Industries
All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Valencia port in talks with logistic operators interested in Parc Sagunt
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is in talks with at least two large logistic operators...
Costa Crociere has no plans to move headquarters away from Genoa
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italy’s Costa Crociere S.p.A. has no plans to move its headquarters away from Genoa, CEO Michael Thamm said....
EU EUROfish project to invest in Mediterranean aquaculture
Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 –  A new €7 million ($7.85 million) EU-funded research project titled PerformFISH was launched in Volos,...
Egypt and Greece agree to launch cruise services
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism has been taking steps to revive the local tourism industry which has failed...
Two new signatories to the Malta MedFish4Ever Declaration
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – On 16 and 31 May respectively the Ambassadors to the European Union of the People’s Democratic...
Spanish trade unions to stage strikes at ports on June 5, 7, 9
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Spanish trade union of dockworkers Cetm (Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar) said it plans to carry...
Italian GNV to intensify links Sète-Morocco from June 1
Sète, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci s.p.a. (GNV) will intensify the links between French Mediterranean...
Anesco, trade unions to meet on June 1 in effort to resolve port sector labour problems
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Trade unions of the stevedoring sector and leaders of the association of dockworkers association...
Bilbao port handles record-high number of cruise passengers for a single day
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Bilbao port has received three cruises in its facilities in Getxo on May 31, with a total of 8,700 tourists, the...
Motril port starts preparations for OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Motril port is preparing for Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of...
BP, Aegean, Cepsa to keep location of facilities at Las Palmas port after 2027
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to approve a plan for the encouragement of...
Tarragona port attends 25th edition of cereal industry meeting
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, attended the 25th...
Valencia port to improve service for OPE 2017 passengers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has committed to improve the service for passengers at...
Spanish government to subsidise transport of cargo between Canaries, mainland Spain
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The agreement signed by the Spanish government with centre-left Canarian nationalist political party Nueva...
IDC to change attitude towards EC over labour conflict at Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Representatives of the International Dockworkers Council (IDC), led by General Coordinator Jordi Aragunde and...
Ukraine’s UDP to invest $50 million in fleet modernisation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (PJSC UDP) plans to invest $50 million (€44.5 million) in the renovation of...
Chernomorsk port to repair seven docks
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Chernomorsk port said it is carrying out a repair at seven of its docks, but will keep operating...
Gijón aims to gain market share following Brexit
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Gijón port could become a logistics hub for cargo transport in western Europe, as operators are looking for...
Cyprus: Turnover Value Index in Transport and Storage, 1st Quarter 2017
Nicosia, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 –Â The Turnover Value Index of Transport and Storage for the first quarter of 2017 recorded an increase of...
Spanish logistics firm MPG opens office in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Spanish logistics company MPG Tránsitos S.A.U. is immersed in a development plan that will lead the company...