Industries
All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Bulgarian ports passenger traffic rises 61.5% y/y in Q1 2017
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Bulgarian sea and river ports handled a total of 12,500 passengers in the first quarter of 2017, up 61.5% on the...
Vigo port cargo traffic declines in April
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Vigo port cargo traffic fell by 6.5% on the year in April, due to the decline in container traffic and fresh fish,...
Ukrainian ports handle 16.3 million tonnes of grain in May
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Ukrainian ports handled 16.3 million tonnes of grain in May 2017, the president of Ukraine Sea Ports Authority...
Voltri Terminal Europa orders 21 electric cranes from China’s Zhenhua
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Voltri Terminal Europa S.p.A, the operator of Genoa container terminal PSA Voltri Prà has ordered the delivery of...
APM Terminals Barcelona beats container record
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – The “OOCL Brussels” container ship carried out a total of 4,607 movements at APM Terminals...
Greece to capitalise on sea tourism’s growth via concession and PPP investment models
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 –Â Elena Kountoura, Greek Minister of Tourism, has addressed delegates at the 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum,...
Spanish association complains about service quality at Noatum terminal in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Spanish association of container transport companies Asociación de Empresas de LogÃstica y Transporte de...
Spain’s Anesco calls on stevedoring trade union to stick to commitments
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras y Consignatarias de...
Barcelona port to test natural gas-fired power generator this summer
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) plans to start tests of a natural gas-fired power...
Termisur Eurocargo looks at Huelva port-Canary Islands container line
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Spanish company Termisur Eurocargo S.A. has announced the characteristics and potential of the new regular...
Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea attracts interest of “one or two” companies
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca said that there are “one or...
USPA signs second contract for Port Yuzhniy dredging with China’s CHEC
Port Yuzhniy, Ukraine (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has signed a second contract with China Harbor Engineering Сompany...
Ocean Alliance announces new mainline services at Malta Freeport.
Malta Freeport (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Ocean Alliance (CMA-CGM, Evergreen, OOCL and Cosco Shipping) has published details of new mainline services...
Piraeus Port Authority investment plans tabled at 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPASA) is investing €294 million ($330.5 million) over a five-year period to...
Greece promotes cruise industry at Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 –Â Speaking at the opening day of the 4th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum, Greek Minister of Shipping and Insular...
Lack of liberalisation of stevedoring in car segment to harm Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Dockworkers at Spanish ports are hoping to end the labour dispute over the next week, according to the leaders...
Spain’s Baleà ria introduces “Regina Báltica” ship to Valencia-Mostaganem ferry line
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Spanish ferry operator Baleà ria EurolÃnias MarÃtimas S.A. plans to introduce the “Regina...
Huelva port hosts event for recruitment of river cruise ships staff
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) plans to hold an “Employment on board”...
Algeciras port cargo traffic begins to recover
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Algeciras port cargo traffic has started to recover growth following the decline during the labour disputes...
Cadiz port container traffic rises in Jan-April 2017
Cadiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Cadiz port container traffic rose to 19,585 TEUs in the first four months of 2017 from 9,779 TEUs in the respective...