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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Investors of maritime projects discuss potential of Kazakhstan’s ports
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – On July 20, a forum took place in Aktau to discuss increasing cargo in Azeri ports. An international...
Kiel expands southern rail capacity
Kiel, Germany (Ports Europe) July 22, 2017 – The German Baltic seaport of Kiel is to expand its cargo platform space to accommodate longer trains...
Barcelona reports record cargo traffic for H1 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 21, 2017 –Â The first six months of 2017 were the best first half of the history of the Port of Barcelona,...
Vigo port says refrigeration facilities customers could face higher costs
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has informed the owners...
Cartagena port to invest €1.3 million in road construction
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) plans to invest €1.3 million ($1.5 million)...
MSC to launch five intercontinental lines from Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will open five new intercontinental sea routes from Barcelona port...
Barcelona port to commission brand valuation study
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The port of Barcelona plans to commission a new brand valuation study. The project will be carried out...
Bilbao port calls tender for construction of ro-ro ramp
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has announced a tender for the construction and...
La Spezia port cargo traffic rises 14.2% y/y in H1 2017
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – La Spezia port has closed the first six months of the year with a growth in traffic to 713,434 TEUs, up...
Leixões port books best ever cruise traffic in May
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Leixões port continues to book records surpassing the 29,000 passengers in 31 ship stopovers in the first...
Alternative Transport firm to buy new ship with EBRD loan
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to loan €27.5 million loan to...
Conductix-Wampfler to supply equipment to APM in Tangier
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 2017 – Hans Künz GmbH, a specialist supplier of container cranes, and Conductix-Wampfler, are to supply 32...
ADM expands business in Ashdod
Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) July 20 , 2017 – Archer Daniels Midland company has announced that it has completed its acquisition of a controlling...
Oryx to operate normally at Las Palmas port by end-September
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Swiss multinational company Oryx Energies, which operates in Las Palmas port as fuel supplier, will be...
Asturiana de Zinc to start building warehouse in Gijón port by end-2017
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 –Before the end of the year Spanish miner Asturiana de Zinc S.A. plans to start construction of its second...
Avilés port cargo traffic slightly declines in H1 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Avilés port closed the first half of 2017 with a traffic increase of 1% in relation to the same period of the...
Two consortia bid for bridge reconstruction at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) closed on July 18 the public competition for the...
Strikes have limited effect on Santander port’s car trafficÂ
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – The seven days of strikes that took place in June in the port of Santander during the conflict of stevedores...
Livorno port’s Darsena Europa construction to start in 2018
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Tuscany regional government president Enrico Rossi has said the construction of Darsena Europa complex at...
Valencia port to adapt container terminals to large vessels
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to adapt its three container terminals so that...