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Algeciras port books record-high cargo traffic in May
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Algeciras port closed May with record-high traffic figures of 9 million tonnes, up 2.3% on the year. However,...
Spanish minister calls on dockworkers to avoid more strikes
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has once again called for “an effort” by the...
Spanish dockworkers trade union CETM elects president for another four-year term
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Confederación Española de Transporte de Mercancías (CETM) has appointed...
Cilsa adopts framework agreement for Barcelona port logistics zone development
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spain’s Cilsa SA, the operator of the logistics activities zone of Barcelona port, has signed a...
Uniport considers Cosco’s acquisition in Bilbao positive
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Members of business association Uniport, an entity that has been working on the promotion of the port-logistics...
Novadeal to use Ukrainian subcontractors in Port Yuzhniy dredging
Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Novadeal Ltd, a subsidiary of the Belgian DEME Group, which had won a contract for operational dredging...
EC welcomes international agreement to increase the safety of passenger ships
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – On June 16, 2017, the European Commission commented on the international agreement adopted this week...
Caspian Pipeline Consortium daily shipments reach record level in June 2017
Krasnodar, Russia (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has released the following press release which details crude oil...
Trieste and Koper host Baku port delegation
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) june 21, 2017 – A staff delegation from the port of Baku, in Azerbaijan, has visited the ports of Trieste and Koper...
Nantes-St. Nazaire commences quay renovation
Nantes-St. Nazaire (France) June 21, 2017 – The redevelopment of the Prise-d’Eau quay, located near the Louis Joubert lock, has started. It was...
Hannibal launches Melzo-Trieste intermodal service
Trieste, Italy June 20, 2017 – Hannibal, in partnership with Alpe Adria S.p.A., is launching a new intermodal service between Melzo (Milan) and Trieste,...
TCR is once again handling Egyptian grape distribution
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) July 20, 2017 – Contship, the Italian terminal manager and logistics company, has reported that its Terminal Container...
Russia’s Freight One organises cargo shipment for Knauf at Taganrog port
Taganrog, Russia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Russian logistics company JSC Freight One organised the first complex cargo transportation by sea from the...
Valencia port handles 438,580 TEUs in May 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Valencia port ended May with a total container traffic of 438,580 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase of...
Spanish minister says every day of hourly dockworker strike costs €12 million
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna said the cost of every day of hourly stoppage of dockworkers...
Spain’s Pérez Torres operates ship during dock worker strike at Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Pérez Torres Marítima, S.L. has carried out an operation on a ship loaded with scrap...
Málaga port is fifth most important Spanish cruise port
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Málaga has been placed as the fifth most important Spanish destination of cruise ships with the arrival in the...
OPE 2017 starts with 6,000 passengers a day
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of the travel of North African...
Trieste, Koper ports discuss cooperation
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Whilst Trieste and Koper ports are competitors, they can cooperate, especially in the field of promotion and...
TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...