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All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
Rostov-on-Don port cargo traffic rises 4.5% in Jan-Feb 2017
Rostov-on-Don, Russia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2017 – Rostov-on-Don port handled 1.382 million tonnes of cargo in the first two months of 2017, up 4.5% on the...
Controversy at Limassol port continues
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) March 5, 2017 – On January 29, 2017, Dubai’s DP World assumed management of Limassol port as part of the...
Northern Adriatic ports show increased cargo traffic in 2016
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Data for 2016 shows that in general the throughput in north Adriatic ports is increasing, being realised...
Event – Motorways of the Sea – Conditions for success – Brussels, March 7, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – The European Parliament SEARICA Intergroup is holding a conference entitled “Motorways of the...
GNV launches Barcelona-Nador ferry service
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – Starting next June, the Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) S.p.A. will launch a new maritime...
Itsas Gas acquires vessel for Bay of Biscay LNG operations
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – Itsas Gas Bunker Supply S.L. has acquired the vessel Monte Arucas to handle LNG. The adapted vessel will be...
DSV opens office in Skopje
Skopje, Macedonia (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – Danish transport and logistics company DSV A/S has opened its first office in Macedonia. Located in...
Maersk welcomes dockworkers strike suspension
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has welcomed the suspension of the strikes of stevedores on March 6 and 8 and...
Castellon port prepares for dockworker strikes
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Castellon port has established a Supply Coordination Committee to guarantee the continuity of the production...
Spanish government is willing to negotiate on stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Spain’s government is willing to give more time to negotiate on the reform of the stowage sector and to...
Spanish fruit producers association says dockworkers’ strike threatens exports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Exporting Producers (Fepex) has today expressed concern...
Valencia port loses 50,000 containers in February
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Valencia port has estimated at between 30% and 40% the decline in productivity due to the problems with...
Huelva port, Enagás launch joint energy efficiency project
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has signed a cooperation agreement with Spanish...
Alternative Tasimacilik A.S. receives EBRD loan
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a senior loan to Alternative...
Spanish trade unions call off strike on Mar 6, 8
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers’ trade unions have called off the first two days of the strike planned, out of...
Spanish dockworkers present reform concerns to European Parliament
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – A group of dockers today presented to the European Parliament (EP) their concerns about the hiring...
Maersk to divert ships from Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Danish shipping company Maersk Line announced that it has designed a contingency plan to divert ships to...
Leixoes port to benefit from Spanish dockworker strikes
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – What for some is a problem, is an opportunity for others. This is how the port of Leixoes, in the north...
OPDR, Boluda start operation of Seville port container terminal
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – German company OPDR, part of the CMA CGM group, and Spain’s Boluda Corporación MarÃtima, have...
ANESCO calls on unions to ignore strike in stowage sector
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The Spanish National Association of Stevedoring and Ship Consignment Companies (Asociación Nacional de...