Industries
All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Corsica to create a regional shipping company
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Corsica is in the process of creating a regional shipping company, which will provide ferry services...
Chinese Quechen may set up a plant in French Fos-sur-Mer
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The Chinese industrial group Quechen Silicon Chemical Co Ltd., the world’s third largest silica producing...
VilagarcÃa port to invest €650,000 in capacity overhaul works
VilagarcÃa, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – VilagarcÃa port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de VilagarcÃa) plans to invest €650,000 ($737,283) in...
Las Palmas port publishes rules regarding safety during cruise ship handling
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Las Palmas official gazette BoletÃn Oficial de la Provincia de Las Palmas (BOP) published yesterday the new...
Terminales MarÃtimos de Galicia applies for concession deadline extension at A Coruña port
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) is working on an application by Spanish...
Chinese builder to complete first section of Bar-Boljare motorway by May 2019
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) expects to complete the construction of the first stretch of the...
Ukraine announces tender for reconstruction of approach sea channel in Chernomorsk port
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 –Â The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) is starting a public bidding for dredging of the approach...
SRM – The 2017 Report on the Maritime Economy
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 –Â Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (SRM) has published the fourth issue of the Report on the Maritime...
APM Terminals Algeciras receives award from Cádiz business community
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – APM Terminals Algeciras has received an award for its leadership in logistics management during the celebration...
Italian MP recommends special economic zone for Cagliari port
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Italian Member of Parliament (MP) Mauro Pili has proposed the launch of a strategic plan for the recovery of...
Government officials visits Piraeus port’s Perama Ship Repair Zone
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 –Â In the presence of P. Kouroumplis, Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy, S. Pitsiorlas, Deputy Minister...
New maritime terminal opens in the port of Béjaïa
Béjaïa, Algeria (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – A new passenger terminal has been inaugurated in Béjaïa, Algeria’s second largest commercial port, located...
Vigo port cargo traffic rises 2% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Vigo port saw its cargo traffic in the first five months of 2017 decline by 2% on the year, while the most...
Morocco’s AML incorporates third ship into Gibraltar Strait service
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Moroccan shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) has announced the incorporation of a third ship to the...
Turkey’s Petlim port receives Green Port certificate
Petlim, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Petlim harbour has become the tenth Turkish port to receive a Green Port certificate. The work on the first phase...
Cádiz port general cargo traffic rises by 40% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – General cargo traffic in Cádiz port grew by 40.14% in January-May this year compared to the same period last...
Sagunto-Zaragoza railway corridor can be used by up to 54 trains weekly
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – The railway corridor between Sagunto and Zaragoza could accommodate between 48 and 54 trains per week if the...
Spain’s Naviera Armas starts operating jetty at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Naviera Armas Ferries has started operating the jetty East at the terminal it is...
Genoa-based port authority, Eni in talks for construction of LNG facility
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (The Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Port System)...
Porto Torres port opens Alti Fondali basinÂ
Porto Torres, Italy (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Italian transport minister Graziano Delrio has officially opened the Alti Fondali basin for the handling...