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No accidents at dockworkers strike in Vigo port on June 7
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The second day of a strike by dockers in Vigo port was carried out “without accidents,” sources from...
Spanish dockworkers strike participation at 99.93% during morning shift on June 7
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado said the proportion of dock workers who joined the strike at...
Gandia port cargo traffic declines 7.13% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Gandia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Gandia port, managed by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), handled a total of 124,882...
Bilbao port operates 17 ships during second strike day
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Bilbao port had 17 ships docked in its area on June 7, the second day of the strike of dock workers. Three of the...
No road traffic blockage at Valencia port accesses during second strike day
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The traffic at the accesses to Valencia port was fluid in the first hours of the stevedores’ strike on...
Rail cargo traffic at Pasaia port to increase
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – An expansion of the railway station of Lezo-Errenteria will enable it to accommodate trains of up to 550 metres in...
Boluda Lines names director of Línea Mediterráneo service
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Boluda Lines, the the integrated transport and international cargo management division of Boluda Corporación...
USPA to reconstruct approach channel of Chernomorsk port
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Ukraine Sea Ports Authority (USPA) plans to reconstruct the approach channel of Chernomorsk port to a draft...
Durrës port reports 7% increase in ferry passengers and vehicle traffic
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – In May 2017, the volume of trade by ferry increased by 6-18% compared to the same period of 2016....
Call for Georgia to improve services and logistical connectivity
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Jacob Gulmann, ICTSI Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Development Director, attended the 6th Black...
Ukraine reports cargo handling statistics for January-May 2017
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – In January-May 2017 cargo handling volumes in Ukrainian seaports were 55.609 million tons, up 4.5% on the...
Stevedores strike at Majorca port
Majorca, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The first day of the strike in the port of Majorca (Palma and Alcúdia) on Monday has hardly affected the...
Mediterranean Railway Corridor has more “allies” in Europe than in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the opening of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) event in Barcelona, Catalan Minister for...
Spain to boost cooperation with China under Belt & Road Initiative
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the “Business Opportunities for Spanish Companies under the Belt and Road Initiative”...
Spanish ports total cargo traffic rises 2.6% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The total cargo traffic at Spanish ports rose by 2.61% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to 171.3...
APM Terminals Valencia acquires 11 terminal tractors
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – APM Terminals Valencia S.A. has incorporated 11 terminal tractors in its facilities, bringing its fleet to 63...
Sagunto port cargo traffic rises 1.63% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Sagunto port closed the first four months of the year with a total traffic of 2.130 million tonnes, a figure that...
Truck traffic at Valencia port almost totally blocked during dockworker strike
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The first day of strike of Spanish dockworkers ended with the almost total stoppage of trucks carrying cargo...
Spain to construct rail access to Seville port in 2017, 2018
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has attended the signing of an agreement to regulate the...
Spain’s Adif, Puertos del Estado, port authorities sign railway works deal
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif), ports agency Puertos...