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Albanian seeks better Bari port customs services
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – Italy’s Bari port should improve its customs services, in order to facilitate the traffic of the direct...
Leixões port to invest €2.2 million in dredging
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – Leixões port’s main disadvantage against Spanish competitor Vigo is the shallow draft. The...
Opel to relaunch freight line to Valencia port on October 2
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – German carmaker Opel has said it plans to relaunch the operation of a direct rail line for the transport...
International dockworkers support colleagues in Catalonia
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – International stevedores have expressed support for their colleagues in Catalonia after the Barcelona...
Igy Marinas and P&O Marinas launch superyacht complex in Sète
Sète, France (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – International marina operator and developer IGY Marinas and P&O Marinas, have announced a joint,...
Hannibal introduces 7th service on the Melzo-Rotterdam rail route
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – Contship has announced that Hannibal will increase the frequency of the Melzo-Rotterdam rail from...
Greece-China, meeting of the 12th Interministerial Committee in Athens
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Greece and China discussed strengthening trade and investment exchanges during the 12th...
30 organisations ask europe to invest more in transport
21 September 2017, European Sea Ports Organisation With the slogan “More EU budget for transport, the best investment plan for Europe” a coalition of...
MedCruise ports to work with airports and cruise lines to create cruise supply chain
Barcelona, Spain, September 22, 2017 MedCruise port member Barcelona plays a leading role in advancing discussions on how to best link aviation and cruising,...
Thessaloniki Port Authority completes audit committee appointment
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. has announced that, at the meeting of the company’s...
Constanta port receives ultra-deepwater semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Scarabeo 9, an ultra-deepwater semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned and operated by...
Second phase of Petlim container terminal launched
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 22, 2107 – The stage 2 of Petlim container terminal was launched on September 19. The completed container terminal...
Barcelona stevedores refuse to handle government chartered vessel in port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Dockworkers at the port of Barcelona have refused to operate a cruise ship allegedly hired by the...
Yilport Leixões yields 11,900 TEU
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Between September 11-17, 2017, (week no. 37), Yilport Leixões received and operated 24 ships....
Grandi Navi Veloci lends two vessels to Spanish government
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Genoa-based Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) S.p.A. has lent two ferries to the Spanish government, apparently...
Málaga port approves tender for reconstruction of Levante, ADL docks
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) has approved the launch of a process for...
A Coruña port presents its advantages to Chinese investors
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The president of A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña), Enrique Losada, received...
MSC Cruises applies for construction of cruise terminal in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – MSC Cruises has officially filed for permission with Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Algeciras port cargo traffic rises 5.8% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 65.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 5.8% on the...
A Coruña port welcomes MSC Cruises’ MSC Fantasia ship for first time
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – MSC Cruises’ managing director for Spain, Emiliano González, has said he considers A Coruña to...