Industries
All news from Ports Europe categorised by searchable individual industry categories.
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 Marítima, 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...
Germany supports USPA to complete construction of container terminal in Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Rainer Bomba has visited...
Siemens technology for Africa’s first automated container terminal
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Siemens will supply technology for Africa’s first automated container terminal. Electrical...
Spanish company applies for construction of liquid bulk terminal at A Coruna
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish company Deep Water Oil Transhipment Hub S.L. has applied for the construction of a liquid bulk...
Gas Natural, Baleària present LNG engine for vessels at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish companies Gas Natural Fenosa and Balearia officially presented the first liquefied natural gas...
Constanta organises conference to analyse Danube cargo traffic
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Constanta port management company Compania Națională Administrația Porturilor Maritime SA Constanța...
Spain’s Sevasa says trade unions cause severe damage on Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring company Sevasa has warned against the severe damage that the opposition of trade...
ZIM reports Q4 and Annual Results for 2016
ZIM is Back to Profit in Q4 2016 ZIM generated a net profit of $4.6 million (€4.31 million) and adjusted EBITDA of $43.9 million (€40.88 million) in Q4...
Cadiz port cargo traffic rises 0.1% in January 2017
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) handled 322,880 tonnes of cargo in January, up...
ANESCO, trade unions agree on basis of talks for future collective bargaining
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association ANESCO and trade unions Coordinadora, UGT and Comisiones...
TMT increases TEU and rail volumes during January 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. container volumes increased 25.5% in January 2017 compared to the same...
Bulgarian competition regulator cancels Vidin port concession
Vidin, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Bulgarian competition authority has cancelled a 35-year concession of the South Container Terminal at...
Montenegro to connect Bar port to TEN-T
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The Montenegrin government aims to connect the country to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) by...
Sochi-Istanbul cruise line to be launched on May 1
Sochi, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Sevastopol governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov said a cruise ship will start operating the...
Leixoes port cargo traffic rises 12% in Jan 2017
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The month of January was the best in recent years at the Leixoes port, registering the handling of 1.625...
Madeira ports cargo traffic rises in 2016
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Madeira ports 1.354 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, up 5% on the year. Containerised cargo traffic...
IDC prepares measures to avoid cargo diversion
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) is preparing to announce measures to avoid the diversion of...
Portuguese government awards railway contract for connection to Spain
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The project for the construction of a freight railway line connecting Portugal to Spain, with a special...
Police suspend dredging at La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Italian Police and the La Spezia harbourmaster have again suspended dredging at Molo Fornelli dock at...