
Cartagena relaunches services after windstorm in morning of Dec 11
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Cartagena port has restored all its services after the windstorm at the morning of December 11, although...
Baleà ria to start operating at Valencia, Sagunto, GandÃa ports on Dec 14
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Spanish company Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. plans to start providing ferry and cruise passenger...
Las Palmas port calls tender for road construction at Reina SofÃa dock
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has called a tender for the construction of...
Pasaia port joins Cruise Europe association
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Pasaia port has become a member of association Cruise Europe, which brings together some 100 ports in the...
British Ports looking for Brexit cross border trade solutions
London, United Kingdom, (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The British Ports Association’s Chief Executive, Richard Ballantyne, has welcomed last...