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Cosco reports April 2017 container terminal statistics
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) April 18, 2017 – Cosco Shipping has announced April 2017 container terminals throughput. The three Mediterranean Sea container...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – March 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports March 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Productivity declines at Valencia port as government prepares new stowage sector law
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The slight decrease in productivity, which began on May 15 in Valencia port, was consolidated on May 16....
Huelva port awards railway rehabilitation deal to Acciona
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) and Acciona Construcción S.A. have signed a contract worth...
Spain’s Adif plans actions for overhaul of Bobadilla-Algeciras line
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif is carrying out the inspection of the Bobadilla-Algeciras railway...
Croatia gets EU funding for construction of bulk terminal in Osijek
Osijek, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The Croatian government has agreed a EU financing for the construction of bulk cargo terminal in Osijek. The...
Occitanie region targets 4.6 million tonnes of cargo traffic at Sète port in 2020
Sète, France (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – France’s Occitanie region revealed a strategy to boost the competitiveness of Sète port. The objective is...
Portuguese stevedores not to service ships diverted from Spain
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – After the Spanish government approved a decree for the reform of the stowage sector and trade unions announced...
Spanish parliament to discuss stowage sector reform on May 18
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – A new call for strikes in Spanish ports by the stowage trade unions has not had an impact, at the moment, on...
South Korea’s HMM to acquire entire capital of TTI Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) said that it will buy the entire share capital of...
Serbia to agree on financing of Bar-Belgrade motorway section in November
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – Serbian infrastructure minister Zorana Mihajlovic said she expects to sign a contract for the financing of the...
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)...