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Valencia port authority container traffic rises 10% y/y in April
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The ports operated by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), namely Valencia, Gandia and...
Barcelona port container traffic rises 26% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – During the first four months of 2017, Barcelona port handled 864,500 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase...
Castellón port puts into operation anticontamination barrier
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has invested €170,000 ($188,500) in the...
Málaga-Melilla line passenger traffic rises 15% y/y in Jan-April 2017
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The maritime line that connects Melilla and Málaga has registered a 15% increase in the number of passengers and...
Vigo port containerised cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Almost a year after Danish shipping giant Maersk decided to relocate its container hub in Spain to Marin port from...
Spanish minister warns against consequences of dockworkers’ strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works Inigo de la Serna warned against the risks that the strikes of stevedores...
Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, Maersk to update container services at Odessa port in May
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Odessa port is planning a significant expansion of its activities. The Odessa container terminal (OCT), which is...
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd returns to Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – German group Hapag-Lloyd returns to the Guixar container terminal of Vigo port. Ships of Hapag-Lloyd have not been...
Ferrol port awards €72.4 million rail link construction contract
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Ferrol-San Cibrao) has awarded a €72.4 million ($79,47 million)...
Italy to close Sicilian ports during G-7 summit
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Italy will close the ports on the island of Sicily during the G-7 summit in Taormina on May 26 and 27, the head...
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company presents e-governance systems
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) has presented as examples of best practices in...
Innovative blue growth projects join European Maritime Day 2017
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – Fifteen innovative new blue growth projects funded through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)...
Serbian government, CRBC agree €2.1 billion deal for Bar-Belgrade motorway
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Serbia’s government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China Road and Bridge Construction...
The Alliance shipping group returns to Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 –Â The Alliance group of shipping companies that withdrew from East Port Said in March due to increased fees...
Bari port looks to improve Albanian passenger services
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – A new phase of cross-border cooperation was initiated by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Greece praises local Chinese investment
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – This week, China will open the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, May 14-15, and in Athens...
Nador West Med to develop international capacity
Nador, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 –Â The Moroccan government plans to develop Nador West Med port complex with a focus on European opportunities....
Vinci completes Casablanca port development
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 –Â Dumez Maroc (Vinci Construction International Network) has handed over the new fishing port in...
Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...
Gold IT Award for MGI and Marseille Fos Port Neptune Port
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – MGI and Marseille Fos Port won the highest award in the IT category at the 30th IAPH World Ports...