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Event – Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation – May 14-15, Beijing
Beijing, China (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – China’s Belt and Road Forum is being billed as one of the biggest diplomatic events of 2017, and is based...
Barcelona port, Catalonia government to jointly present logistics offer at Transport Logistic fair
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – Barcelona port and Catalonia regional government will jointly present their logistics offer at the Transport...
Santander port completes first LNG ship loading operation
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – On May 4, the “Ireland” ship became the first vessel to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel...
Spanish port cargo traffic grows disproportionately in Q1 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – The first quarter of 2017 in Spanish port cargo traffic was characterised with a great disparity in the...
Ferrol port cargo traffic grows in Jan-April 2017
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – In the first four months of the year, the cargo traffic at Ferrol port totalled 4.6 million tonnes, 10.56% more...
Spain’s Baleà ria reinforces Valencia-Ibiza ferry services
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – Spanish ferry group Baleà ria plans to strengthen its services connecting the Valencia region to the Ibiza...
Barcelona and Miami ports sign cooperation agreement
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – The ports of Barcelona and Miami have signed an agreement to increase cruise and cargo traffic, and to...
NAPA attends Transport Logistic event in Munich
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – The North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) was present at the Transport Logistics fair in Munich, and...
Suardiaz extends Morocco ro-ro service
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – Suardiaz, the Spanish shipping and logistics group, is extending its Montoir-de-Bretagne (Nantes)...
Millet SA and Regiorail to operate traction services for OFP Atlantique
Nantes-St.Nazaire, France (PortSEurope) May 6, 2017 – Millet SA and Regiorail are to set up OuestRail in order to take over the traction services of OFP...
China Harbour Engineering Company wins Yuzhny contract
Yuzhny, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – China Harbour Engineering Company has won the contract to reconstruct the maritime approach channel and...
EU Commission adopts action plans to improve Belgian and German fisheries control systems
Brussels, Belgium, May 4, 2017 The European Commission has adopted two action plans setting out how Belgium and Germany can overcome identified shortcomings in...
South European maritime ports freight and passenger statistics
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – The latest (2015) available statistical data on freight handling and passenger traffic in ports in...
Event – 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum – Athens, May 23-24
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – The 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum will take place in Athens May 23-24 with the primary theme being...
Port Said Engineering Works Co. building boats for Canal Company for Mooring and Lights
Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – In 2017, Port Said Engineering Works Company, part of the Suez Canal Authority, is building fibreglass...
Limassol port remains under pressure following privatisation
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – On January 29, 2017, Dubai’s DP World assumed management of Limassol port as part of the government’s...
MedCruise attends Adriatic Sea Forum
Budva, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Medcruise, the association representing Mediterranean cruise ports, took part in the Adriatic Sea Forum, an...
Leixões to beat record cruise passengers in May
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 –  Leixões port is set to beat the monthly record of cruise passengers in May 2017. The port predicts for...
Vard wins contract for research vessel
Tulcea, Romania (PortSEurope) Singapore, May 2, 2017 – Vard Holdings Limited, a global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, has secured a...
Alkion Terminals signs contract for LBC assets
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Alkion Terminals and LBC Tank Terminals (LBC) have announced the signing of an agreement in which...