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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Bastia sees reduced passenger traffic in 2016
Bastia, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) April 4, 2017 –Â The number of passengers passing through the four airports on the island rose in February to...
Tunisian ports: Results of commercial activity in 2016
Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) April 30, 2017 –Â In 2016, commercial traffic increased by 3% in comparison with 2015. Commercial seaports, including Skhira...
Event – The 6th Black Sea Ports and Shipping 2017 – Batumi, May 17-19
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 30, 2017 – The 6th Black Sea Ports and Shipping 2017 will take place in Batumi, Georgia  May 17 -19. This event...
Japanese-Turkish consortium rebuilds Garabogaz port Turkmenistan
Garabogaz, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) April 30, 2017 – A consortium of Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation and Turkish construction firm Gap Insaat is...
Malaga port president heads Suncruise AndalucÃa
Malaga, Spain (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Andalusia region tourism promotion organisation Suncruise AndalucÃa has appointed Paulino Plata, the president...
Puertos del Estado – Spanish ports offer solutions for all types of goods
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2017 –Â Too big, too heavy, too complicated? 62,743 linear metres for bulk cargo, 17,272 metres dedicated to ro-ro...
Leixoes port cargo traffic rises 7% y/y in Q1 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Leixoes port handled 4.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2017, up 7% on the year, APDL –...
Damietta signs agreement for new multi-purpose terminal
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 29, 2017 – The General Authority of Damietta Port has signed a cooperation agreement with the Engineering Authority...
Barcelona port reiterates interest in project cargo segment
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Barcelona port has again expressed interest in expanding project cargo traffic at the Breakbulk fair. A team...
Setubal port cargo traffic rises 9% y/y in Q1 2017
Setubal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 28, 2017 – Setubal port hit the record of containerised cargo in the first quarter of 2017, with a 9% increase compared...
Spain’s Toro y Betolaza applies for land plot at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Spanish company Grupo Toro y Betolaza is fully immersed in the project of transferring its current facilities...
Castellon port lifts solid bulk traffic market share
Castellon, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Castellon port, through the PortCastelló Foundation, has been present at Breakbulk Europe 2017 under the...
Germany’s BOCS positively looks at Spanish project cargo market’s future growth
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – German shipowner BOCS Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping GmbH, whose general agent in Spain is Insignia...
Spain’s SuardÃaz promotes Vigo-Nantes motorway of the sea at BreakBulk Europe
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Spanish shipping company SuardÃaz was represented by a large team of professionals at BreakBulk Europe fair to...
Madeira regional government cancels ports cargo handling concession
Funchal, Portugal (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – The Madeira regional government has cancelled the concession of OPM-Company Port Operations Madeira, Lda for...
Valencia region, Basque country demand improvement of Valencia-Bilbao ports railway
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Valencia regional government president Ximo Puig said he will hold a working meeting with Basque counterpart...
Andalusian ports demand investments in Mediterranean Corridor connectivity
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – The seven Andalusian port authorities have today demanded from the central government investments to connect...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – Algeciras port cargo traffic fell by 8% on the year in the first quarter of 2017 to 23.7 million tonnes, the...
USPA to dredge seabed at two Mariupol port docks
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration (USPA) plans to start a reconstruction of the hydro-technical part of two...
Valencia port container traffic declines due to labour conflict
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – In the first three months of the year, total cargo traffic at Valencia port fell by 1.2% and container...