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Cyprus: Turnover Value Index in Transport and Storage, 1st Quarter 2017
Nicosia, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – 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...
Cartagena port officially launches Alfonso XII dock expansion
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The expansion of the Alfonso XII dock, in Cartagena, permits the simultaneous docking of two large cruisers...
Asturias government insists on relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The Minister of Infrastructures of the Principality of Asturias, Belén Fernández, called on the president of...
Italy’s Stazioni Marittime expects 2019 to be a year of record cruise traffic at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Edoardo Monzani, who was appointed on the helm of Genoa harbour passenger stations management company Stazioni...
Ukraine’s USPA temporarily suspends dredging at Mykolaiv port
Mykolaiv, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has decided on the temporary suspension of dredging in the area of...
Russia’s Rosmorport starts test of Sochi cruise route
Sochi, Russia (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Russian company FSUE Rosmorport’s cruise ship Prince Vladimir left on May 28 from Sochi for a six-day test...
Eni, Fincantieri sign cooperation deal on development of offshore platforms
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Italian oil and gas company Eni S.p.A. and shipbuilder Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. have...
Transneft Volga Region works to increase oil exports from Novorossiysk port
Novorossiysk, Russia (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Russian company Transneft Volga Region, JSC has started design and exploration works as part of a project...
NGO to carry out unofficial referendum on cruise ships in Venice lagoon
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Italian non-governmental organisation No Grandi Navi (NGV), which seeks to ban the entry of big cruise ships in...
Astilleros Gondán delivers first dual fuel tug built in Europe
Figueras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – After completing its sea trials program successfully, DUX, the first dual fuel tug ever built in Europe, was...
Contship increases Hannibal rail connectivity between Melzo and Rotterdam
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The ERS Melzo-Rotterdam rail service by Hannibal, Contship’s Multimodal Transport Operator,...
Spain’s Marinas del Mediterráneo acquires forklift for Puerto La Duquesa port
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish company Marinas del Mediterráneo, S.A., via its subsidiary Almarín – Equipos y Servicios...
Spain’s Nodosa Shipyard delivers two MARPOL vessels to Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish company Nodosa Shipyard, based in Marín, has delivered two marine pollution (MARPOL) vessels...
Valencia port to host two Mediterranean Corridor events
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Valencia will host two important forums on the Mediterranean Corridor at European levels in on May 30 and June...
Barcelona port launches two projects for promotion of LNG as alternative fuel
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Barcelona port has launched two projects to promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel, which...
Spanish Public Works Ministry expects Mediterranean Corridor to be completed in three years
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has assured that “most of the works” of the Mediterranean Corridor...
Dry ports, railway line to boost Bilbao port growth
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The railway line and the dry ports in Burgos and Álava represent a boost for the development of Bilbao port, the...
Castellón port authority extends solid bulk terminal concession of Portsur
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The board of directors of Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Castellón) has agreed to extend by...
Almería, Carboneras ports cargo traffic rises 22.5% y/y in Q1 2017
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The ports of Almería and Carboneras increased their total cargo traffic by 22.5% on the year in the first...