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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Valencia, Tianjin ports to facilitate trade relations between both hinterlands
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Valencia port and the Chinese harbour of Tianjin have set the basis for the signing of an agreement to...
Avilés port cargo traffic rises 2.56% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Avilés port handled a total of 3.12 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 2.65%...
Italy’s SAAR Depositi Portuali to invest €3 million in capacity overhaul
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Italian company SAAR Depositi Portuali S.p.A., one of the historic operators of Genoa port, plans to invest...
Italy’s poor intermodal capacity limits MoS competitiveness
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Given its advantageous geographical location in the Mediterranean, Italy should represent a hub for...
Spinelli has ordered another Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbour Crane for Genoa terminal
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – In August 2017, Spinelli s.r.l ordered a Konecranes Model 7 crane to be delivered on site in October....
Marseille Fos port signs charter to improve access for city inhabitants
Marseille Fos, France (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Whilst the Grand Maritime Port of Marseille (GPMM) has always played a key role in the city,...
Catania-based port authority joins sustainable intermodality association
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (the port authority of eastern Sicily),...
Italian government to launch special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The Italian government plans to set up a special economic zone at Gioia Tauro port, due to its crucial...
CMA CGM signs contract with Infosys to improve IT capabilities
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – French container shipping company  CMA CGM Group has signed a strategic partnership with Infosys,...
Barcelona port to attend Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 conference
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 –Â Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 will take place November 14-15, 2017, in Southampton, UK,...
Spain’s Boluda Lines to launch regular line linking Cape Verde to Spain in October
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Spanish company Boluda Lines, the international freight transport subsidiary of Boluda Corporación...
Cartagena port prepares for intensive cruise traffic in October
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Cartagena port prepares for a very intensive month of October in terms of cruise traffic. Autumn is the...
Basque Country insists on receiving ownership of Bilbao, Pasaia ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The government of the Basque Country plans to keep requesting the transfer of the ownership of Bilbao and...
Huelva port, Renfe MercancÃas sign cooperation deal
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has signed a cooperation agreement with Spanish...
MedCruise promotes Valencia port as cruise destination
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – MedCruise, the association of Mediterranean cruise ports, has launched a campaign to promote Valencia...
Barcelona port with tenth largest container growth in Europe
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Barcelona port was the harbour with the largest growth in container traffic in Europe in the first eight...
USPA has announced a tender for the procurement of a dredging vessel
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 –Â The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced an open tender procedure for the construction...
CMA CGM to attend Expoalimentaria trade show in Peru
Lima, Peru (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – The Expoalimentaria trade show will take place in Lima, Peru, September 27-29, 2017. It is the largest...
French port accountants meet in Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – Accountants of French seaports have visited Marseille to discuss common issues. Accounting officers...
Customs issue reduces work hours at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – Due to no agreement being reached between the Greek association of customs officers (OTYE) and...